Listening & Speaking

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Top Sites Learn to Speak Kindergarten English -- Coversations for children to start learning English and practice speaking Speak English Fast Over 500 conversations on 26 topics with audio for intermediate learners ESL Conversations 1,500 conversations under 25 topics with audio for speaking practice ESL Fast A huge free online English learning resource For Beginners Easy Conversations Hundreds of easy conversations, short, interesting, with slow audio Speaking Is Easy Choose any topics you are interested in to practice speaking

• Start Reading for Children (1) Simple present tense, 50-word passages for children to start reading and listening

• Start Reading for Children (2) 50-word passages for kids to improve English through reading and listening

• Start Reading for Children (3) 100-word passages to improve children's reading and listening

• English Level 1 Simple present tense, 50 words per passage with audio and exercises for English beginners

• English Level 2 Short passages with audio and exercises for English beginners

• English Level 3 Short essays for English beginners to improve reading and listening

• English Level 4 More short essays for beginners to improve reading and listening

• English Level 5 200-word essays for English beginners to transition to intermediate level

• English Level 6 250-word essays for English beginners to transition to intermediate level

• English for Children (1) 100 super easy short stories, 50-word long, with audio and exercises

• English for Children (2) 126 easy short stories for children and ESL/EFL beginners to practice reading and listening

• Short Stories for Beginners (1) 200 easy stories for ESL/EFL beginners to practice reading and listening

• Short Stories for Beginners (2) 200 more easy stories for ESL/EFL beginners to practice reading and listening

• Beginners' Dictation 100 dictation exercises with 500 sentences

• Travel English 100 Sentences you need to use when you travel abroad

• Listen and Repeat Listen and repeat to learn Verb Conjugation, vocabulary, and sentence patterns

Classroom English

• Classroom English Common phrases used by ESL teachers in an ESL class

• Classroom Questions Listen and repeat questions and answers that occur in ESL classrooms

English Songs

• American Songs Learn English through learning traditional American songs

• Learn Songs Learn to sing folk songs, campfire songs, and group-singing songs

• Songs for Kids A lot of great songs for you to enjoy and a great way to get better at speaking English

Conversations

• Speak English Fast More than 300 conversations on various topics for you to practice speaking

• ESL Conversations More than 1,500 conversations under different topics with high-quality audio

• Speaking Is Easy Choose any topics you are interested in to practice speaking

• Easy Conversations Hundreds of easy conversations, short and interesting, for you to read and listen

• Phrases for Conversation Hundreds of common expressions for beginning, intermediate and advanced learners

Free ESL Software

• Tutor Mike The award-winning AI software which enables students to talk to a human-like machine

• USA Learns Practice English speaking, vocabulary, pronunciation, spelling, and more

• Ventures Arcade Online activities and exercises for Cambridge Textbook Ventures

Online Radio News

• BBC World News BBC's international radio. Listen to music, world news, sports, and weather forecast

• National Public Radio Hourly newscast, 24-hour program stream. Listen to your favorite programs daily

Online Videos

• Real English Lessons Watch, write, read, and listen to the people in the videos

• Learning English Video Lectures More than 100 short videos created for English learning on different topics

• Ron Lee's YouTube Channel YouTube Channel ESL Fast Speak for YouTube users to practice speaking English

• CBS Evening News Watch CBS evening news online

• CNN Video News Watching CNN headline news online

• Movie Trailers New movie trailers are added quickly

• Videos and Speeches of History Channel Video and audio of famous speeches in history

• Top 100 Speeches Famous speeches in American history, with video, audio, and text

Conversation Questions

• iteslj Conversation Questions For the ESL/EFL Classroom - A project of the Internet TESL Journal

• ESL Conversation Questions Conversation questions to help teachers foster discussion in the classroom

Pronunciation

• Pronunciation Exercises Minimal pair exercises created by Michael Climo to correct ESL students' pronunciation

• Pronunciation Rules Some pronunciation rules for English words

• A Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Nouns Most popular last names, first names, and other proper nouns with audio

• Pronunciation Podcast Free English pronunciation and accent reduction lessons

• Pronunciation of Names of People and Places English pronunciation guide to the names of people, places, and stuff

• Pronunciation of Words and Phrases Type in a word or phrase to listen to its pronunciation, including proper nouns

Immigration

• Civics Tutor An intelligent electronic tutor who can ask or answer citizenship interview questions

• U.S. Citizenship Podcast With quick links to citizenship and naturalization resources

• The 100 Questions and Answers For the naturalization test, the USCIS Officer will ask the applicant up to 10 of the 100 questions

• Naturalization Test Listening practice to prepare your students for citizenship test

• Naturalization Self Test 93 questions with audio and answers

• Citizenship Test Questions 86 old questions with audio and answers

Well-Known Sites

• 365 Short Essays Listen to interesting short essays written for ESL learners

• Short Stories for ESL Learners Listen to the 100 short stories, and do the questions & answers, dictation exercises

• Foreign Languages for Travelers An excellent site for people who want to quickly learn some useful English or other foreign language phrases

• NIV Bible Download Excellent MP3 files of the New International Version of the Bible

• Audio Bibles Choose a version, listen to one chapter a day

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