English Listening Links
All
Things Considered
National Public Radio's All Things Considered.
One of the best news sites on the Internet. Listen to
stories individually or to the entire broadcast. Updated
daily.
Audio
Net
The starting page for an entire range of listening activities.
Possibilities include news stories, books read online,
interviews with stars and businessmen.
ABC
Audio
A wide variety of listening possibilities using RealAudio
from the ABC in England.
Broadcast.com
Fantastic listening resources for anything from live
radio to sport broadcast, talk shows to audio books
on line. An immense amount of listening resources to
be found at this site.
Book
radio
RealAudio interviews with authors discussing their latest
fiction or non-fiction works.
English
Listening Lounge
This site employs RealAudio with a large collection
of ordinary English speakers, talking naturally on a
wide variety of interesting topics, to provide English
learning possibilities. It includes a number of free
listening possibilities. For further listening possibilities,
there is a monthly fee of $20.
eVIEWS
This outstanding listening resource features a number
of interviews (eVIEWS) on a variety of topics and a
variety of accents especially designed for ESL/EFL students.
Exercises include downloadable text along with a glossary
of expressions and a comprehension exercise.
History
Channel
Improve your listening skills. Great speeches that have
changed the course of history.
Internet
Radio
About.com's Guide Mike Powers provides expert resources
and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources
concerning Internet Radio.
Interactive
Listening Comprehension
Listening exercises from the International Language
and the Intensive English Institute at University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign which allow you to first
listen, and then answer comprehension questions.
Language
Box
Language Box is a collection of links to news sites
that broadcast on the Internet in English. Choose which
country, and therefore which accent, you would like
to hear and go.
LanguageTapes.com
The courses provided include English for: Chinese (Cantonese,
Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Hindi, Italian,
Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish. The Pimsleur
Method allows you to learn a language without any reading
materials. The courses are seperated into 30 minute
lessons, the length Dr. Paul Pimsluer found was most
effective for learning.
Minimal
Pairs
Pages provide listening and pronunciation quizzes based
on the use of Minimal Pairs.
New
York Times
This page of the New York Times provides interviews
with some of today's leading authors using RealAudio
technology.
NEWS
ENGLISH - Words, Words, Words
This is a wonderful listening resource that includes
a text with difficult news vocabulary explained. Return
often as stories are updated regularly.
Online Videos for English Learning
As the Internet grows, more and more videos are becoming
available online for fast internet connections. These
videos and video index pages have been chosen because
of their focus on English learning and / or appropriate
materials for use in improving English listening skills.
Pirate/Free
Radio
About.com's Guide John Anderson provides expert resources
and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources
concerning Pirate/Free Radio.
Poetry
Archives
About.com's Guides Bob Holman & Margery Snyder directory
of audio archives which would be useful to ESL students
& teachers wanting to use the voices of English-speaking
poets to train their ears.
Radio
About.com's Guide Tina Gasperson provides expert resources
and information, as well as a guide to Internet resources
concerning Radio.
Randall's
ESL Cyber Listening Lab
An excellent and extensive listening resource for English
learners. New listening exercises every week with follow
up java quizzes. Listening for all levels by Randall
Davis. Well worth the visit!
RealAudio
The RealPlayer is an absolute must for listening to
English on the Internet. Download the RealPlayer in
order to listen to all the web has to offer!
Timecast.Com
The comprehensive list of over 4,000 (!) sites using
RealAudio/RealVideo technology broken up into categories.
Info about studying in English countries:
- Guide to Study in the USA: Find universities and colleges in the United States. If offers also pratical information for students that are planning to study in the United States.
- Guide to Study in the United Kingdom: Find universities and colleges in the United Kingdom. If offers also pratical information for students that are planning to study in the United Kingdom.
- Guide to Study in Ireland: Find universities and colleges in Ireland. If offers also pratical information for students that are planning to study in Ireland.
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