Listening

• TedEd

TED talks are a great way to improve listening and comprehension skills along with learning about new ideas. With this site, students can search through a large database for a topic that interests them. Each video has activities to complete after watching to check understanding.

• Fleex

This tool will help you improve your English while watching movies and TV shows you enjoy. It provides subtitles based on your settings and allows you to build up a personal vocabulary list from the media you watch.

• LyricsTraining

Listen to songs you like in English and fill in the missing words. It’s a great way to have fun and practice your listening skills in English.

• Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab

Improve your listening skills by completing different activities from three degrees of difficulty: easy, intermediate, and difficult. Take quizzes, watch videos, listen to lectures and more.

• Spotlight

This is a radio program for English learners that airs new content every day. Each broadcast is around 15 minutes long, and includes a transcript and vocabulary words to listen for. There is also a library of past broadcasts to browse through and listen to.

• TalkEnglish.com

With activities ranging from basic to advanced, this tool allows students to listen to a recording and test their understanding. It provides three steps where students first listen only, then take the quiz, and finally see the dialogue transcript to check comprehension.