Skills+-+Listening

Listening Skills - Hints, tips and things to do

 * Please write any comments you have about any of these hints or websites in the Discussion section (above) **

Independent Learning
Here are some the independent learning suggestions for you. You should pick 1 or 2 of these to focus on this module.
 * Listen to the radio
 * Join a conversation class in the ILC
 * Visit websites with listening exercises (see website list)
 * Watch a television program or movie and write a "who, what, when, where" summary
 * Record new vocabulary in a vocabulary book by writing the word, the word form, a definition in English and an example of the word being used in a sentence

[|www.breakingnewsenglish.com]
This is an excellent site to improve both your general knowledge and listening skills. It is free and there are minimal advertisements. Have fun!

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This website has lots of listening activities. They ask you to think about the topic before you listen to the recording. There are multiple choice questions for you to do.

This website offers tasks that are General listening, Basic Listening, Listening for Academic purposes, Vocabulary lessons, and long conversations. There are 3 level of difficulty for each type of listening task. You should focus on Listening for Academic Purposes tasks and the Long Conversations. Pick the level that challenges you the most.

[] This website has lots of multiple choice questions. The recordings you hear on this website use lot of different accents (shown by using the country's flag). There a many levels of difficulty. You should be at Intermediate level of higher. []

[] a useful site for learning about computers

[] listen to weekly news items and complete some listening exercises

[] This websites uses movie clips as the recording you listen to. There are multiple choice questions for you to answer. [] - Movie trailers [] - The Simpsons [] - more movie trailers

[] This has those word that sound alike - ship and sheep. This will be great practice that will also help you hear the different sounds of English.