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Podcasts

7 07 2011

Better at English podcast – Short episodes. Natural conversation. Transcript and notes on website, with vocabulary and grammar.

OneStopEnglish – the road less travelled – 4-minute episodes of this mini-drama for English learners. Fun characters and easy to follow stories.

Listen to English – learn English – UK based, short episodes (3 – 5 mins) with transcript

British Council – Learning English podcast – Conversational, simple English on a variety of topics. 5 – 10 minute programmes.

SALC Exclusive! Travel Podcasts

Try these travel podcasts to improve your listening and learn about some interesting places at the same time. The lessons can help improve your vocabulary and pronunciation, as well as your listening skills.

Click on the links below to listen to the travel podcast mp3s and complete the worksheets (available only for KUIS students in the SALC and on Moodle).

Bangkok, Thailand: Podcast (on Moodle) Worksheet (on Moodle)
Sapporo, Japan: Podcast (on Moodle) Worksheet (on Moodle)

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Categories : Listening (including Podcasts)

Listening

8 07 2010

SALC Exclusive! SALC Summer Packs
A fun way to do some self-study activities during the vacation.
SALC Summer Pack- Listening

Listen a Minute – One minute listening texts with vocabulary and comprehension activities

Randall’s ESL Listening Lab – develop your listening skills with many interesting activities. You can choose from easy, medium and difficult levels.

Academic English Listening - This site has listening activities for 3 levels of Academic English with audio scripts and worksheets.

Australia Network – Nexus – Learn about Australia and listen to Australian English at this website. There are videos to help you with vocabulary, and grammar as well as a drama called Living English, that you can watch online.

ELLLO (English Language Listening Lab Online) – This is a free online listening resource of over 1,000 listening activities designed especially for language learners. Most listening activities include pictures, a quiz, a script and downloadable MP3s.

VOA News in Special English - Here, you can listen to radio shows that focus on the USA. Choose a topic from the menu on the left of the page, then choose a story, and listen to it by downloading the Real Audio file on the right of the page.

Video Jug - This is a large collection of videos which explain how to do everything from love and dating to building machines and car maintenance.