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- Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab (US accents)
Here are recordings on a wide range of topics, all graded easy, medium, or difficult. Each one has a tapescript with vocabulary help, and questions to check your understanding.
http://www.esl-lab.com/index.htm
- Focus English: Everyday English in Conversation (US accents)
Here you can hear conversations between native speakers on a number of everyday topics. Most listening passages have tapescripts available, and a few (most of the ones in ‘Communication’) have accompanying exercises for practice.
http://www.focusenglish.com/dialogues/conversation.html
- The Moonlit Road (US accents)
If you like mystery and ghost stories, this is the site for you! There are lots of ghost stories and strange folktales which you can listen to or read. You can even read the script and listen at the same time.
http://www.themoonlitroad.com/
- Stories About People
Listen to the biographies of the famous people around the world. You will learn more about different artists, athletes, inventors, journalists, musicians, etc.
http://www.manythings.org/voa/people/
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- Randall ' s ESL Cyber Listening Lab (US accents)
Scroll down to ‘Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes’ for recordings on a wide range of topics. You can select from medium, difficult or very difficult. Each recording has a tapescript with vocabulary help, and questions to check your understanding.
http://www.esl-lab.com/index.htm
- Using English for Academic Purposes - Listening (UK accents)
This is a site for advanced English students to improve their academic listening skills. There is a wealth of information on listening sub-skills plus many listening texts (mostly speeches, lectures or news items) with exercises to practice each of the sub-skills.
http://www.uefap.com/listen/listfram.htm
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- Business English Listening Comprehension
This website provides different types of exercises to help you practise understanding spoken Business English. The first section is audio only - it is supposed to help you train your pronunciation, and to improve your listening comprehension of individual words. The second section consists of video-based exercises. Each video has 5 questions to test how well you understand spoken English.
https://www.businessenglishsite.com/business-english-listening.html
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- Using English for Academic Purposes - Listening (UK accents)
This is a site for advanced English students to improve their academic listening skills. There is a wealth of information on listening sub-skills plus many listening texts (mostly speeches, lectures or news items) with exercises to practice each of the sub-skills.
http://www.uefap.com/listen/listfram.htm
- Road to IELTS (UK accents)
This is an IELTS Preparation program subscribed to by HKBU library. There are modules on each of the four skills (including Listening) arranged under topic headings, plus vocabulary development exercises to match each topic.
http://hkbu.libguides.com/az.php?t=9895
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