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English Links Below are some useful links to help you with Listening. Annotated Lists of Sites with Listening Exercises: Listening: audio   http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/sites/audio.htm Listening: video   http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/sites/video.htm Listening: dictations   http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/sites/dictations.htm Listening: songs   http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/sites/songs.htm Listening: Pronunciation   http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/sites/pron.htm Variety of Listening Links:   http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/listening.html Several Listening Links:   http://www.patsula.com/esltown/listening/ Randall Davis’ Cyber Listening Lab: http://www.schackne.com/Languageteaching.htm Podcasts: http://a4esl.org/p/ Links to many different podcasts (mp3 files 1-3 minutes long), including news and stories. Some of the podcasts are fast and more difficult to understand, some are slower. ESL.about.com: Beginning Listening Web Page:   http://esl.about.com/od/listeningbeginners/ Intermediate Listening Web Page:   http://esl.about.com/od/intermediatelistening/ Advanced Listening Web Page:   http://esl.about.com/od/advancedlistening/ Listening Quiz Web Page:   http://esl.about.com/od/listeningquizzes/ (note that many of the quizzes are also on the Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Web Pages) Songs: http://www.eflclub.com/2songs/songs.html Online Dictations: http://www.fonetiks.org/dictations This is a great way to practice spelling and punctuation. You will hear each dictation 4 times and then see a transcript so that you can check your answers. Movie Trailers: http://www.english-trailers.com A great website with around 80 movie trailers. There are "before you listen", summary and "dictation" activities as well as a quiz and the full transcript. You can choose between "easy", "medium", and "difficult" trailers. Stories: http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/amer-stories-page.cfm You can read the story and listen to it at the same time. Stories are slow and about 15 minutes long. http://www.shortstoryradio.com Original (modern) short stories written mostly by British authors. The website is updated with a new story every week. © 2010 CLI, Contemporary Language Institute. All rights reserved.