Speaking / Listening
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PRONUNCIATION:
Words
Stress and stress in Compounds: video
& handout
Stress in Compounds (cont.); Sentence Stress and Rhythm: video
and script
Rhythm (cont.); Prominence: video
and script
Prominence (cont.); Student Debate: video
and script
EASY
LISTENING: (all computer-checked)
Families: Colleen's
Family | Dawn's
Family |
Likes and Dislikes: Ebony's
Likes and Dislikes | Sarah's
Likes and Dislikes |
Introductions: Gopham
Inroduces Himself | Filling
in a Form | Art's
Self Introduction
What do you do?: Nancy's
Schedule | Peter's
Day | Making
Plans |Telling
the Time |
Food: Ordering
a Meal | Diet
| Baking
Bread
Shopping: | How
much? |
INTERMEDIATE LISTENING: (all
computer-checked)
Politics: Communism
| Political
Prisoners |
People:
Refund | Visitor
| Personalities | First
Car Drive | Music
| Camping |
Health: Doctor's
Appointment |
Crime:
Crime1
| Crime
2 |
Words in the News: an
audio file and transcript of a news story that changes three times a
week.
Holidays: A
visitor in the night |
Lifestyle: Diversity
in California , Life
on a Cotton Farm
Music: The
Music I like | Our
Singing
University
Life: An
unexpected refund | Taking
my Children to College |
Around the World: Welcome
to London (travel, shopping, cinema, work, eating out)
Fairy
Stories (text reconstruction)
ADVANCED LISTENING: (all
computer-checked)
News: CNN
Stories | Words
in the News |
Around the World: Volunteer
Work in Ecuador | Friends
of Tibet | A
journey from hell | A
trip to Italy |
Music: Ukuleles
Science and Technology: Phone
and Cars | Hollerin Contest
| Timekeeping | Comets
| Science Radio Archive (BBC)
Education: Ukrainian
Higher Education | Problems
with US education |
Health: European
Attitudes to Smoking |
Crime:An
inspiring reaction to violence |
Sports
: Ultimate
Frisbee | Flying
your own plane |
Five
short listening exercises: Future
Plans, Favourite
season, What
would you do with a million pounds, Axel's
holiday, Hesitation
Devices 2 |
Stories: The
Kingdom of the Lion , The
Wolf and the Crane
Online
Lectures: Smithonian
Associates
Other BIG listening sites with many activities:
Easy
Listening and Academic Listening
Randall's
Listening Lab - (all
computer-checked)
Michael
Krauss Listening Page
- all levels
Real English videos
Spotligh Radio programs
with scripts
Environmental Issues: Living
on Earth offers archives of all programs: Transcripts through August
21, 1992 and all story titles are available online.
SPEAKING
Cultural
Debates online
Just Listen,
Read and Repeat
Lyrics
database
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Aknowledgement: The links on this webpage take you to many different addresses.
These webpages are a result of the hard work of many ESL professionals around
the world.
You can check the authors at the bottom of each page.