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Free online listening activities for teaching and learning English
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Intermediate English Listening - 4th July Fireworks

Intermediate English Listening - 4th July Fireworks | English Listening Lessons | Scoop.it
A listening comprehension activity for adult English language students and young learners about Independence Day, celebrated in the United States on the Fourth of July. Watch a short video clip about the part that fireworks play in the celebrations, and then complete an online quiz to test how much you have understood. Part of a quality collection of online resources about US people, places, history, and culture written by ELT professionals. Suitable for classroom use or self-study.
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 Parisians Flock to City Beaches

 Parisians Flock to City Beaches | English Listening Lessons | Scoop.it
A vocabulary and listening lesson for English language learners and IELTS students about summer beach activities in Paris, France. Watch a short video clip about city beaches along the river Seine in Paris, learn some new vocabulary, and complete a multiple choice quiz to test your understanding. Suitable for self study or classroom use.
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Tortoise Sweaters Creating a Buzz

Tortoise Sweaters Creating a Buzz | English Listening Lessons | Scoop.it
A multiple choice listening and vocabulary lesson about an unusual hobby, for adult intermediate ESOL learners and English language students. Watch a short video clip about someone who knits sweaters for pet tortoises, review some useful vocabulary, and do a multiple choice quiz. Includes mobile friendly online activities and a printable dictionary skills worksheet. Suitable for self study or classroom use.
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How To Celebrate The Summer Solstice

How To Celebrate The Summer Solstice | English Listening Lessons | Scoop.it
A multiple choice listening comprehension about the summer solstice for upper intermediate English language students and young learners. Part of a free series of online listening lessons for English students on a wide range of different topics. Suitable for self study or classroom use. Watch a short video about celebrating the summer solstice, and then complete an interactive multiple choice quiz. Browse our site for many more worksheets and quizzes, teaching resources and free English language lesson activities for learners at all levels of English.
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Colonel Meow, Celebrity Cat

Colonel Meow, Celebrity Cat | English Listening Lessons | Scoop.it

An integrated skills lesson about Colonel Meow, a famous cat who became an internet sensation. Watch a short video to find out how Colonel Meow became famous and why, learn and revise some useful vocabulary and grammar, and complete a gap fill quiz. Part of a free series of online lessons about social media and popular culture. (Image credit: Ectelion7, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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White Christmas, by Lady Gaga

White Christmas, by Lady Gaga | English Listening Lessons | Scoop.it

 Going GaGa at Christmas! An easy English Gap fill quiz on the song White Christmas, by Lady Gaga. Listen to the song and use the words in the word box to complete the gaps in the lyrics.

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The Monster Mash by Bobby Pickett

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Learn English With Halloween Songs: an online gap fill for adult English learners and children, to practise using past tense verbs.

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6 Minute English

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BBC Learning English - a weekly six minute podcast lesson, with a printable transcript and online quiz.

Robert Paulraj's curator insight, September 15, 2013 1:27 PM

BBC Learning English is in celebratory mood as they mark 70 years of teaching English! Welcome to Learn English online with the help of this free website from the British Council with games, stories, listening activities and grammar exercises. You can search for your favourites or have a look at the site map to find out where everything is. You will find lots of listening activities and video content in Listen & Watch. We also have a Grammar section, IELTS exam practice materials and materials about Business & Work. To improve your academic writing, visit Writing for a Purpose.

Isabella Cordero's curator insight, September 25, 2020 10:15 AM
Though this website isn't up to date, I consider there are many Podcasts about different topics that can be really useful in order to improve our listening skills. This 6 minute English is a fantastic option for those who doesn't have so much time (or the ones who think that don't have it) but still are looking for ways to keep practicing and improving. 
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Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls | English Listening Lessons | Scoop.it
An intermediate English lesson for adult ESOL students and young learners about Niagara Falls, in Canada. Practise your listening skills by watching a video about this spectacular Canadian landmark, and completing a multiple choice online test. Suitable for classroom use or independent study.
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Predicting British Summer Weather

Predicting British Summer Weather | English Listening Lessons | Scoop.it
A listening comprehension activity for adult English language students and young learners on the topic of weather predictions. Watch a short video clip about weather predictions for England in the summer, and then complete an online listening comprehension test. Part of a free series of mobile friendly online listening activities that are suitable for classroom use or self-study.
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The Hippo That Lives in a House

The Hippo That Lives in a House | English Listening Lessons | Scoop.it
A multiple choice listening and vocabulary lesson about a hippo that lives in a house, for adult pre-Intermediate ESOL learners and English language students. Watch a short news report about an unusual pet, learn some new vocabulary, and complete a multiple choice quiz. Includes mobile friendly online activities and a printable dictionary skills worksheet. Suitable for self study or classroom use.
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Intermediate English Listening - Choosing and Buying Wine

Intermediate English Listening - Choosing and Buying Wine | English Listening Lessons | Scoop.it
An English listening and vocabulary lesson about choosing and buying wine on a budget, for adult English language students and young learners. Watch a short video about different varieties of wine and complete an IELTS Style multiple choice quiz. Part of a free series of online lessons about living and working in the UK, and aspects of British life and culture.
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Learn English With Songs: Proud

Learn English With Songs: Proud | English Listening Lessons | Scoop.it

Multiple choice online quiz on the Summer Olympics theme song "Proud", by Heather Small, for adult English language students and kids. 

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Winter's Tale by David Essex

Winter's Tale by David Essex | English Listening Lessons | Scoop.it

Online gap fill writing activity for English language learners & kids on the song "Winter's Tale" by David Essex.

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English Listening Exercises

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Free Online English Lessons for English language students. Practise your English listening skills while learning about world history, current events and different cultures. Browse a wide range of free English activities and comprehension tests for IELTS, ESL and EFL students and young learners at all levels of English.

Philippa Baylis's curator insight, December 3, 2015 5:32 AM

Practise your listening skills!

 

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Learning English

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BBC Learning English - Express English | Every week we ask people a different question. Listen to what the people featured in the video say, then join the conversation!

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