Listening, Speaking & Pronunciation
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/index.shtml
Short news stories with audio files and full scripts – UK English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/
Six minute podcasts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/
Video clips modeling English sounds and quizzes to practice them
www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts.htm
Wonderful archive of podcasts with transcripts – UK English
http://www.listen-and-write.com/
Excellent dictation website
http://www.lyricstraining.com/
Song dictations
Short presentations (<20 mins) on a wide variety of topics www.esl-lab.com Lots of general and academic listening quizzes – US English
Lots of general and academic listening quizzes – US English
http://edition.cnn.com/studentnews/index.html
CNN news stories with full transcripts – US English
http://en.yappr.com/welcome/VideoList.action
Excellent video library with optional subtitles on all videos, and you can click on the ‘clear speech’ icon to hear the text being spoken more clearly (great for songs!)
http://www.englishcentral.com/en/videos
Video library where you can record your voice and compare it with the original
Video listening library – listening material for all levels
http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/
Learn the phonetic alphabet with quizzes and games