General Listening Sites
General Listening Sites
Passages with different levels and speeds
Different accents (Speech Accent Archive)
Speech Accent Archive (gmu.edu)
General listening skills (Skillwise)
Speaking and listening - BBC Teach
6 minute English (BBC Learning English)
Learning English - 6 Minute English (bbc.co.uk)
International Archive of Dialects
Accent Regions of the World | IDEA: International Dialects of English Archive (dialectsarchive.com)
Airport announcements (ESL-lab)
Airport Announcement | Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab (esl-lab.com)
Songs and Activities for English Language Learners | (ELL, ESL, and EFL)
Free listening tests, listening activities for students, and free audio files; good for young learners.
Thousands of topics to choose from, interviews, authentic listening. This website has many different activities for all levels.
An "Oldie but goodie." Leveled listening with quizzes and a large variety of topics.
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
This website has great podcasts to help you practice your listening
All Ears English Podcast • General Fluency | All Ears English
(Music videos (from 1000s of songs available on youtube) that have been subtitled (karaoke-style). You have to either fill in the blank or choose words that have been taken out of the lyrics -- you have to listen carefully, recognize words, and choose/spell them to continue the videos.You don't need an account -- click "maybe later")
Learn English for Free with Music Videos, Lyrics and Karaoke!
Think Out Loud: Interviews on Portland Public Radio
Stories from people of all backgrounds and beliefs
StoryCorps – Stories from people of all backgrounds and beliefs
Nigel “Teacher” Caplan’s website with links to many different listening websites
Listening and Lecture Practice – Nigel Caplan
Authentic listening passages
Americans saying poems they love
English podcasts
a4esl.org/p = Easy Online RSS Reader for ESL/EFL Podcasts
Listening practice for beginning to intermediate ESL students
Level 1 – ESL Listening Practice (esl4me.com)
Speaking/listening textbook designed for advanced beginner-low intermediate English language learners