19/10/13

Open your ears!


 LISTENING




Audio webpages with exercises
http://www.esl-lab.com/ A wonderful page with  many excerpts graded by difficulty and topic and some vocabulary tips. They come with pre- listening exercises which we recommend you do to focus well on the listening task, you can check your answers on line. Start with the easy level before you try the medium one.
http://www.ellloplus.org/elllo_blog/ offers you the chance to look for content by topic (content), level, speaker and nationality. You’ll find complete listening lessons with activities that include multimedia, free MP3 files, vocab tasks, language notes, print page and more. Your level is intermediate so try low-intermediate first. You even have the possibility to download your  audio and listen to it offline.
http://www.listenaminute.com/ In this webpage, you will find 1 minute audio clips arranged by topic with a variety of exercises
http://dictationsonline.com/ Why don’t you try a dictation? here you will find a good graded selection. Listen to the whole passage first, then it is read slowly to allow time for writing, finally, you will be able to listen to the whole thing before you check.
http://www.lyricstraining.com/index.php is an easy and fun method to learn and improve your English through the music and lyrics of the songs.