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LOW INTERMEDIATE

Listening Sites WITH Activities

Interlink Language Centers:
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/LISTEN/listen1.htm
- about 10 minutes long
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/LISTEN/listen2.htm
- about 10 minutes long
10 multiple-choice questions.   Listen to the WAV file, then choose an answer.   No scripts.

http://eslus.com/LESSONS/PRONUNCI/PRONUNCI.HTM - about 10 minutes long
Listen to the WAV files, then choose the words that you heard. (JavaScript)

Dictation Quiz:
http://oscar.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~sugiura/calico97/DictationQuiz/top.html - about 10 minutes long including the activities.
Dictation (fill-in) Quiz with 7 Questions (Masatoshi Sugiura).   Scripts.

Authentic American Pronunciation:
http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/
- about 5 minutes for each activity
Focused on pronunciation practice and more than 20 activities.

English Listening.com
http://www.englishlistening.com/flmenu.phtml?level=1 - about 15 minutes long for each topic
Listen to the short speech, such as personal experiences or opinions.   Script.
•  Choose (click on) one of the topics.
•  Click on "Listen."
•  Click on "Questions."
•  Click on "Questions & Answers."
•  Click on "Transcript."

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab:
http://www.esl-lab.com/
- about 30 minutes long including the activities
Listen to conversations for a few minutes and answer the questions.   Scripts.  
•  Choose one of the topics.
•  Do the three exercises (Pre-Listening, Listening, and Post-Listening).

Takako's Great Adventure:
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/takako/index.html
- about 50 minutes long for each episode including the activities
Listen to ten episodes and then, for each episode, do some interesting activities such as "Vocabulary Exercises ," "Fill-in," "Multiple-choice," "Crossword puzzle," and "Inferences and deduct ions." Review by reading the scripts.

English Tapestry Listening Homepage:
New ! http://engtap.greatnow.com/ - about 45 minutes long for each topic including the activities.
Listen to English speakers from all over the world.   Script.
•  Choose (click on) one of the topics whose you would like to listen to.
•  On the RIGHT side, click on "Listen" or "Listen Only."
•  On the righT side, click on "Listen with Quiz" to do the activities.
•  On the LEFT side, click on "Listen" or "Listen Only."
•  On the LEFT side, click on "See Questions" to do the activities.
•  Click on "See words" on the right side to check the script.

English, baby!: Student Community:
New ! http://www.englishbaby.com/lessons/index.php - about 25 minutes long for each topics including the activities.
Your REAL ENGLISH Lessons for the week.   Multiple choices.   Script.
•  Choose (click on) one of the topics.
•  Click on "LIESTEN."   Try not to read the script.
•  Answer the questions.
•  Check the right answers.

Listening Only Sites

English Learning Fun Site:
http://www.elfs.com/MM5%20menu.html - about 20 minutes long for each group.
Tongue Twister exercise to improve problem consonants.   Script.
•  Choose one of the groups of consonants.
•  Listen to and speak out the examples.
•  Try not to read the sentences while you are speaking it out.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:
New !   http://wiredforbooks.org/alice/chapter1.htm - about 15 minutes for each chapter.   12 chapters total.
It is a production of the Ohio University Telecommunications Center .   No script.
•  Listen to the chapters one by one.  
•  Dictate the story.
•  Repeat (speak out) the story while you are listening to it.

Light Your Brain: Classic Stories Online:
New ! http://www.lightupyourbrain.com/stories.html - about 30 minutes long.
•  Click on "READ TO ME" to listen to one of the stories.
•  Dictate it.
•  Repeat (speak out) it by following the speaker.

Antimoon.com:
http://www.antimoon.com/other/shaggydog.htm
- about 2~8 minutes for each story
Listening to s hort (about two minutes each), funny stories in American English.   No scripts.
•  Listen to one of the stories.
•  Pay attention to the actors' pronunciation of English sounds and words.
•  Try to repeat individual words.
•  Pay attention to the grammar and vocabulary.
•  Dictate the text by listening to it again.
•  Speak out the text and simultaneously listen to it.

