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Tony Alessandra: Jump Starting Your Listening Skills

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Motivational speaker Tony Alessandra's ten techniques to active listening.
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Shopping (Compras) Listening Dialogs

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site designed for Spanish speakers of English, students listen to a conversation between a shopper and a store clerk. Then they answer questions that test their listening and comprehension skills. Instructions are in Spanish.
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: The City (La Ciudad): Listening: Dialogs

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful, extensive site for Spanish-speaking ELL. In this section, students listen to a couple of short audio clip dialogs in English and then answer interactive comprehension questions. Several activities provided - instructions in...
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Story Arts: Listening Skills Table for Storytelling

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Two rubrics to assess a listener's attention during a storytelling session. The first is used to record frequency of audience reactions. The second is used to access the listener's level of comprehension.
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Intermediate Level

For Students 9th - 10th
Improve English language proficiency at this comprehensive ELL (English Language Learner) site for Spanish-speaking students. It is subdivided into eight areas of language development: vocabulary, grammar, listening comprehension,...
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Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly

Many Things for Esl Japanese Version

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Japanese version of the well-known Interesting Things for ESL site (the authors are professors teaching in Japan). The Japanese site has many of the same features as the English Only version in fact, it usually goes to the...
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Voice of America: Dynamic English for Vietnamese Speakers

For Students 9th - 10th
English lessons for native speakers of Vietnamese using Voice of America news content. A new lesson is posted every two weeks, but you can access past lessons too. Lessons provide short reading, listening, or dialog practice passages...
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Zut!: Interactive French Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides activities for teaching and learning French organized by level. Basic lessons include learning to talk about oneself and numbers; more advanced lessons cover contemporary France, immigration, the distribution of wealth...
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Daily Esl: Conversation Starters for English Students

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen and read along with several real-life scenarios to help expand understanding and conversational language. Listening activities are followed by a variety of quizzes, discussion questions, and role-play activities.
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International Reading Association

Reading Online: Teaching Vocabulary to Adolescents to Improve Comprehension

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
An article highlighting the improvements of middle and high school students' reading comprehension through a sixteen-week program. Includes introduction, overview of the intervention, course structure, sample activities, assessments, and...
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: How to Listen Better

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students read a description of what it means to listen respectively. Then they write a brief action plan for becoming a better listener.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Going to the Library

For Students 9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects describing their experiences in libraries, and comparing them. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along. Great way to bring native speakers into the classroom...
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Describe Christmas or Other Holiday

For Students 9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects describing the Christmas and other holiday traditions. Uses a variety of tenses. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along. Great way to bring native speakers...
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University of Texas at Austin

Univ. Of Texas: Comparing the Business World

For Students 9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects describing the difference between American businessmen and women to the business world of their home countries. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along....
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Describe an Organization & Function

For Students 9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects describing how an organization and what they do.Varied vocabulary and grammar usage. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along. Great way to bring native...
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Critical Thinking Community: Teaching Tactics That Encourage Active Learning

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Eleven great ideas for teachers to engage their students in active learning and listening.
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Sophia: Active Listening Overview: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the concept and components of active listening. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Active Listening Overview."
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Listen and Write

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Listen-and-write.com is free listening practice website. Students type passages that are read aloud and then checks for error.
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Beginning Level

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Improve English language proficiency at this comprehensive ELL (English Language Learner) site for Spanish speaking students. This section is subdivided into eight areas of language development: vocabulary, grammar, listening...
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Listen to a Chat About Class Schedules

For Students 9th - 10th
A listening comprehension exercise designed for native Spanish speakers learning English. Students listen to a short conversation about class schedules and then answer questions based on what has been heard. Instructions are in Spanish....
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Dialogic Listening

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dialogic listening is similar to active listening but is an alternative. This site outlines its four major characteristics and provides related links.
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Sports/hobbies: Pronunciation/sonidos

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Spanish-speaking ELL tutorial practices sound recognition - contrasts short "ch" and "j" sounds as in "choke/joke". Great interactive listening comprehension exercises reinforce teachings. Site has a "Teacher's Lounge" for suggested...
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Weather Pronunciation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Extensive site focusing on Spanish-speaking ELL. This section practices sound recognition. Great interactive listening comprehension exercises reinforce teachings. Site has a "Teacher's Lounge" for suggested follow-up activities....
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: The City (La Ciudad): Pronunciation/sonidos

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Extensive site focusing on Spanish-speaking ELL. This section practices sound recognition - contrasts sounds as in "cap/cup, ran/run." Great interactive listening comprehension exercises reinforce teachings. Site has a "Teacher's...

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