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Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - English Listening. 9/11 Voices From the Air: Recordings from Passengers Onboard. 9/11: Phone Calls from People Trapped in the Towers. Jonas Hassen Khemiri Reads “As You Would Have Told It to Me (Sort of) If We H... Lessons Worth Sharing. Video lessons. In this video we will be showing you why we like How It Should Have Ended For Kids. We're focusing on two playlists: Silly Songs and Fixed Fairy Tales, with some practical ideas about how we use them in teaching young learners. Here's a link to an interactive video quiz at our site for one of the videos from the channel, and here's a link to the channel itself. Enjoy! Anna Csíky iSLCollective Teacher Trainer.

10 Best Free Listening Websites with Quizzes to Practise for Listening Exams. So what do you do to practise listening for exams?

10 Best Free Listening Websites with Quizzes to Practise for Listening Exams

Growing up, I never had the opportunity to do any extra practice to improve my listening skills. We didn’t have the Internet and the thousand possibilities it offers to learners of any language nowadays. The teachers had an old tape player that sometimes stopped and started on its own and old tapes that ended up sounding distorted and most of the times unlistenable so if you wanted to get better at listening, you just listened to the radio and struggled to understand the lyrics and sing along. Not that I ever complained. That was the perfect excuse to listen to music while claiming to be working hard. So, exams are just around the corner and I know you’re beginning to freak out.

These are, in my opinion, the best sites with quizzes to practise listening comprehension. Listening Comprehension – Toilet Training the Cat – Stuart McLean – The Cansw... Last year, Canada lost a national treasure – Stuart McLean.

Listening Comprehension – Toilet Training the Cat – Stuart McLean – The Cansw...

He began his radio program The Vinyl Cafe in 1994, and to date has recorded more than 400 stories on CBC radio (Canadian Broadcast Company). It got to be so popular that he traveled throughout small town Canada with musical acts and shared his stories about Dave, Morley, Sam and Stephanie on the Vinyl Cafe with that old radio voice that captivated so many. Now, thanks to the wonder of Spotfiy – The Vinyl Cafe, I get to sit in my kitchen every Sunday morning with my coffee and become entranced once more… now it is even more special because sometimes my 8 year old daughter sits with me too. The Vinyl Cafe is perfect for higher level listening comprehension exercises. It is also one of those “I have nothing planned – PANIC!!”

So here you go – Toilet Training the Cat . Behind the News. 100 Ways to Improve Your English — Podcasts - The English Blog. If you’re not familiar with podcasts, here’s a definition : "a podcast is a digital audio recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer".

100 Ways to Improve Your English — Podcasts - The English Blog

I spend a lot of time listening to podcasts on my iPod when I’m at home doing the dishes, on the bus or train, or just out walking. My favourite podcasts would probably not be suitable for most learners of English (except those at a very advanced level), but the good news is that there are dozens of podcasts available specifically for learning English — and they’re a wonderful way to improve your listening skills. English Listening Level Test - How well do you understand English? Which English exam is right for you?

Stories – StoryCorps. Listening Comprehension, Listening that sparks learning. 11 things you never knew about elephants. BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English. BBC Radio 4 Extra - Ursula Le Guin - Earthsea. Listening skills practice. Sökresultat: newsreel 2016 - UR Skola. Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - For English as a Second Language.

Storyline Online - Where Reading Is Fun! Listening 7-9 – WebEnglish.se. Spread Inspiration via WebEnglish.se WebEnglish.se has opened a new link category for intermediate (yr 7-9) students.

Listening 7-9 – WebEnglish.se

To start with, there are six links to amusing and inspiring talks that the site author has already successfully used in her classes this autumn. The idea is to watch, to discuss and write about the thoughts that… In "Teaching Matters" Justin Bieber's Lyrics. Skip Reske's ESL BITS - English Language Learning - ESL Listening Stories, Songs, Audiobooks. Camden Scene 1. Stephen: Here we are in Camden Lock Market.

Camden Scene 1

It’s a great place to go shopping and we need to buy a birthday present for our Mum. What do you think we should get her, Ash? Ashlie: Well our Mum loves nice clothes and costume jewellery. So - I’m sure we’ll find something here. Stephen: It's huge here, Ash. Ashlie: OK, I’ll see you back here in an hour, then. Stephen: Oh, Ash – can you lend me 50 quid? Ashlie: 50 quid, eh? Stephen: Don’t worry, you’ll get it back! Word on the Street.