The Moon lit Road:
http://www.themoonlitroad.com/
- about 50 minutes long for each activity.
Listen to and read the scary stories and folktales (about 10 to 15 minutes each).   Summaries. Click "open the gate."
•  Click "feature stories."
•  Choose one of the stories.
•  Click "Hear the story" and listen to it.
•  Listen to it again and dictate it.
•  Click "Read the story" and check your comprehension.

Fun Stuff

Animal Sounds - Kerttuli School:
http://www.tkukoulu.fi/~kerttuli/animal-e.html

Discriminate the animal sounds by your ears.   This interactive exercise is aimed at beginner-level learners of English as a second language.
KayLynn's Pronunciation Lessons:
http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~kaylynn/pronunciation.html

Listening Discrimination.

Harry Potter Trailer (Chris Elvin):
http://www.eflclub.com/6movies/harrypotter/harrypotter.htm

4 fill-in questions. Requires QuickTime (Video) and JavaScript.   Scripts.

EFL Club Songs:
http://www.eflclub.com/2songs/songs.html
Songs Rooms: Listen to MP3 files and fill in the blanks.   Scripts.

Live Radio and Television from the United States:
New ! http://broadcast-live.com/usa.html
•  Choose (click on) one of the broadcasts.
•  Choose (click on) one of the topics.   Listen to it.
•  Enjoy it.

English-trailers.com by Andrew Johnson:
New ! http://www.english-trailers.com/
Quiz.   Script.
•  Select a movie.   Click "go!"
•  Play the movie, and watch (listen to) it.   Take a note if you need.
•  Click on "Cloze."   Type your answers.   Repeat the movie more until you understand.
•  Click on "Script" to check the original sentences, and make sure your unknown words by the underlines words.

HIGH INTERMEDIATE

Listening Sites WITH Activities

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab:
http://www.esl-lab.com/
- about 30 minutes long including the activities
Listen to conversations for a few minutes and answer the questions.   Scripts.  
•  Choose one of the topics.
•  Do the three exercises (Pre-Listening, Listening, and Post-Listening).

Takako's Great Adventure:
http://international.ouc.bc.ca/takako/index.html
- about 50 minutes long for each episode including the activities
Listen to ten episodes and then, for each episode, do some interesting activities such as "Vocabulary Exercises ," "Fill-in," "Multiple-choice," "Crossword puzzle," and "Inferences and deduct ions." Review by reading the scripts.

English Tapestry Listening Homepage:
New ! http://engtap.greatnow.com/ - about 45 minutes long for each topic including the activities.
Listen to English speakers from all over the world.   Script.
•  Choose (click on) one of the topics whose you would like to listen to.
•  On the RIGHT side, click on "Listen" or "Listen Only."
•  On the righT side, click on "Listen with Quiz" to do the activities.
•  On the LEFT side, click on "Listen" or "Listen Only."
•  On the LEFT side, click on "See Questions" to do the activities.
•  Click on "See words" on the right side to check the script.

English, baby!: Student Community:
New ! http://www.englishbaby.com/lessons/index.php - about 25 minutes long for each topics including the activities.
Your REAL ENGLISH Lessons for the week.   Multiple choices.   Script.
•  Choose (click on) one of the topics.
•  Click on "LIESTEN."   Try not to read the script.
•  Answer the questions.
•  Check the right answers.

English Listening.com
http://www.englishlistening.com/flmenu.phtml?level=2 - about 30 minutes long for each topic
Listen to the short speech, such as personal experiences or opinions.   Script.
•  Choose (click on) one of the topics.
•  Click on "Listen."
•  Click on "Questions."
•  Click on "Questions & Answers."
•  Click on "Transcript."

Authentic American Pronunciation:
http://eleaston.com/listen.html - up to 10 minutes long for each activity.
Listening and Quizzes in more than 10 categories such as "Business English," "Politics," "Music," and so on , with each category covering more than 20 topics.   Scripts.
•  Choose one of the categories.
•  Do the activities for the categories.

Listening Only Sites

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:
New !   http://wiredforbooks.org/alice/chapter1.htm - about 15 minutes for each chapter.   12 chapters total.
It is a production of the Ohio University Telecommunications Center .   No script.
•  Listen to the chapters one by one.  
•  Dictate the story.
•  Repeat (speak out) the story while you are listening to it.

