English by ear: 22 online resource for training listening
It’s one thing to speak, another thing to understand native speakers. Even if you have a rich vocabulary, you cannot achieve success without regular listening practice. It is important to watch TV series, listen to songs, or practice using special online resources with short videos and audios and accompanying exercises.
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Author of the channel “English with Nastya online!” on Yandex Zen has compiled a list of services for pumping listening in English.
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.
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 voiced 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 the card, listen to the word and find the pair); if you are confused about the numbers (fifty - fifteen), listen to the sentence and choose the correct number.
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Practice using video clips - type and paste the words you hear.
Adapted videos from beginner to advanced.
Another resource for training listening, grammar and pronunciation.
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 site 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 the intermediate level. At the bottom of the page there is a dictionary for the text, plus exercises for understanding the text and dictations.
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16. Dailyesl
Dialogues on everyday topics (holidays, vacation, home, hobbies).
17. Ezslang
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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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