Listening

Listen a Minute

https://www.listenaminute.com/

Listen to some very short recordings on different topics and check your understanding by completing the quizzes. The recordings are less than a minute long. You can download the recordings and quizzes if you like.

Randall ESL Cyber Listening Lab

http://www.esl-lab.com/

Around 140 listening clips and quizzes for you to access online; categorized into four difficulty levels. A typical quiz consists of pre-listening / listening /post-listening exercises, as well as vocabulary activities and online investigation topics.

esl-lounge: Listening

https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening.php

You will find listening comprehension exercises divided into four levels:

1. elementary
2. pre-intermediate
3. intermediate
4. advanced

English Listening Language Lab Online (ELLLO)

http://www.elllo.org/index.htm

The website features over 1,000 listening exercises contributed by people from all over the world. For each recording there are various quizzes, such as vocabulary and comprehension. You can sort the exercises by topic, country (accent), level and media. Transcripts and vocabulary notes are provided.

Talk English

https://www.talkenglish.com/listening/listen.aspx

The listening comprehension exercises on this webpage are divided into three levels:

1. basic
2. intermediate
3. advanced

BBC 6-minutes English

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/

You can listen to discussions on various topics and check your understanding by answering the MC question that follows and read the transcripts. The meaning of vocabulary used in the recording is available.

British Council: Learning English Teens: Listening skills practice

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice

1-language.com: Free audio course

http://www.1-language.com/audiocourse/index.htm

Try the 40 units of listening exercises covering daily conversation and common campus topics. You will hear different accents. Flash player is needed to play the recordings.

ESOL Courses: English listening exercises – Online lessons for ESL students

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/listening.html

HkedCity’s TV News

http://tvnews.hkedcity.net/public/default.aspx

Watch some HK news of TVB to practise your listening skills and learn new vocabulary. Click on “Enter” at the bottom of the TV screen at the top left hand corner of the webpage. Contact your English teacher for your password or username.

Breaking News English

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/index.html

Lessons based on newspaper articles on different issues. There is a recording of the article in different speed in each lesson and students can choose the version of the recording they feel most comfortable with to complete a cloze task.

Englishstore.net: Free English Listening exercises and tests online

http://englishteststore.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11388&Itemid=357

Dictationsonline.com

http://www.dictationsonline.com/

The website features dozens of dictation exercises in 5 levels. In each exercise, you'll hear the passage read 4 times: first in normal speed, then slowly with punctuation for twice, then the whole passage again. Finally, the written text is shown and you can count your mistakes.