The TP Podcast
, especially all the episodes called "Useful Language", is recommended for all of those who need to develop fluency and correction when speaking. The ESL Podcast
is recommended both for Intermediate Students and for Y5 students, especially those who make grammar mistakes when speaking/writing, and/or who don't listen to English almost every day and/or never speak English! Intermediate's can listen to the Dialogues in that Podcast and Y5's can use the ESL Café.
More: At our section "Resources - Exercises" (top navigation bar) you'll find more Listening Exercises, including HotPotatoes.
All the sections above undert "Audios".
More: Top navbar - Resources - Exercises - Listening Comprenhension:
For B1 and B2: 2005 BBC news items
For A2: Elementary-Pre-Intermediate students
| Podcast | Episode | Topic & Time | Activity/Exercise | Level |
| Better@English US/UK Englishes |
Cultural Differences 3 |
Excerpt of 1min something | Worksheet Listen to the excerpt before, as many times as you need, then answer the questions. |
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| ESL Podcast |
ESL Café, ep. 101 |
12' Honolulu, Hawaii |
Notetaking - What did you learn about Hawaii? | |
| Women's Hour (BBC) | Helen Mirren |
10 min (all: 14') Interview |
Skimming and scanning Multiple-choice Worksheet Answers |
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| Women's Hour (BBC) | June 29, 2007 | 8' The Full Moon |
Skimming: Fact or fiction? Fill-in-the-gap Worksheet Answers |
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| Science Friday |
April 6, 2007 |
2'30'' Converting blood types |
Skimming | |
| Living on Earth |
Feb 2, 2007 Gorilla of Sea Level Rise |
8' Climate Change |
Scanning Fill-in-the-gap Worksheet |
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National Geographic |
Pluto no longer a planet |
1 minute | What did you learn about Pluto? Make a summary of this news item |
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| National Geographic NG World Talk 5/1/2007 |
Endangered languages Interviewing a linguist! Can't be found on their website. No more free podcasts episodes (snif) |
First 8 minutes | Skimming and scanning |
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National Geographic |
Stonehenge Settlement Found Can't be found on their website. No more free podcasts episodes (snif) |
5 minutes |
Skimming and scanning Fill-in-the-gap Worksheet |
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| TED Talks |
Eve Ensler |
20 ' Happiness in Body & Soul |
Notetaking to work out an outline later on - Teacher's Outline of EE's Talk |
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| TED Talks |
Peter Gabriel |
10' (all: 14') Witness (A human rights Project) |
Skimming. Using the skeleton of meaning technique (noticing clearly pronounced words), noticing repeated words/synonyms/semantic fields to reconstruct meaning with those key ideas/words. | |
| Guerrilla Gardening Guerrilla Gardening interview |
1' 12' 30'' |
Summary of intro Retelling of interview Outline of interview (with key words) Language you learned |
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| Better@English US/UK Englishes |
Junk Food |
Junk Food |
Discussing these questions |
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| Science Friday Podcast |
2006 Science Highlights |
Some REALLY interesting information |
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| Greenpeace |
Deforestation Rainforest, tissue paper 2005 |
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