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Listening Skills for Advanced Level English Learners

English listening skills learning for advanced level learners includes English online listening comprehension exercises for advanced level self study or in class use.

Phrasal Verb Gap Fill Listening Selection

Advanced level listening quiz phrasal verb gap fill exercise for in-class use. Listen to the selection a number of times, and choose from the list of provided phrasal verbs.

Aquiring Listening Skills

Acquiring listening skills is frustrating. This is because successful listening skills are acquired over time and with lots of practice. It's frustrating for students because there are no rules as in grammar teaching. Here is a discussion of the problem and some suggestions to improving listening skills.

English Learning Podcasts

Overview of podcasting for English teachers and learners including an introduction to podcasting and recommended sites with English learning podcasts.

Jack London: Listening Comprehension

Listen twice to this short excerpt from "Nothing That Ever Came To Anything" by Jack London and then answer comprehension questions.

Listening Comprehension: Conclusions #1

Choose the correct conclusion based on what you hear.

Listening Comprehension: Conclusions #2

Choose the correct conclusion based on what you hear.

Numbers Listening - 1

Identify the numbers contained in these sentences.

Short Story Radio

Listen to professional recordings of original English language short stories free of charge. There are two new stories every week.

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