Start here:
- English language listening lab online - great listenings!
- Randall's ESL cyber listening lab - huge list of listenings with questions.
- Lateline (ABC TV) - News listenings with tapescripts. Challenge yourself!
Do you want to practise more?
- Listening websites for English students
- More advanced listenings for English students
- News listening websites
- Current Affairs listening websites
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Fantastic website! Listen to English speakers from all over the world.
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| ELLLO interview archive |
Access to all the interviews (over 800) on the ELLLO site.
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| ELLLO mixer activities |
Activities to give you practice in understanding different voices and accents.
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| ELLLO listening games |
Games to help you improve listening comprehension.
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| ELLLO News centre |
Easier news listenings to help you improve your ability to understand news reports.
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| Randall's ESL cyber listening lab |
Great listenings on many topics like entertainment, shopping and telephone English.
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| Randalls' ESL self-study listening lab |
Listen to Randall and choose the correct answer.
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| Lingaulnet - learning English through movies |
Watch the movie trailers and then answer the quiz questions. Turn the subtitles off to make it more difficult.
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| English bites |
Download the video, listen and then do the exercises.
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| ABC video on demand - education |
Listen to one of the selection of English learning videos.
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| Gresham's lectures |
Gresham College gives free public lectures in London, England. This great website has video and a summary of each lecture. Areas include astronomy, commerce, music, religion and the sciences
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| BBC: learning English |
Fantastic site from the BBC with listenings, vocabulary and quizzes.
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| ABC video on demand - science and health |
Listen to science and health-related shows shown on ABC television.
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| ABC video on demand - arts |
Listen to ABC television shows on the arts such as "At the movies".
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| ABC video on demand - online documentaries |
Dcoumentaries about past and present Asutralian from the ABC.
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| SBS radio - world view |
Listen to radio segments on many different topics and check your understanding with the transcripts.
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| News listening websites | ||
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| Breaking news English |
Easier news lessons designed for English students.
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| BBC learning English - words in the news |
Listen to the story first and then check your understanding with the transcript.
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| ABC video on demand - News |
ABC video on demand - news and current affairs.
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| SBS world news online |
Online newd report from the well-respected SBS world news.
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| SBS world news transcripts |
Watch the news tonight on SBS (channel 28) at 6:30pm. Then check your understanding the next day using these transcripts.
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| ABC: Lateline |
This site has videos and tapescripts of the ABC's in-depth TV current affairs programs. Great study resource!
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| ABC radio: AM |
Listenings and tapescripts from ABC's morning radio show.
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