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Listening is a receptive English skill that identifies the sounds of speech and processes them into words and sentences. Listening is an important and required skill for learning the English language. To improve listening skills, it is necessary to practice it every day.
Here is a list of pages to improve listening skills in the English language:
On this website, there are countless listening activities grouped by levels (easy, intermediate and difficult). Each activity has an audio to practice vocabulary. It also includes pre and post-listening exercises, as well as some grammar activities. The recordings are about real English in everyday situations. It is recommended for students in the second cycle of secondary and baccalaureate aged 14 and up with a level since A1. The website is completely free and does not require login.
This website offers free listening activities for students learning English as another language. There are currently more than 2,000 listening activities on the site. Listenings are classified into two categories (grammar, vocabulary) and organized according to the CEFR levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2). Listenings can be monologues or conversations and have multiple-choice questions. There are many different recourses on this website such as videos, games and audios focused on listening. Also, it has worksheets to apply in class or just for self-study.
On this website, there are clips divided by the CEFR level, which are Beginner A1, Lower Intermediate A2, Intermediate B1, Upper Intermediate B2, and Advanced C1-C2. These activities are for students aged 12 and up. Each category has approximately 30 YouTube videos, and each video comes with a multiple choice activity and a filling gap activity. Learners have to select the video according to their level and complete the activities. Activities are downloadable for learners to practice offline.
Lyrics training is for learners aged 10 and up, and it is available on the web or as an app for the phone. This webpage combines music with ESL learning. English learners have the option of choosing videos in American, Canadian or British English since beginner, A1, until advanced, C2, levels. The number of words to complete change according to the students' level. Responses are timed and the website keeps a record of correct and incorrect responses. Users also have the opportunity to watch the videos while playing, so if learners are music lovers, this website will train their listening skills by listening to music.
This website has exercises for all ages to improve students' vocabulary, grammar, and understanding with listening activities at any level, A1 to B2. Exercises are organized into five categories: phrasal verbs, idioms, micro-listening, word focus and grammar. Listenings from exercises can be conversations, opinions, discussions about phrasal verbs, idioms, expressions used in real-life situations.
In this section, I was able to find five websites to improve and practice my English skills, but my favorite is Micro English. I think this website is useful for learning verb phrases and idioms, which are difficult for ESL students to learn.
ReplyDeleteHi, I like the organization of your blog, it attracts the attention of users. The websites you have chosen for listening skills are significant in its effective development. The website I liked is Elllo platform. In this I can find many free activities to practice, through videos, audios of conversations or monologues, and then complete a multiple choice question activity. These activities help you improve understanding after listening. Also this is accessible for beginners to advanced. I like this!
ReplyDeleteHi guys, I like the organization, design, and information that your blog contains, however, my favorite website for the listening section could be ESL Video because it is a complete tool with videos and activities to improve listening skills. On the other hand, I like the information that your blog gives is practical and helps to know more useful web pages for teaching the English language.
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Dear classmates, I have noticed that this part of the blog is well organized. I like the design that you have use. In addition, you have mentioned relevant information about the levels that these websites are suitable for. Acknowledging these factors, I will tell you that the most important webpage to practice the listening skill that I found on your blog is ELLO. The reason why I chose this web resource is because it has a huge variety of topics. It contains more than 1000 activities to improve this receptive skill. Finally, they are categorized regarding the English levels that students have.
ReplyDeleteDear classmates. I found the websites that you present for listening very interesting because most of them are dynamic and entertaining. I could say that my favorite is LirycsTraining because listening skill can be improved by playing with songs and that is quite entertaining.
ReplyDeleteHello everyone, I was checking the web pages about "listening" you have posted in your blog, and I have to congratulate you because you have added information about the web pages, which makes it easier to choose one. In my opinion, the one I liked the most is "Elllo" because of the wide variety of listening activities which are divided into levels, from the easier until the most difficult. Something important is hat "Elllo" also has games focused on listening that could help us to distress while we play a bit.
ReplyDeleteHello partners, I have reviewed the 5 listening websites that you have included in your blog, I consider that the information that you have written for each one is complete. The one I liked the most was Randall's ESL Cyber Listening. This website is very well organized and provides users with a wide variety of listening quizzes divided into 3 levels. But that's not all, there are extra activities such as listening quizzes for academic purposes and culture videos. From my point of view, Randall's ESL Cyber Listening is great for practicing listening since each lesson has information related to idioms, a pre activity, a comprehension activity and a post activity for listening.
ReplyDeleteHi dear classmates, I have noticed that you have very good websites where we can develop listening skills, and the information you provide about each other is precise and clear. On the other hand, I liked the design of the blog very much because the information is well organized and colorful.however, the website that captured my attention was lyricstraining because you have fun learning the language with the songs you like best.
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