To view each resource click on the links below:
General listening
The links in this section will take you to websites where you can practise listening to spoken English in a variety of different contexts. Some websites also provide tasks to test your understanding and tapescripts of what you hear. You may need to download the free version of RealPlayer in order to listen to some of them.
BBC World Service Radio
player
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/
Select a radio station and a type of show and practise listening to British
English online.
BBC
World Service English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/index.shtml
This site provides plenty of listening practice through video and audio recordings
with questions and access to tapescripts.
Language and Learning Online
http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/index.xml
A comprehensive set of resources for listening. Provided by Monash University, Australia.
Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology
http://lc.ust.hk/~sac/materials/english/matenlisten.htm
The language centre of HKUST provides a range of listening materials designed
to help you improve your listening skills.
English Language Listening Lab Online
http://www.elllo.org/
The Tapestry website allows you to listen to interviews with English speakers
from different parts of the world on a variety of subjects. Tasks and tapescripts
provided.
English on-line
- TV Commercials- listening exercises
http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/index.php?page=tv-commercials-listening-exercises
The website of the Universite de Franche-Comte. Here you can watch short video
clips and test your listening with 'spot the difference' tasks.
The links in this section focus on academic listening contexts, in particular lectures. You can find guidance on how to approach listening in lectures and there is some practice material.
Listening
to Lectures - Note-taking
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/elsc/material/Listening/note-taking.html
Advice and listening practice provided by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
The Reith lectures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith/
BBC Recordings of complete lectures given by eminent speakers from around the
world on some of the important challenges facing the world today. With full
transcripts of lectures.
Palgrave-Macmillan-Skills4study-mp3s
http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/mp3s.asp
Audio downloads for listening practice on different study skills.
Using English for Academic
Purposes: Listening comprehension and note-taking
http://www.uefap.com/listen/listfram.htm
A very useful guide on listening comprehension and notetaking for international
students provided by the University of Hertfordshire.