This information will help students find quickly resources in English for their listening skills - SAT's, TOEFL, ESL classes, IELTS etc
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BBC World Service - Learning Zone Home Page --
This site has changed recently, but it's still great for ESL.
You'll have to look around for the listening activities, but they're there. -
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
--Lots of great Real Audio quizzes good for all levels. Also, there is material for academic listening as well as a few videos. -
ESL Wonderland--One of Holly's favourite sites. Kent Trickel delivers a complete package--prelistening and vocabulary, teaching tips, etc.
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The English Listening Lounge
-- This is commercial, and there are areas that are available only by subscription, but the free quizzes are quite good. -
About.com--There's a lot here. It's got a wide range of accents, and there are
activities suitable for all levels.
Sites with Authentic Materials
Interviews and news
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Car Talk
The car talk guys are really funny, but we'd be careful about using this site with lower levels. They both have distinctive Boston accents, and there is a lot of car and colloquial vocabulary. -
Hollywood Online -Movies --Scroll to the bottom for short interview clips with movie personalities. Also has movie trailers.
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The World--public radio international news show
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Nightline (ABC news)-- Video clips of current events in RealAudio. Has some transcripts.
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CNN video select --
Video clips of current events in Real Audio
Weather
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The Weather Channel has audio and video of the latest weather.
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BBC Weather Center --
has videos of the latest weather in Britain.
- Shoe String Radio Theater --
has a lot of short 5 minute audio scenes in real media format. - The Mercury Theater on the Air --
This fabulous site includes Real Audio of famous radio plays produced by the Mercury Theater. It includes the original 1938 Broadcast of "The War of the Worlds." You will need to download a special font plug-in to view it. - Old Timer Radio --
has audio of old radio programs organized by genre. - One Act Plays --
by a non-profit group called the One Act Players.
Speeches
- Famous speeches with audio - a few short wav files.
- On-line speech bank - very extensive collection of on-line speeches, many with audio or video.
Film and TV
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Xena QuickTime Library-- Quicktime short clips.
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Hollywood Online -Movies --Scroll to the bottom for short interview clips with movie personalities. Also has movie trailers.
Songs
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MP3.com has some free music to listen to.
- Global Hit Archive, from The World. World music clips.
Poetry
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The Academy of American Poets --
Archive of Poetry with both text & audio usually read by the author). -
The Favourite Poem Project
Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky's ambitious audio/video project asks Americans to record their favourite poems. Here are videos of 50 Americans reading their favourite poems. Wow! What a great site. Listen to many different Americans and different regional accents. Learn why they love these poems. -
Harper Audio -- Poetry read by the authors or by famous actors. Available in several formats.
Educational Video
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BrainPop--This site is aimed at kids, but the science related animations have real possibilities for the ESL classroom.
Commercials
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The Ad Critic-- Commercials from US TV.
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Foreign Accent Archive --not for ESL per se, but a great resource for examining accented English and predicting pronunciation problems
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Pronunciation Web Resources --put together by Marsha Chan.
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Antimoon.com's "English pronunciation and the phonetic alphabet— an introduction"
This information page brought to you by Sharon Widmayer and Holly Gray. For more information, please e-mail Feedback@soundsofenglish.org
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