Listening Practice

LISTENING PRACTICE

TITLE	SOURCE	AREA	COMMENTS
The Flatmates (episode 1)	BBC	general	133 short episodes of soap-opera for intermediate level
BBC English	BBC	general	regular new articles to listen to and/or download
Learning English	Voice of America	news	topical daily-updated news with many articles
An open Secret	Storynory	language	short explanations and examples of English phrases
At my wit's end
At any rate
The short straw
Storynory	hundreds of stories here!

IELTS	SOURCE
various	IELTS website

Stories
Younger listeners	Older Listeners
Treasure Island 1 (8MB) Treasure Island 2 (7.5MB) Alice in Wonderland (13MB)	Sherlock Holmes - The Empty House 1 (12MB) Sherlock Holmes - The Empty House II (10.5MB) 20,000 Leagues under the Sea 1 (9MB) 20,000 Leagues under the Sea 2 (6,5MB) The Story of Chopin 1 (7MB) The Story of Chopin 2 (6MB)
LOADS OF STORIES HERE

MISC	SOURCE
Spelling Dictation	Excel and audio files

HERE is a sublime song by Colin Vearncombe, with equally moving images of people.