English by ear: 22 online resource for training listening

It's one thing to speak, it's another to understand native speakers. Even with a rich vocabulary, success cannot be achieved without regular listening practice. It is important to watch TV shows, listen to songs, or practice using special online resources with short video and audio and accompanying exercises for them.

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Author of the channel "English with Nastya online!" on the Yandex Zen has compiled a list of services for pumping listening in English.

1. Cyber ​​listening lab

A popular free online resource with audio files distributed by Easy, Medium and Difficult. The audio lesson contains exercises and tests for self-control. It is possible to check your level of language perception in percentage terms.

2. Elllo

Another site with 1500 listening lessons. The lessons are presented both in audio and in video format with tasks for them.

3. Lyrics training

An interesting site where you listen and watch your favorite tracks and train listening comprehension, filling in the blanks with words. Convenient and pleasant interface.

4. ESL Video

This site is already with movie clippings, video clips and short TED-videos. If desired, choose a video by level and grammar topic.

5. Many things

A resource where you will find stories narrated by native speakers as well as practical listening exercises. Listen to the sentence and repeat it, imitating the sounds and intonation of the speaker. Play audio games like memory (you will need to open a card, listen to a word and find a pair); if you are confused about numbers (fifty - fifteen), listen to the sentence and choose the correct number.

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6. Listen and write

Practice with video clips - type and paste the words you hear.

7. VOA Learning English

Adapted videos from beginner to advanced.

8. BBC Learning Inglés

Another resource for training listening, grammar and pronunciation.

9. Breaking News English

2696 lessons divided into 7 levels with exercises for the lessons.

10. Central English

The site is in Russian. Watch videos, and the program will translate words and sentences if necessary.

11. VoScreen

Unusual resource for a level above pre-intermediate. Listen to the sentence and choose the correct interpretation in English.

12. Engvid

1420 video with grammar and thematic vocabulary lessons.

13. News

A website for language learners with short world news - from business to entertainment.

14. Talk English

Resource c audio lessons, divided into three levels of Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. Each lesson includes a test on the listened material and the ability to read the text of the dialogue.

15. ESL Fast

The site offers 365 short stories with audio and text for intermediate level. At the bottom of the page - a dictionary for the text, plus exercises for understanding the text and dictation.

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16. Dailyesl

Dialogues on everyday topics (holidays, vacation, home, hobbies).

17. Ezslang

Want to understand American slang? Then you here.

18. Train your accent

A site for training American pronunciation: the speaker reads stories and dialogues, and the following is a text with transcription.

19. Focus english

Here are short dialogues for exploring and repeating idioms on everyday topics.

20. 5 minute English

There are not many exercises on this resource for training listening comprehension, but the lessons are devoted to the most common everyday topics (weather, films, restaurants, household chores, and so on).

21. 1-language.com

40 lessons of American English, including topics such as phone conversation, mini-dialogs, and grammar tenses.

22. English club

Voiced songs, stories, tales and poems.

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