National Education Association
Racial Justice in Education Resource Guide
Strive for racial justice within your classroom community with help from an 80-page resource guide. Five modules move scholars through thoughtful, and reflective grand conversations to making a plan, then taking action. Learners write...
British Council
British Council Learn English Central: Listening and Watch
A selection of 20 or so mp3 listening files, with audioscripts, that you can download and play on your computer or portable player. Each comes with a follow-up activity -- these can vary, e.g., an offline writing assignment, online...
Starfall
Starfall: Robot and Mr. Mole (Long O Listening Practice)
Learn English words with the long O sound by listening to this read-aloud story about a robot. English language learners and beginning readers can practice listening to and pronouncing words with long o's. Great graphics, unlimited...
Starfall
Starfall: Jake's Tale (Long a Listening Practice)
A fun read-along story for practicing and listening to the long a sound. Great graphics and animation.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Listening for Specifics
This Skillswise site focuses on listening for specifics. Included are a video about why learning how to do this, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, quizzes on the information presented, and games to practice the skill. The...
Starfall
Starfall: Peg the Hen (Short E Listening Practice)
English language learners and beginning readers can listen as they read this wonderfully animated story about Peg the Hen. Excellent drill for learning to pronounce the short E sound with excellent reinforcement of basic vocabulary...
Randall Davis
Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Randall's Self Study Guide
This site contains listening exercises for assessment or practice. Each exercise is rated for difficulty. Excellent range of quizzes.
Other
Morningside Center: Active Listening
In this lesson, students practice active listening by paraphrasing what they hear. Students will practice listening to one another and repeating what they heard. Various listening activities are included in this lesson.
Randall Davis
Esl Cyber Listening Lab: General Listening Quiz: Enjoying the Zoo
Students listen to a recording about a visit to the zoo, then read and answer questions to check their oral comprehension. Includes followup ideas for discussion and research.
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Animals (Animales): Listening Dialogs
At this site designed for Spanish-speaking English language learners, students listen to two short dialogs about pets. They can also read the second dialog in English as they listen. Then they answer interactive questions that test their...
Other
Spanish in Tx: Listening Comp Beg: La Primavera Que Viene Voy a Estudiar en Esp
In this lesson, students will watch a video [00:54] of a native speaker of Spanish who is sharing her excitement about studying at the University of Seville in the upcoming summer. Students will answer comprehension questions when they...
Randall Davis
Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Basic English Quiz: Calendars and Dates
This site has a self-scoring listening vocabulary exercise for English language learners that focuses on months, days, and years.
Randall Davis
Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Basic English Quiz: Shopping and Prices
This self-scoring listening vocabulary exercise for English language learners focuses on correctly comprehending prices. Students listen to an audio file of a dollar-and-cents price, then match it to its written form.
Randall Davis
Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Basic English Quiz: Making Friends
A self-scoring listening vocabulary exercise for English language learners that focuses on correctly comprehending and responding when making a new friend.
Other
Story Corps: Every Voice Matters
StoryCorps is a national oral history project that records and preserves stories of people around the country. Select recordings are broadcast weekly on NPR, with an archive of stories available for playback at the StoryCorps online...
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
American English Pronunciation Practice Minimal Pairs
24 lessons based on words that sound similar in English, e.g., they/day, see/she, said/sad. Practice listening to and saying each pair, then listen to a sentence and identify the word used.
Randall Davis
Building Your Listening Vocabulary: Personality Types
This exercise designed for English language learners helps build their vocabularies. Students learn words associated with personality traits, such as selfishness, truthfulness, and cleverness, by completing this multiple-choice quiz.
National Science Teachers Association
Nsta: Science & Engineering Practices: Obtaining, Evaluating, Communication
This site from NSTA includes a progression of the Science and Engineering Practice for obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information. In addition, thereare performance expectations that make use science and engineering practices.
Randall Davis
Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Basic English Quiz: Names: Meeting New People
This site has a self-scoring listening vocabulary exercise for English language learners that focuses on correctly comprehending common English names.
Other
Lecturas in Ingles Traducidas / English Readings
Great way to practice English with this beautiful selection of short excerpts from literature classics like the Jungle Book, Sherlock Holmes, or the Cask of the Amontillado. Each text includes comprehension exercises with answers and...
British Council
British Council Go4 English for Arabic Speakers: Stories
A collection of 20-25 animated stories designed to teach children English. Children can read as they watch and listen, then play a game to see how much they understood. Includes original stories on topics of interest to students...
University of Victoria (Canada)
Elc Study Zone: Level 200 Reading Topics
Choose a story from seven stories to read and/or listen to. Practice reading comprehension by completing the interactive quizzes and exercises. Answer the questions, then look for your score.
Other
Encourage Play: Two Fun Ways to Practice Conversation Skills
Listening and responding on topic during a conversation is a skill our kids need to practice and learn. Here are two fun ways to practice this skill. You can do these activities with groups of kids, or pairs of kids. If you are working...
Education.com
Education.com: sl.k.1.a Worksheets: Follow Agreed Upon Rules
[Free Registration/Login Required] A list of worksheets to practice the Common Core standard of following agreed-upon rules for discussions. Also included is a formative assessment for speaking and listening.