ESL on the Internet: Listening

LISTENING
(websites focusing on listening comprehension practice)

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	*Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab* http://esl-lab.com Excellent site with many listening exercises organized by level, category, and length. Transcripts, comprehension questions, etc.
	*ELLLO! (English Language Listening Lab Online)* http://www.elllo.org/ Many listening selections with transcripts, comprehension quizzes, listening "games;" some organized by level and theme.
	*1-Language Online English Courses* http://www.1-language.com/englishcourse/index.htm Beginner material has brief listening selections (dialogues) organized by grammar structure followed by grammar lessons/quizzes and dialogue completion exercises (advanced section has no listening and is grammar only).
	*Learning Resources* http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/home.html Recordings of current and past CNN and CBS news stories with transcripts. Exercises include comprehension, vocabulary, word choice, sequencing, and more.
	*Voice of America* http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/ Listen to news, feature stories, and biographies presented in "special English" (spoken slowly); includes transcripts; vocabulary quizzes and more.
	Adult Learning Activities -- California Distance Learning Project http://www.cdlponline.org/ Many listening selections, some with videos, organized into eleven categories; comprehension and vocabulary quizzes.
	ESLPod http://eslpod.com/ A large variety of listening selections with American English speakers, spoken very slowly; some explanations of expressions/phrases; updated regularly; many archived audio files may be downloaded to a computer or an iPod.
	*The English Listening Lounge* http://englishlistening.com Listening exercises (beginner, intermediate, advanced) with comprehension questions/answers and transcripts. Ten (10) listening exercises in each level.
	Focus English http://focusenglish.com/ A number of conversations in "everyday English," some with exercises. Focuses on spoken English with idioms and common English expressions.
	English Trailers http://www.english-trailers.com/index.php Presents movie trailers (video & audio) with accompanying summaries, transcripts, cloze exercises, and more. Offers level of difficulty option (easy, medium, hard), but really for the more advanced student.
	*American Rhetoric -- Online Speech Bank* http://americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm Database of thousands of speeches, some with both audio and video (all with transcripts); includes world famous/historical speeches, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, sermons, etc.; organized alphabetically and by category.
	Radio Diaries http://www.radiodiaries.org/index.html Personal oral histories and documentaries originally presented on National Public Radio; includes transcripts. For more advanced students.
	*Web-Books -- Interactive Audio Picture English Lessons* http://www.web-books.com/Language/INTER0/English_Main.htm Easy vocabulary exercises with pictures and audio; includes exercises and quizzes. For beginning students.
	English Idioms and Slang http://englishcaster.com/idioms/ Idioms are presented in context, followed by explanations; each selection is accompanied by review questions.