The English Listening Lab offers more than 400 fun and authentic listening activities for learners of English. Its purpose is to provide the materials and opportunities to listen to the language being learned for enjoyment. Audio clips are therefore pleasurable human interest conversations by everyday people about everyday topics. The speakers are from all over the English-speaking world and the clips and activities are divided by level of difficulty: high beginner, intermediate and advanced. Clips are also organized chronologically and by topic for easy access.
Type of Material:
Interactive listening activities
Recommended Uses:
Self-study or in-class listening practice
Technical Requirements:
This site runs best with RealOne Media players but you can also use other media players because all the files are MP3 which can be played on most media players.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Listening skills development in English
Target Student Population:
Learners of English as a second language
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
High beginner
Content Quality
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Strengths:
Listening Lab audio clips are authentic conversations that are linked to pictures that illustrate the topics the speakers discuss. The authors goal is to have one audio clip for every day of the year. The site provides much needed access to natural English conversations for learners to study.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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Learners can listen with pictures, then are instructed to listen again and take a quiz, listen again and read the transcript, and finally listen to spoken questions and reply. Cloze exercises are also available to reinforce new vocabulary from the audio clips as are transcripts, a dictionary, and study guides. Special Features include: Task Town which offers a delightful collection of interactive listening activities whereby learners listen and click, drag and drop or draw in response to what they hear and Music Page which is a collection of English language popular songs with lyrics for additional listening pleasure.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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The site is well designed and easily navigated. The design of activities makes optimal use of the visual/aural interface for the development of listening comprehension in a pleasurable environment. The audio clips load quickly and play well.
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