VOA News - Listen to news reports

Stay up to date by listening to news reports. VOA News (Voice of America) is an American News Agency that offers news reports in text and audio versions. It has news in 45 different languages and it also has a section for learners of English.

It's called the "Special English" section. The news reports are a little easier to understand and the texts are read very slowly. That makes them a lot easier to follow. There are an enormous amount of topics and special collections of reports like education, living in the US, everyday terms, et.

If you prefer normal news reports you also have videos along with the transcript of the video on the VOA website.

Have a look and enjoy!

VOA News

VOA News - Learning English

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

This could be a good site if you're interested in doing some listening exercises. The page has lots of dialogs, and each dialog is followed by a listening activity. There are also some short listening quizes that let you work on your basic comprehension.

The topics of the conversations are quite varied and cover many everyday activites. So they are also a good source of conversational vocabulary.

Take a look:

Randall's ESL Lab


Difficulty Levels: Intermediate - Advanced

yappr.com - Video Clips

Stylish and modern, in one word: stunning. A superb 2.0 website that can help you boost your listening level. Anything from interviews with famous stars to movie trailers or even the completely unexpected weird video. It's all there.

And the best of it all: there's a lot! You have tons of videos that will give you a powerful listening experience, and there are always updates with new videos.

The activities also really help you out. Most of the videos have complementary exercises that give you a hand understanding what on earth those people are saying.

Don't forget it's 2.0 so you can leave your comments and tell everyone what you think about each video and activity.

Check it out:

Yappr


Difficulty levels: basic - intermediate - advanced

Morkol.com - Music Videos

Do you like music videos? Then this is the site for you!

Choose a song and you'll be able to watch the video and read the lyrics at the same time. There are a wide variety of songs, so there should be some for everyone.

Enjoy!

morkol.com

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