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Listening & Speaking Links

Textbook Websites

Reading & Vocabulary Focus 2 published by Cengage
Includes Vocabulary Flashcards, Glossary of keywords, and Audio   For ESL 532
Pathways 1 published by National Geographic Cengage  For ESL 531

    Audio , Vocabulary Index (download file), &  Flashcards

News Websites

CNN Student News  Listening to a news report every day will improve your listening comprehension.
Breaking News English See Recent Lessons or scroll down to lessons based on themes. An archive of over 1000 lessons is available.
News for You Online    Click “Listen to the full story” to listen and read along. Click on any single line to listen to it. Study the weekly vocabulary list. Point at a word to get its definition. The password for SJCC students is 028F6B.
BBC Learning English Click the audio file for each topic you open on the old site. Vocabulary notes will follow. A link to the new site is also available.

General Stories Websites

Stories to listen to  The list of stories is from the California Distance Learning Project. Click the name of a story you want to read. Click the LISTEN button to hear the story as you read. You can then work through the activities and hear the pronunciation of words.
Real English Video Lessons  Try the intermediate videos starting with Lesson 16. If too difficult, Click Beginning. 

Other Websites

Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
http://www.esl-lab.com/
Audio and video resources for all levels

 

Real English
http://www.real-english.com/
Interactive lessons for all levels