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Listening for English Learners
Listening for English Learners
ELLLO is a free online listening resource for ESL. Most listening activities include images an interactive quiz, transcript of the audio and downloadable MP3. You can choose games, dialogues, quizzes and more.
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
This site has listening exercises for all levels with vocabulary, text and quizzes.
On YouGlish, you type in a word or multi-word expression and the site shows you clips from YouTube with people using the words. You can listen, read, and move through many examples.
Music
Music
This is a site with songs and video. You can choose from 4 levels. Listen and type the missing words.
Stories
Stories
Here is an extensive site with audio books, short stories and songs.You can choose from two speeds and read as you listen.
These are children's books read on video. You can see the text and listen and read. They may be for kids but they are fun stories with beautiful pictures.
Authentic Listening Sites
Authentic Listening Sites
NPR is noncommercial news radio reporting on just about any subject you can think of. Check it out for short clips of the most current news or longer in-depth shows, interviews and stories.
Find interesting lectures from all kinds of people about all kinds of topics, some very short, some longer. The scripts are interactive.
This is a picture of the StoryCorps trailer. It travels all over the United States collecting an oral history from regular people. It is a great place to hear different accents, cultures and ages. The stories are wonderful.
For selections with partial text click: StoryCorps NPR Main Page
This site has old news reels, political speeches, movie speeches and more - original footage and movie clips with scripts.
This is a great place to improve your language skills and learn about history and culture - lots of themes that you would see on an iBT or IELTS tests.
Podcasts
Podcasts
This American Life is a weekly public radio program and podcast. Each week they choose a theme and put together different kinds of stories on that theme.
Google Sites
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