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: English listening exercises and tests with selected talks. English Levels (Based on the CEFR) A2: Basic - Elementary (coming soon) B1: Intermediate B2: Upper Intermediate C1: Advanced Difficulty: 2.59 Angela Patton: A father-daughter dance ... in prison Difficulty: 2.82 Geoffrey Canada: Our failing schools.

: English listening exercises and tests with selected talks

Difficulty: 2.98 Joachim de Posada: Don't eat the marshmallow! Difficulty: 3.08 David Hoffman: What happens when you lose everything Difficulty: 3.28 Hans Rosling: Global population growth, box by box Difficulty: 3.31 Bono: The good news on poverty (Yes, there's good news) Difficulty: 3.32 Dan Dennett: Let's teach religion -- all religion -- in schools Difficulty: 3.33 Harish Manwani: Profit’s not always the point Difficulty: 3.34 Marc Pachter: The art of the interview Difficulty: 3.39 Margaret Heffernan: The dangers of "willful blindness" Ilona Szabó de Carvalho: 4 lessons I learned from taking a stand against drugs and gun violence.

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LearnEnglish YouTube channel. British Council Professionals Podcasts. ABC TV Education. Mr Stink & Digital Author Talk The story of a lonely 12-year-old Chloe, who invites local tramp Mr Stink and his dog Duchess, to hide out in her family's garden shed.

ABC TV Education

Followed by a digital author talk with author David Walliams to allow students to delve deeper into the book. Find out more Tales From Around The World A series of animated films based on the most interesting and unusual folktales from around the world. True Stories 10 children grew up and changed the world. 1507_ABC3_BTN_onair.mp4 Behind The News Over 45 years old and still going strong, Behind the News is a high-energy, fun way for Upper Primary and Secondary students to learn about current issues and events in their world. ABC3's Education block will screen weekdays from 10.00am – 12.00pm during the school term.

ABC TV has been broadcasting to schools for over forty years. We aim to acquire programs that have extended materials ready-made; study guides interpreting curriculum or the ability to catch-up with the program on iview. Everyday English - Learn English - Education. Study English 1 - Learn English - Education. Cambridge English: Virtually Anywhere audio series. Big Think: Videos. Learn English for Free with elllo! Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab. VOA Learning English - Video VOA - Voice of America English News. VOA Learning English. Graded English language dictations. 5 Minute English: Listening. Listening Lessons Dogs, Dogs, Dogs - Idioms and phrases using the word 'Dog'.

5 Minute English: Listening

Get the phone! - A listening exercise. Listen to the phone conversation and then answer the questions. Listening Exercise: The Birthday Party - A listening exercise. ESL Lessons Daily Word. ListenUp - The REAL English Listening Challenge. Skillswise - Speaking and listening. Esl-lounge Student. Ielts-simon.com: IELTS Listening. Perhaps the hardest thing about the IELTS listening test is that you only hear the recordings once.

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If you miss something, there's no second chance. However, when practising or when listening to anything in English at home, I recommend that you listen to the same thing several times. Every time you listen again, you'll probably hear something new, and your listening skills will improve more quickly than they would if you only listened to everything once. Here's a good listening exercise: - Listen to the same short recording several times.- But each time you listen, focus on something different. For example, first focus on the meaning or the overall message, then listen for the answers (if you're using an IELTS test), then listen to verb tenses, then listen to the speaker's pronunciation, then listen to the little words like articles and prepositions etc. etc. Your "ear" will improve more quickly through repetition and through the kind of deep listening that the exercise above encourages.