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list of Listening sites General sites:
URL http://www.EnglishListening.com/
- At this web site are audio
recordings for new listeners (called beginning),
intermediate listeners
(called regular) and advanced listeners.
Select your level
from the menu list. If necessary, use the study
guide to help
you understand how to use
this web site.
- Select a topic you want to
listen to and click on it. You will hear an audio
recording where the speakers use natural,
authentic English speech.
- The audio recordings are about
many different things such as introductions,
family, food, shopping, travel, education,
leisure, good books and amusing incidents.
They range from easy to difficult and short to
long. After you listen, there are several comprehension
questions for you to answer.
- When you finish, you can check
your answers and listen as many times as you
want.
URL http://www.esl-lab.com/
- All students can find
something fun and interesting to do here! There
are listening exercises and quizzes that are
divided by levels — easy, medium,
difficult, and very difficult.
There are many, many audio recordings with a wide
range of topics and several pronunciation
practice exercises.
- There are listening quizzes
for academic purposes for starting at the medium
skill level up to the very difficult
skill level.
- For audio and video
recordings, there are long conversations on
topics such as culture shock, safe investing
and news reports.
Beginning
Students
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/donthangup:
- Telephone conversations you
can listen to while you read the script.
(There is also speaking practice in
which you speak in the gaps.)
URL http://grove.ufl.edu/~ktrickel/activity.html:
- Go to Grammar/Integrated
Activities. There you will find audio programs,
grammar descriptions and quizzes for practicing
the present tense.
Intermediate
and Advanced Students
URL http://grove.ufl.edu/~ktrickel/activity.html
(See separate description page
for details about this site)
- At this site you will find a
selection of current topics where you can
practice your listening.
- The audio program includes
activities for increasing vocabulary
(pronunciations, definitions, and use),
comprehension questions as well as follow-up
writing and reading activities on the same topic.
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/compuspeak:
- Learn about computers and
computer terms as you listen to the definitions
and descriptions being read aloud.
- The script is on the screen if
you want to read it as you listen.
Advanced
Students
URL http://grove.ufl.edu/~ktrickel/listening/daily.html
- Daily news programs from
various sources such as NPR (National Public
Radio) or ABC News. These recordings are from 14
to 28 minutes long and discuss the current events
of the world.
- Although they have no
listening comprehension questions, you may listen
as many times as you need to for understanding.
URL http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/LCRA:
- At this web site (The
University of Illinois Intensive English
Institute) you can listen to authentic news
programs from past NPR or ABC newscasts. Some of
the topics include comets, hepatitis, and the
future of the internet. After listening,
there are multiple-choice comprehension
questions.
- You may listen over and over
to specific parts of the program in order to hear
the information you need to understand and answer
the questions correctly.
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