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British Council Listening Downloads

Download both MP3 audio files and PDF scripts. (British English)

English Trailers

A free website for studying English using movie commercials. An excellent, fun site for practicing listening comprehension by watching movie trailers. Each trailer has a warm-up activity, cloze, quiz, script, and more. More than 70 trailers to choose from. Highly recommended.

Learning Resources

News modules in either video or audio-only format (RealPlayer). Each module consists of the recording, full text of the story, and a set of activities which include Vocabulary, Word Selection, Multiple Choice, Sequencing, and Conclusions. You can even send in your own opinions on the story. The home page has the current story, but you can check the Story Archives for a complete list of stories in many categories. Listen to the story about "Dry Water" to find out how Egypt is planting a forest in the desert. Highly recommended for advanced ESL/EFL students.

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

This site has a wide variety of excellent listening exercises. Listen to the audio and answer the questions in an interactive quiz. Highly recommended.

ELLLO (English Language Listening Lab Online)

A nice collection of listening activities and listening games. According to the site, there are more than 500 listening activities to choose from.

BBC 24-Hour News Channel

Listen to the news on the BBC. You will need the Real Audio RealPlayer.

VOA News in Special English

Listen to the news in Special English from the Voice of America. Special English uses a vocabulary of about 1,500 words and is spoken slowly and clearly. Good listening practice. You will need the Real Audio RealPlayer.

NPR (National Public Radio) Audio Archives

Listen to programs previously broadcast on NPR or listen to their live program stream (NPR Audio Online) with RealPlayer or Windows Media.

ESL Listening Links

A huge list of things you can listen to on the Internet.

Learn a Song Podcast

Learn to sing folk songs that native English speakers sing.

Audio Related to Readings

• Genetic Engineering

• Biotech Food Industry Filled with Promises, Pitfalls Listen to an interview with NPR (National Public Radio) science reporter Dan Charles about his new book on the biotech industry, Lords of the Harvest.
  
  
• Genetically Engineered Mustard Plant Researchers at the University of Chicago conclude that a type of genetically engineered mustard plant is 20 times more likely to reproduce than a plant that results from natural mutation.

• Snow Melting on Kilimanjaro

• Kilimanjaro Professor Lonnie Thompson, of Ohio State University, talks about his research.
  
  
• Kilimanjaro Losing Snowy Cap Commentator Edmund Morris laments the loss of the snows of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Other Audio

King of Flamenco Guitar

Paco de Lucia Takes Spain's National Music to New Heights. Carlos Montoya, Sabicas, and Camaron de la Isla are also mentioned.