Resources - websites for listening

Listening for Learners

• Elllo: (link)
• ESLFast: www.eslfast.com
• ESL lab: (link)
• British Council YouTube: (link)
• British Council: (link)
• BBC World Service Learning English: (link)
• BBC Learning English: (link)
• VOA: (link)
• Spotlight Radio: (link)
• Public Radio International: (link)
• Stories: (link)
• VoiceTube: (link)
• NewsinLevels: (link)
• Movie trailers: (link)

News Video

• BBC (UK) NEWS: (link)
• CBC (US) NEWS: (link)
• NPR (US): (link)
• PRI (US): (link)
• NHK (Japan): (link)
• Video: (link)
• The Ecologist: (link)

Lectures

Non-university lectures and educational listenings

• Big Think: (link)
• TED: (link)
• CGPGrey: (link) (very fast, funny)
• Crash Course: (link)

MOOCS (specialised university courses, with quizzes and forums)

• EDX: (link)
• Yale open courses: (link)
• MIT open courses: (link)
• Coursera: (link)
• Udacity: (link)
• Academic Earth: (link) (list of MOOCs, not a MOOC)

Lecture-only university courses.

• iTunes U: : (link)
• YouTube Ed: (link)

High School subject coaching

• Khan Academy: (link) (Math, Science, Economics, Art, History, Civics)

Transcripts of lectures

• Warwick Database: (link)

Lyrics

See do a song lyric listening

Learning ABOUT English (bilingual)

• NHK Gogaku (maybe only free if your home pays NHK fee): (link)

Listening Apps

NHK World (TV, Radio): (link)

Other

• National Geographic: (link)
• Scientific American: (link)
• The Ecologist: (link) (Environmetal news)
• Film English: (link)
• Listening to Song Lyrics and reading the liner

Motivation

• Standup by Japanese comedian in English: (link)