Intensive Listening Recommendations

(TESOL Worksheets--Extensive Listening , Independent Study)

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[This is based on a previous document I created: Extensive and Intensive Listening Recommendations.  

But it's edited down so that it includes only the websites that are useful for intensive focused listening.  I share this document with students who are in need of extra resources to study listening outside of class. Some of this material I've linked to previously on this blog.  See:  Using Crash Course World History Videos for IELTS Listening, Spotlight English, English Reading and Listening Practice.

I'm including this worksheet in my index for extensive listening materials.  In the sense that extensive listening means the opposite of intensive listening, then obviously this list of intensive listening websites is not extensive listening.  But in the sense that extensive listening can mean a lot of extra listening practice outside of class, then I think this is a form of extensive listening.]

British Council Listening Materials: 

Tons of stuff on this website.  You can choose your own level.  (It may be useful to start at an easy level and then work your way up.)  If you do all the tasks, and look at the transcript, you can get a lot of good practice

ELLLO

English Listening Lesson Library Online--So many great resources here.  And great for intensive listening because it includes questions, vocabulary work, and work with the transcript.

https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/ 

Scroll down on the left hand side to the listening exercises.  Choose a level.  (You may want to start on an easy level to get started).  There are lots of activities here to practice both intensive listening and micro-listening.

Listen and Write:

This website is so extremely useful for practicing micro-listening.  Highly recommended.

Lyrics training

This website is great for practicing Micro Listening skills

https://microenglish.com/  

There's a ton of great resources on this website, but of particular use to your exams is the micro-listenings: https://microenglish.com/category/micro-listening/

MyEnglishExam: 

There's a lot of content here for all the skills, but select the listening from their menu.  It's really great for reviewing the listening strategies for IELTS style listening (which will also be relevant to your exams).  You can also access the same content on their Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ESL4free/videos​​​​​​​

TubeQuizard

Lots of great activities to practice micro listening with. 

Spotlight English

This is a good website for building up your listening confidence if you're struggling.  The presenters on this channel specifically use only easy-to-understand broadcast English.  It's a great way to build up your general listening ability before going on to more difficult materials. Most listenings include transcripts.  It’s suggested to listen one time without the transcript (to see how much you can catch by yourself) and then listen one time with the transcript.)

You can also check out their Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SpotlightEnglish

Crash Course World History  with gap fill questions

You can listen and fill in the gaps, check your answers, listen again, listen with the transcript, us the transcript to check unknown vocabulary, etc,

English Reading and Listening Practice.  

Listen to the videos for extensive listening.  Practice the comprehension questions and vocabulary for intensive listening