Light Your Brain: Classic Stories Online:
New ! http://www.lightupyourbrain.com/stories.html - about 30 minutes long.
•  Click on "READ TO ME" to listen to one of the stories.
•  Dictate it.
•  Repeat (speak out) it by following the speaker.

The Antimoon:
http://www.antimoon.com/other/shaggydog.htm
- about 2~8 minutes for each story
Listening to s hort (about two minutes each), funny stories in American English.   No scripts.
•  Listen to one of the stories.
•  Pay attention to the actors' pronunciation of English sounds and words.
•  Try to repeat individual words.
•  Pay attention to the grammar and vocabulary.
•  Dictate the text by listening to it again.
•  Speak out the text and simultaneously listen to it.

The Moon lit Road:
http://www.themoonlitroad.com/
- about 50 minutes long for each activity.
Listen to and read the scary stories and folktales (about 10 to 15 minutes each).   Summaries. Click "open the gate."
•  Click "feature stories."
•  Choose one of the stories.
•  Click "Hear the story" and listen to it.
•  Listen to it again and dictate it.
•  Click "Read the story" and check your comprehension.

Michigan: The Script:
New !   http://www.cc.mie-u.ac.jp/~lq20100/michigan.html - about 45 minutes long including the activities.
Listen to an article about Michigan state by Rudolf Ammann, Mie University, Japan .   Script.
•  Click on " sound files " on the right side in the screen.
•  Click on "mich1.mp3" - "mich4.mp3" one by one in the Test in Four Sections.
•  Repeat listening to it until you understand.   Dictate or take a note for it.
•  Read the script to check your comprehension.

Internet Multicasting Service Home Page
http://town.hall .org/radio/NASA/
NASA's Space Story.   More than 20 stories.   No script.

http:/ /town.hall.org/radio/Miller/
Discovering a New World of Flavor by Mark Miller.   No script.

http://town.hall.org/radio/Kennedy/Taylor/
What is Jazz?: Four Lectures by Dr. Billy Taylor.   No script.

http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/IMS/HarperAudio/
Harper Audio, Harper Collins Publisher.   More than 30 stories.   No Script.

•  Choose (click on) one of the authors.
•  Listen to it.  
•  Dictate it.   Repeat the play until you understand.
•  Look up the unknown words and phrases by yourself.

Voice of America:
http://www.manythings.org/ra//voa-all.html

Special English, News Now, Dateline, Kaleidoscope, Music Mix, and Women in Business (for about 30 to 60 minutes each).   No scripts.
•  Choose one of the topics.
•  Listen to it.
•  Listen to it again, and dictate it.
•  Repeat listening until fully understood.

National Geographic:
http://pulseplanet.nationalgeographic.com/ax/archives_index.html - about 30 minutes long for each activity.
Listen to some short stories about nature, culture, and science.   Scripts.
•  Click one of the topics.
•  First, listen to it only.
•  Listen to it again while dictating.
•  Read the text and check your comprehension.

NPR Organization
http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/index.html
http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/020214.wtcweddings.html
http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/001229.stories.html - about 50 minutes long for each activity.
Lost and Found Sounds: The Stories (about 10 to 20 minutes each).    Summaries.  
•  Choose one of the topics.
•  Read the summary before you listen to it.
•  Listen to it.
•  Listen to it again while dictating.

Fun Stuff

EFL Club Songs:
http://www.eflclub.com/2songs/songs.html
Songs Rooms: Listen to MP3 files and fill in the blanks.   Scripts.

English-trailers.com by Andrew Johnson:
New ! http://www.english-trailers.com/ (All Levels)
Quiz.   Script.
•  Select a movie.   Click "go!"
•  Play the movie, and watch (listen to) it.   Take a note if you need.
•  Click on "Cloze."   Type your answers.   Repeat the movie more until you understand.
•  Click on "Script" to check the original sentences, and make sure your unknown words by the underlines words.

ADVANCED

Listening Sites WITH Activities

Authentic American Pronunciation:
http://eleaston.com/listen.html - up to 10 minutes long for each activity.
Listening and Quizzes in more than 10 categories such as "Business English," "Politics," "Music," and so on , with each category covering more than 20 topics.   Scripts.
•  Choose one of the categories.
•  Do the activities for the categories.

