Resources

• Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab

• National Public Radio (NPR)

• The English Listening Lounge

• The Academy of American Poets

• Young and Old Favorites (American Music with Lyrics from NIEHS)

• Voice of America Special English

• Favorite Poems Project (Short videos of people talking about and reading poems. Listen and read. Learn poems for speaking!)

• Speech Accent Archive: American accents (Listen to regional differences in American English.)

• English Listening Lab Online

• The Bob and Rob Show (Podcast discussion and variety show on culture, language, vocabulary)

• Easy Online RSS Reader for ESL/EFL Podcasts

• English as a Second Language Podcast

• American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank

• Listening to Academic Lectures Online

• Story Corps: Listen to stories New! (Also tips on recording your own stories.)

• Use Music to Practice Listening! New! (Listen for specific words as you watch videos of these popular songs.)