LISTENING

A Collection of Resources to Improve your Listening Skills

NEWS IN ENGLISH A collection of sites to listen to and read news in easy English and links to authentic newspapers and radio stations from the English-speaking world .

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH A collection of resources to listen to audiobooks and read literary texts. 

CINEMA, TV AND SERIES

MUSIC

Didactic Listening Resources

Resources by the British Council Learn English. 

Listening. Listening tasks with audio, interactive comprehension exercises, transcript and dowloadables. British and international English. Levels A1-C1

Videozone. Selected original videos from YouTube on a wide range of topics featuring a variety of accents and colloquial and idiomatic language in context. Each video is also accompanied by interactive exercises, transcript and downloadables. Variety of accents. Levels B2-C1

Audiozone. Audio recordings on a wide range of topic, with interactive exercises, transcript and downloadables. Variety of accents. Levels B2-C1

General English podcasts. Podcasts series on topics ranging from fictional drama and jokes to quizzes, and language advice. With interactive exercises, transcript and downloadables. British English. Levels A2-B1

British Council Learn English. Big City Small World. An audio fiction series about a group of people from around the world who are living in London. With interactive exercises, transcript and downloadables. Variety of accents. Level B1

Britain is Great. Videos about a variety of aspects of British life and culture, including art, history, sport and music. Each video is accompanied by a transcript, interactive exercise and downloadables. British English. Level B2-C1


Resources by the British Council Learn English Teens

Listening Listening tasks with audio, interactive comprehension exercises, transcript and downloadables. The topics are adapted to teenage interests. British English. Levels A1-C1

VideoZone  Selected original YouTube videos, with interactive exercises, transcript and downloadables. Variety of accents. Levels B2-C1

YouTubers British Council created teenage YouTubers videos, with subtitles and transcript. British English. Levels B1-C1

Listening UK

Pre-intermediate video Perspectives Level A2

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab A wealth of listening activities based on short audio recordings or video, classified according to levels of difficulty, with interactive exercises to check comprehension and learning vocabulary. American English. Levels A1-C1

ELLLO English Listening Lesson Library Online  

English Portal. Videos on cultural aspects and festivals for basic levels. A1-A2+


Some Authentic Listening Material

Ororo TV (video collections from YouTube with subtitles)

TED talks 

TED-Ed

Radio 4 in 4

The School of Life Videos

Guardian Podcasts

BBC Radio 4. The Listening Project

StoryCorps

The Atlantic YouTube channel