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Ello: Listening Games
Listening games based on a range of every day, "authentic" themes: making a sandwich, hair, getting and giving directions, taking a phone call, holidays, etc. Listen to an audio description, then pick the picture that matches it. Geared...
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: Pete's Sheep (Long E Listening Practice)
Learn the long E sound in English while enjoying an animated story about sheep. You can listen to the story over and over again and watch the story come alive with animation.
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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...
PBS
Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wild World: Games: Paint Splat
Young players will enjoy this cleverly animated color-mixing game that guides them through the process of mixing and matching colors. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for English...
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Games: Sounds Like Fun!
Cleverly animated game that alerts young learners to the musical sounds all around them in their everyday environments. A useful exercise in helping children understand sound patterns and repetitive beats and the meaning of start and...
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wild World: Games: Where's Quack?
Hide-and-seek game instructs players to find Quack, a purple duck, in a series of different landscapes. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for English language learners who need...
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wild World: Games: Fish Wish [Count 1, 2, or 2 Fish]
Players click buttons to tell how many fish they see: 1, 2, or 3. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for English language learners who need practice in listening to and understanding...
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wild World: Games: Trash Stash
Cleverly animated sorting game introduces young learners to the mathematical concepts of comparing, sorting, and grouping. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for English language...
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wild World: Games: Animal House Hunt
Cleverly animated matching game asks players to match animals to their homes. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for young children and English language learners who need practice in...
Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly
Many Things for Esl Japanese Version
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: Special English Programs
Special English is a Voice of America broadcast devoted to helping English language learners learn English. You'll find scripts of previous broadcasts, with audio files so that you can read along with programs as you listen. A revolving...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Intermediate Level
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,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Twizzle Lesson Plan
Young scholars must use their listening and exercise skills to win this game! Students listen for commands from their teacher such as jump, turn, freeze, go, and twizzle. As they hear them, they must perform them quickly and properly...
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Pbs Learning Media: Grover's Winter Games
A great game for number recognition, patterns, and working memory. Grover leads the way as you compete in ice skating, snowboarding, and skiing while learning along the way!
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Light Up Your Brain: Brain Teaser Games & Audio Stories for Kids
Fantastic classic children's stories online that you can listen to while you read along. Stories are offered in streaming or downloadable MP3 format. Some of the popular stories are: "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", "The Tale of the Flopsy...
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Games: Hide and Peep
Play along in a game of hide and go seek with Peep and his friends by clicking on their hiding places. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for English language learners who need...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Beginning Level
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...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? Letter Sound Accuracy Game
An exciting activity for the whole class to practice listening for a specific letter sound. When they hear a word with the sound they are listening for they give it a thumbs up; if it doesn't have the sound, they give it a thumbs down....
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Students will enjoy this interactive website. There are many musical topics to explore while having fun. Learning how to make your own instrument, playing games and listening to music are just a few of the things you can do here.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Students will enjoy this interactive website. There are many musical topics to explore while having fun. Learning how to make your own instrument, playing games and listening to music are just a few of the things you can do here.
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,...
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...
ICT Games
Ict Games: Dinosaur Egg (Listen and Choose)
This word game utilizes listening skills and reading skills as words are displayed on various dinosaur eggs and the correct word must be chosen.