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Listening – Welcome to ESLgold website Along with speaking, reading, and writing, listening is one of the “four skills” of language learning. All language teaching approaches except for grammar-translation incorporate a listening component. Some teaching methods, such as Total Physical Response, involve students simply listening and responding. A distinction is often made between “intensive listening”, in which learners attempt to listen with maximum accuracy to a relatively brief sequence of speech, and “extensive listening”, in which learners listen to lengthy passages for general comprehension. 1. Podcasts are great for practicing listening. Check out these websites for audio practice. Videos can also be useful for improving skills. Many textbooks have audio recordings and exercises. 2. Know something about the topic beforehand Prepare your mind by thinking about the topic ahead of time. Think about vocabulary you might encounter. Predict what language and information you might hear. 3. Listen for general and specific information

Listen A Minute 7 Must-Listen Podcasts for English Language Teachers Podcasts are a great resource for English language teachers interested in professional development. Teacher trainers on TESOL courses and by Directors of Studies can use podcasts as part of their CPD (Continuous Professional Development) programme for their teaching team. What are Podcasts? Podcasts are audio files, which can be uploaded to your phone, tablet, mp3 player, laptop or desktop computer and listened to at any time. They are basically radio programmes which can be listened to at home, at work, in the office, on public transport, in the car, in the gym, or while going for a walk or a run. There are a number of podcasts available for English language teachers, for novice teaching and experienced professionals, and I will list a number of them in this post. Some of them are only about teaching English while others deal with the broader fields of SLA (second language acquisition) and language teacher education. 7 Great Podcasts for English Language Teachers The TEFL Show teaching

Southern Ghost Stories, Folktales, Storytelling: The Moonlit Road.com English Club Welcome to EnglishClub Listening, to help you learn the skill of listening in English. Listening is the first of the four language skills, which are: 1. Listening 2. Speaking 3. Reading 4. Writing What Is Listening? How to Hear English Everywhere How can you hear English when you're not in an English-speaking country? Dictation Do you want to improve your English listening skills? Listen to English by Radio Listen to English online with programmes from stations like the BBC or Voice of America. Listen to the News Listen to our weekly digest of the news in English. Listen to Poetry in English Some classic pieces of poetry and other texts for you to listen to and read. Podcasts You can listen online or download these readings, many of which come with transcript and wordchecker to explain vocabulary. Improve your listening with MyEC! MyEnglishClub features thousands of videos and songs for English learners. This Week in History Listen to a new story every Monday. English Listening Links Taking a Tour

Eslflow's English language teaching resource for ideas and lessons plans. 100 Answers to Common English Questions Sometimes, even when you know a lot of English, you can have difficulty finding the right words or phrases to answer simple questions. Here are 20 of the most common questions in English – each one with five sample responses. Download 500+ English Phrases General Questions 1. What do you do? This question means “What is your job/profession?” I’m a student.I work in a bank.I’m unemployed at the moment.I run my own business.The word “run” means you are the primary person responsible for operating the business.I’m retired now. 2. Yes, I’ve been married for two years now.I’m divorced.I’m engaged – we’re getting married next year.No, but I’m in a relationship.Nope, I’m single. 3. For work.So I can communicate when I travel.I love learning new languages.Because I’d like to immigrate to the U.S.I’m thinking of studying in England.The correct way is “thinking of studying” and not “thinking to study.” 4. 5. I don’t have any free time! 6. Hot and humid. 7. Shopping & Social Questions 8. 9. Great! 10. 11.

Living on Earth Air Date: August 24, 2012 FULL SHOW (stream/download) as an MP3 file Paul Ryan’s Environmental Record / Steve Curwood (stream / mp3) Mitt Romney's energy plan promises more energy production through opening more areas to offshore oil and gas drilling, building the Keystone XL pipeline, and speeding up drilling permits. The environmental priorities of Congressman Paul Ryan, the GOP vice presidential pick, seem closely aligned with Romney's. Navin Nayak, the League of Conservation Voters head of campaigns, tells host Steve Curwood that Rep. Massachusetts Energy Conservation / Jeff Young (stream / mp3) Grades are in, and Massachusetts leads the pack on energy conservation efforts. Wastewater to Energy / Ashley Ahearn (stream / mp3) King County in Washington wants to be among the first regions in the nation to tap wastewater to use for energy in buildings. The Chemical Internet / Steve Curwood (stream / mp3) The invention of the Internet revolutionized the world. Show Credits and Funders

ESL Kids Lessons - Age and Numbers - How old are you? View count: Lessons by Course : Get more lessons by course There are several lessons like the one above on this site. Follow the links below to view and use the other video lessons. Saricoban - The Teaching of Listening The Internet TESL Journal Arif SaricobanHacettepe University (Beytepe-Ankara, Turkey)arifs [at] hun. edu. tr Listening is the ability to identify and understand what others are saying. This involves understanding a speaker's accent or pronunciation, his grammar and his vocabulary, and grasping his meaning (Howatt and Dakin). Listening to and understanding speech involves a number of basic processes, some depending upon linguistic competence, some depending upon previous knowledge that is not necessarily of a purely linguistic nature, and some depending upon psychological variables that affect the mobilization of these competence and knowledge in the particular task situation. Listening is a receptive skill, and receptive skills give way to productive skills. To practice and extend the learners' use of a certain language structure or functionTo develop the learners' ability in the use of two or more of the skills within real contexts and communicative frame work. Level 1. Lesson Plan

ESL : Listening : Downloadable MP3 Files There are currently 10192 registered links.Main Page | Links for Students | Links for Teachers | What's New * American Stories in VOA Special English [FRAME] Short stories written by American writers rewritten in VOA Special English * VOA News in Special English - 10 Minute Audio with a Transcript Once a week, this website posts MP3 and RealAudio files plus a transcript. * VOA Special English - Words and Their Stories MP3 files and Text, 5 minutes, once a week, idioms, vocabulary, etc. * VOA Special English Mobile Site This is a good, clean, fast-loading website, not just for mobil devices. * VOA's Agriculture Report (Once a Week) (Voice of America) Downloadable MP3 file or RealAudio file and text. * VOA's Development Report (Once a Week) (Voice of America) * VOA's Education Report (Once a Week) (Voice of America) * VOA's Explorations (Once a Week) (Voice of America) * VOA's Health Report (Once a Week) (Voice of America) * VOA's In the News (Once a Week) (Voice of America) Has sound files of speeches