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Voice recorders. BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English. Breaking News English Lessons: Easy English News Materials. Chansons pour apprendre l'anglais Apprendre une langue. DC IELTS: Listening guide. Understanding IELTS listening Easy to harder The questions start off easy with listening to in a social context (like checking in at a hotel) and get slowly harder until you get to an academic lecture One people and two people speaking Note also that you must listen to both one and two people speaking - this can make it harder It is important that you spell all the answers correctly - any wrongly spelled answers are marked as wrong Time to read the questions first You are given time before each section to read the questions You should use this time to think about what you are going to listen to and think what the answers might be Time at the end to fill out the answer sheet You are given 10 minutes at the end of the test to fill out your newer sheet - use this time to make sure your answers are correctly spelled and grammatically correct.

DC IELTS: Listening guide

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English Listening Exercises. English Listening - Listening lessons ESL students with audio files and fun questions. English Listening Lesson Libary Online. ESL Lounge: Listening - Elementary. Page 1 World Of Movies Listening to a cinema's recorded message giving information about movies and times of screening.

ESL Lounge: Listening - Elementary

Exercise Number: 1L1Click for Transcript The Rock Star A rock star talks about her daily routine. Exercise Number: 1L2Click for Transcript The New Class A girl talks about her new Spanish class. Making Apple Pie Two friends talk about what they need to make apple pie. Bookworms A member of the public answers questions for a reading survey. Bookworms 2 Another listening quiz based on the same recording. Leaving On A Jet Plane A couple of friends talk while on a flight from New York to Los Angeles. Leaving On A Jet Plane 2 Another listening quiz based on the same recording. Coming To Town Heather and Clive talk about a visit to town by Heather's brother.

Coming To Town 2 Another listening quiz based on the same recording. Are you also an English teacher? Premium Home Page | Free Samples | Why Join | FAQ | Sign Up! Take The Tour. ESL Lounge: Listening - Pre-Intermediate. Page 1 The Charity Show Two friends talk about how one can help the other with an upcoming charity show.

ESL Lounge: Listening - Pre-Intermediate

Exercise Number: 2L1Click for Transcript Diana's New Job Diana tells her friend about how her new job is going. Exercise Number: 2L2Click for Transcript The Job Interview Pia goes for a job interview to try and get a new job. Vacation Stress Spoken postcard from Leroy, on vacation in Europe. ESL Lounge: Listening - Intermediate. Page 1 You've Changed!

ESL Lounge: Listening - Intermediate

Two friends meet after not seeing each other for a long time. Exercise Number: 3L1Click for Transcript Sports Roundup Sports news on the radio. ESL Lounge: Listening - Advanced. Page 1 Interview with an Actress A famous actress is interviewed about her recent work.

ESL Lounge: Listening - Advanced

Exercise Number: 4L1Click for Transcript S.E.T.I. An interview on the radio about SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence). Ielts-simon.com: IELTS Listening. Perhaps the hardest thing about the IELTS listening test is that you only hear the recordings once.

ielts-simon.com: IELTS Listening

If you miss something, there's no second chance. LearnEnglish - British Council. Listen to our series LearnEnglish Podcasts. Learning English Broadcast - Episodes. Listen A Minute: Easier English Listening and Activities. Learn English. 5 Minute English: Listening. Listening Lessons Dogs, Dogs, Dogs - Idioms and phrases using the word 'Dog'.

5 Minute English: Listening

Get the phone! - A listening exercise. Listen to the phone conversation and then answer the questions.

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SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds. Listening 4-6. ListenUp - The REAL English Listening Challenge. Listening Master - LingualNet. Listening skills practice. Listening strategies. Music. Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - For English as a Second Language. Skillswise - Speaking and listening. Spelling Bee. What are the different ways to play the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee?

Spelling Bee

There are two different ways to play. In the Tournament Spelling Bee, you'll be challenged by a series of words, with the spelling difficulty adapted to your skill level. The more words you get right, the higher your score will go, on a scale from 200 to 800. You can compete against other spellers, since we keep track of high scores (with streaks of correct answers serving as tiebreakers). You can also try a Community Spelling Bee generated from one of our subscribers' word lists. How does the Visual Thesaurus Spelling Bee work? Each turn, you'll hear the recording of the word and see its definition (with words suitably omitted that might give away the correct spelling). In the Tournament Spelling Bee, the more words you get right, the higher your score will go.

If you play a Community Spelling Bee, the words from the selected word list are presented in random order. TED Talks I like. Ancient Faith Ministries. The 10 Best Places to Find ELT Listening Materials. If, like me, you find that one of the most commonly heard requests from your learners is to provide them with additional listening materials to study with outside of class, this post is definitely for you.

The 10 Best Places to Find ELT Listening Materials

I’ve trawled the internet and the result of my extensive labors is the list of ten great resources you see below… enjoy! 1) Link Eng Park This site doesn’t actually produce any of its own materials, but it’s as close as an encyclopedia of all ESL online listening materials as you’re ever likely to find. If you can’t find something here for your teaching context, you almost might as well stop searching! Link Eng Park is a great resource for ELT podcasts. Reasons why I use this site Free to use (as are all on this list unless otherwise stated)Organized according to various levelsMany if not all include scripts of the listeningMany video clips as well as regular audioUpdated regularlySimple and effective search function 2) British Council Learn English Teens 3) Elllo.

Two Wonderful Sites to Practise Listening and other skills. 123Listening. Video Based ENGLISH LISTENING COMPREHENSION for ESL Students - Page 1. VOA Learning English.