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Elllo: English Language Listening Lab Online
This is an extremely useful place for the improving listening skills of English language learners. Contains numerous listening exercises, such as dialogues, games, interviews, songs, news broadcasts, and more. Each activity has a number...
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Listening Skills Self Evaluation
Listening is a skill that is often overlooked and it can have everything to do with how someone views you. This site provides an evaluation that allows the user to analyze their ability to listen in a thoughtfull manner. The evaluation...
New York Times
New York Times: Interviewing Techniques
For students, this article covers the basics of interviewing as a skill. "Anybody who's ever done homework while watching television, listening to music and fielding instant messages that pop up on the screen every two minutes can master...
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Descriptions of People
Interactive videos make use of extensive vocabulary in context to illustrate physical and character descriptions of people. Has audio and video clips as well as interviews - great listening comprehension.
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif La Vie Professionelle
Fascinating look at the world of work in France - Includes extensive vocabulary lists, used in context through videos that provides excellent listening comprension activities. Also has pertinent grammar points and video interview.
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Les Vacances
Weather, seasons, geography, activities - all thins related to vacations presented with extensive vocabulary list, interactive audio, video and interview clips utilizing vocab in context. Has links to important grammatical concepts and...
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Greetings, Introductions
Introductions and vocabulary and phrases relative to the classroom are presented in interesting audio, video and interview clips. Links to pertinent grammar and internet activities. Great site for listening comprehension and cultural...
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Me Voici
Discussing families, pastimes, nationalities - telling time all presented with extensive vocabulary lists and utilized in context through audio, video and interview clips - excellent for listening comprehension and cultural exposure. Has...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lesson Plan: Effective Interview Questions
Explore effective interview questions. By choosing questions that are open-ended and important to them, students can learn great interview skills that can be helpful in future college and job interviews.
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
Powerhouse Museum: Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Collection
An exciting online exhibit presenting hundreds of objects created specifically for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. See interactive collections of broadcast materials (manuals, media kits, passes), posters, banners, costumes, souvenirs,...
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Fetes: Holidays
Wonderful interactive video clips, interviews and vocabulary all relating to French holidays and traditions. Site has excellent cultural information, high quality videos and top-notch auditory practice.
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Communication and Media
This interactive site focuses on communications and media and features extensive vocabulary lists, interviews with video, pertinent grammar points and other tools for understanding French culture.
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Money, Finance & Investments
Extensive vocabulary lists of all things financial. Video and audio clips to utilize vocab in context. Has interviews in French and links to internet activities and salient grammar points.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Common Application for Undergraduate College Admission
SCU uses StoryCorps' tested interviewing techniques-combined with outstanding radio broadcasts and animated shorts-to support high school students in the development of identity and in drawing connections between their unique strengths...
Stanford University
Beyond the Bubble: Unions in Paterson, New Jersey
[Free Registration/Login Required] An excerpt from an interview with a textile factory worker named Marianna Costa. In the interview, Costa talks about working conditions at the Arrow Piece Dye Works in Paterson, New Jersey, prior to the...
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif the Home a La Maison
A tool for listening comprehension, this site surveys the French home, each room highlighted with extensive vocabulary lists. Includes interviews with video and transcripts as well as grammar points.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Eric Carle
What do you know about Eric Carle, the author? This Carol Hurst site highlights some interesting facts about this author's life and refers to some of his books.
Education.com
Education.com: Sl.2.3 Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of lesson plans and worksheets aligned to the Common Core standard of asking and answering questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional...
Other
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association: Where the Cherry Tree Grew
"I cannot tell a lie. "-Washington. Children have grown up listening to the story of George Washington cutting down the cherry tree to teach students lessons on honesty. Was this a true or false story? Read the following interview with...