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Improve Listening Skills - English listening skils
Improve you listening skills with RealAudio and these listening strategies

Tongue Twisters
Tongue twisters with recordings for pronunciation practice for English students in ESL and EFL classes.

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

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.

Intonation and Stress: Key to Understanding
This feature takes a look at how intonation and stress influence the way English is spoken. By your About.com ESL guide.

BRAIN friendly English Learning
Take a look at this exciting approach to learning/teaching English which focuses on using all areas of the brain while enjoying learning.

Conversation Tips
Discussion of strategies to help students improve their conversational skills.

A Customer Request - 1
Listen to a customer making a request and take note of what she wants.

A Job Opportunity - 1
Listen to two people talking about a new job opportunity and get the details about the job offered.

A Survey
Listen to a man asking a woman questions for a survey and take note of her answers.

A Trip to London
You will hear a man talking about a trip to London that he has just returned from.

Conclusions #1
Choose the correct conclusion based on what you hear.

Do you believe in UFOs?
John and Sue talk about their beliefs regarding UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects). Nice lengthy listening - Do you believe?...

Does he like his job? - 1
Listen to a man speaking about what he likes - and dislikes - about his job. True or False listening comprehension.

Numbers Listening #1
Identify the numbers contained in these sentences.

Telling the Time
What time is it? Listen and see if you can understand.

Understanding Numbers - 1
Practice your number listening comprehension. Listen to the people speaking about different numbers and write down the number you hear.