Listening+&+Speaking

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=Useful Links=

The links in this section will take you to websites where you can practise listening to spoken English in a variety of different contexts. Some websites also provide tasks to test your understanding and tapescripts of what you hear. You may need to download the free version of **RealPlayer** in order to listen to some of them. [|BBC World Service Radio player]
 * General listening**

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/

Select a radio station and a type of show and practise listening to British English online. [|BBC World Service English]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/index.shtml

This site provides plenty of listening practice through video and audio recordings with questions and access to tapescripts. [|Language and Learning Online]

http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/index.xml

A comprehensive set of resources for listening. Provided by Monash University, Australia. [|Hong Kong University of Science and Technology]

http://lc.ust.hk/~sac/materials/english/matenlisten.htm

The language centre of HKUST provides a range of listening materials designed to help you improve your listening skills. [|English Language Listening Lab Online]

http://www.elllo.org/

The Tapestry website allows you to listen to interviews with English speakers from different parts of the world on a variety of subjects. Tasks and tapescripts provided. [|English on-line - TV Commercials- listening exercises]

http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/index.php?page=tv-commercials-listening-exercises

The website of the Universite de Franche-Comte. Here you can watch short video clips and test your listening with 'spot the difference' tasks.

Listening to lectures and note-taking
The links in this section focus on academic listening contexts, in particular lectures. You can find guidance on how to approach listening in lectures and there is some practice material. [|Listening to Lectures - Note-taking]

http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/elsc/material/Listening/note-taking.html

Advice and listening practice provided by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. [|The Reith lectures]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith/

BBC Recordings of complete lectures given by eminent speakers from around the world on some of the important challenges facing the world today. With full transcripts of lectures. [|Palgrave-Macmillan-Skills4study-mp3s]

http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/mp3s.asp

Audio downloads for listening practice on different study skills. [|Using English for Academic Purposes: Listening comprehension and note-taking] http://www.uefap.com/listen/listfram.htm A very useful guide on listening comprehension and notetaking for international students provided by the University of Hertfordshire.