LibGuides: English as a Second Language (ESL): Listening

Online Listening Practice

English Listening Lesson Library Online
"...over 2,500 free listening lessons. Teachers and students can access lessons for both beginner, intermediate advanced students."
ESL Cyber Listening Lab
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Listening Activities
Get listen and read along activities, stories, quizzes, and dictation.
Read & Listen Stories
Choose a story. Then, on right side box marked "downloads," click on the audio file, pdf of story text, pdf of comprehension/grammar activities, and pdf of answers to activities.
Real English
Get interviews with English speakers (tagged with level) and comprehension activities.
Talk English Listening Activities
Choose your level and click on an activity to get the audio with comprehension activities and transcript.

ESL Podcasts

Listen to VOA Learning English Podcasts

Click on the link to see the transcript. Then, click on the Listen button under the title. Includes a slow dialog, explanations of vocabulary, and the dialog at normal speed.

We also have VOA News Podcasts and VOA Learning English TV! Watch videos on recent events, learn vocabulary and comment