Useful websites to improve listening and speaking English
Listening Activities for ESL Students
A series of sophisticated reading/listening activities from the University of Florida. (Requires Real Audio)
Interactive Listening Comprehension Practice
Listening comprehension exercises from the Intensive English Institute at the University of Illinois (requires Real Audio).
Online NewsHour
Main news stories in Real Audio format along with well-illustrated text versions. A full archive dating back to 1996 with many hundreds of stories. Excellent resource for practising your listening at intermediate levels and above.
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Probably the most extensive collection of listening activities on the web - long and short listening tasks with accompanying worksheets.
English Listening Lounge
A collection of authentic listening passages at three levels (requires Real Audio).
Timecast
A guide to Real Audio sites across the web, organised by topic.
English Pronunciation
A whole series of activities to practise individual sounds, including minimal pairs, tongue-twisters and dictation (requires Shockwave and Quicktime plug-ins).
Learning Oral English OnIine
This site, created by Rong-Chang Li at the University of Illinois, has sample dialogues from everyday situations that students can listen to and practise.
The Tongue Twister Database
If you enjoy a real pronunciation challenge, this is definitely the site to visit. Over 100 tongue-twisters including all the old favourites.
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