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Listening
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Listening Extra
This book provides original and stimulating listening practice across a range of levels and topics. The activities are designed around authentic scenarios and help students develop specific listening skills, such as listening for details, identifying emotions or listening for opinions.
Test your listening
60 tests in each book with tips on effective learning and answer keys. Practise key language areas and skills using a variety of test types.
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Listening for First (FCE) (Timesaver for Exams)
Timesaver For Exams_ is a new series of photocopiable materials for English teachers to use with students who are preparing for exams. They save teacher preparation time with a wide range of refreshing easy-to-use lessons and activities, providing motivational ideas for exam classes. The engaging and contemporary content is aimed at teenagers and young adults with an emphasis on repeated practice of exam task types and includes exam tips and skills practice.
Authentic Listening Resource Pack
​Authentic Listening Resource Pack provides an invaluable bank of selected audio and video material offering authentic listening practice, essential in developing students listening skills in preparation for being exposed to real English.
Listening skills
This highly popular book has proved a big success in helping to develop children's listening skills. The games in this pack are designed for children at Key Stage 2 and will help teachers to establish effective listening skills with children of a range of abilities. Each of the photocopiable worksheets is accompanied by detailed step-by-step instructions for the teacher to read out, which the children then follow and act upon.
Web resources
Practise and improve your listening skills for your school studies and your English exams. There are activities for different levels, so find your level and make a start.
2,311 FREE easy news English lesson plans. EFL/ESL graded news lessons, news in 7 levels, current events.
Free English listening tests, listening activities for students, and matching audio files.
Free resources including lesson plans, printable ESL worksheets, grammar and vocab classroom handouts and fun ESL activities and games.
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ELLLO Lab - English Listening Lesson Library Online
ESL students and teachers can access 2,500+ free lessons with audio or video, a script, interactive quizzes and vocabulary support.
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This website offers several audio files targeted at audiences of different levels and ages.
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