English Listening.com
http://www.englishlistening.com/flmenu.phtml?level=3
•  Choose (click on) one of the topics.
•  Click on "Listening."
•  Click on "Questions."
•  Click on "Questions & Answers ."
•  Click on "Transcript."

Listening Only Sites

Internet Multicasting Service Home Page
http://town.hall .org/radio/NASA/
NASA's Space Story.   More than 20 stories.   No script.

http:/ /town.hall.org/radio/Miller/
Discovering a New World of Flavor by Mark Miller.   No script.

http://town.hall.org/radio/Kennedy/Taylor/
What is Jazz?: Four Lectures by Dr. Billy Taylor.   No script.

http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/IMS/HarperAudio/
Harper Audio, Harper Collins Publisher.   More than 30 stories.   No Script.

•  Choose (click on) one of the authors.
•  Listen to it.  
•  Dictate it.   Repeat the play until you understand.
•  Look up the unknown words and phrases by yourself.

Voice of America:
http://www.manythings.org/ra//voa-all.html

Special English, News Now, Dateline, Kaleidoscope, Music Mix, and Women in Business (for about 30 to 60 minutes each).   No scripts.
•  Choose one of the topics.
•  Listen to it.
•  Listen to it again, and dictate it.
•  Repeat listening until fully understood.

National Geographic:
http://pulseplanet.nationalgeographic.com/ax/archives_index.html - about 30 minutes long for each activity.
Listen to some short stories about nature, culture, and science.   Scripts.
•  Click one of the topics.
•  First, listen to it only.
•  Listen to it again while dictating.
•  Read the text and check your comprehension.

NPR Organization
http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/index.html
http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/020214.wtcweddings.html
http://www.npr.org/programs/l n fsound/stories/001229.stories.html - about 50 minutes long for each activity.
Lost and Found Sounds: The Stories (about 10 to 20 minutes each).    Summaries.  
•  Choose one of the topics.
•  Read the summary before you listen to it.
•  Listen to it.
•  Listen to it again while dictating.

Talk Programs (NPR):
http://www.npr.org/about/programs/talk.html
  Recommended listening, dictating, and checking via summaries.
•  Choose one of the programs.
•  Choose one of the topics in the program.
•  Read the summary before you listen to it.
•  Listen to it.   Repeat listening as necessary for further comprehension.

History Channel Speeches:
http://historychannel.com/speeches/index.html
Read a short segment before you listen to it.   Summary.
•  Choose one of the four categories such as "Politics & Government," "Science & Technology," and so on.
•  Choose one of the topics in the category.
•  Read the summary before you listen to it.
•  Listen to it.   Repeat listening as necessary for further comprehension.

American Television Broadcasts in English:
http://www.broadcast-live.com/television/englishusa.html
•  Choose (click on) one of the broadcasts.
•  Listen to one of the topics.
•  Dictate it.   Repeat the play until you understand.

Internet Multicasting Service Home Page:
http://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9501_cfp.html
Transaction Records in Interactive Services: Who Watches the Servers? (54:49)

http://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9502_cfp.html
A Net for All: Where are the minorities? (54:52)

http://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9503_cfp.html
The Case against Computers: A Systemic Critique (55:50)

http://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9504_cfp.html
His Master's Voice... (56:09)

http://town.hall.org/radio/CFP/9505_cfp.html
Can We Talk Long Distance?: Removing Impediments to Secure International Communication (6:05:07:50)

http://town.hall.org/radio/CommonGround/
Common Ground: Radio Series on World Affairs.   More than 50 topics.

http://town.hall.org/radio/Dialogue/
Dialogue.   About 25 topics.

http://town.hall.org/radio/FoodandFriends/
Chef's Best: The Food Event of the Year! (11:56)

http://town.hall.org/radio/Geek/
Geek of the Week.   Carl Malamud interviews leading network researchers, engineers, implementers, and a wide variety of other troublemakers. The interviews are technically focused and are produced by Martin Lucas.   About 50 topics.

•  Choose (click on) one of the topics.
•  Listen to it.
•  Dictate it.   Repeat the play until you understand.
•  Look up the unknown words and phrases by yourself.  

VOA news:
http://www.voanews.com/index.cfm
•  Click on one of the topics.
•  Listen to the news.   Try not to read the script.  
•  Dictate the news.   Check your comprehension by the script.


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