I++Listen

** This "I Listen" page is for telling me about what you are listening to. **
a) Radio talk shows (try CBC Radio for all kinds of talk for young and seasoned listeners) b) T.V., movies, dvd's (check out the local library for '__free__' rentals) c) Eavesdrop: Keep a little notebook in your pocket and write down the juicy details, idoms, collocations (groups of words), questions heard, ways people stetch the conversation in small talk, don't forget the body too.
 * __Listening:__** Thousands of hours of it !


 * CLICK > the 'speech bubbles' to find the assignments, read the instructions and complete as many as you can. Do this often.**

CLICK > the 'speech bubbles' to find your BLOG Assignment > Write about your experience on our BLOG called "The Art of Eavesdropping"
 * Listening Assignment #1 : EAVESDROP Exercise**

CLICK > the 'speech bubbles' to find your BLOG Assignment > Write about "I heard it on the Grapevine"
 * Listening Assignment #2: GRAPEVINE Exercise**


 * Listening Assignment #3: CBC Podcasts**

Check out the following CBC radio show podcasts and tell me what you think !

1. **"INTERSECTIONS"** with Niru Kumar []
 * Episode #3 > Culture on the Job
 * Episode #4 > Mating & Dating
 * Episode #5 > Spending & Lending

2. **"NATURE OF THINGS"** interesting for parents, business people AND everyone !: BORN to BE GOOD > []

3. **"KNOW YOUR RIGHTS"** - All about Canadian Law. Something all of us should be familiar with.

4. **"AGE of PERSUASION"** - All about Marketing and Advertising.

5. **"C'EST LA VIE"** with Bernard St. Laurent. For those of you who speak French, this is an excellent show to listen to that has French Collocations explained in English. French Canadian culture.

6. **"DNTO"** the best of host Suk Yin Lee, hip easy listening ...

Strangers in the Night: []

Getting to Know the Neighbours: []

Why is small talk such a BIG Deal ?: []

How Far will YOU go to Make a Conversation?: []

Makin Mistakes:

7. **"Vinyl Cafe"** Story telling about Canadian life with humour (funny).

8. **"White Coat, Black Art"** Medical Field, Canadian culture > []

9. Listen to the **CBC News** here anytime: []

__ **CBC EDMONTON > Learning English Resource:** __ Great listening exercises followed by vocabulary, comprehension questions, etc. Go to []

CBC Podcasts
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Doc Project: The Gift http://www.cbc.ca/radio/docproject/the-gift-1.3196203

**MORE Listening Resources**

 * http://www.elllo.org/index.htm
 * http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate_start.php
 * Audio Books > Novellas > [|http://esl-bits.net/Novellas.for.ESL.Students/Novellas.for.ESL.html]
 * English Listening Library Online - []
 * Youtube is your friend - It has great online teachers
 * Dave Sconda is a Pronunciation Star – did I say that? - []
 * Jennifer ESL – has very concise and well-presented video lessons - [] - writing - punctuation
 * Mister Duncan- for anglophiles - [] – English plurals
 * Index of misterduncan – mp4 files - []
 * VOA Special English is also on Youtube []
 * Readalong Listening Resources
 * Voice of America Special English – current news stories read slowly with scripts for readalong -[]
 * [|Children's Storybooks Online]. Some of the stories have audio options that read the text, and some even have animation! The largest selection of stories is for young readers.
 * Micetro Mozart, the Opera House Mouse – []
 * Root Directory of RIF Readaloud Stories – No longer on their web site
 * This illustrated story with coloured read-along prompts is one of the best resources from the very confusing web site RIF.org. I say confusing because I needed to go to one of the root menus – That’s tech talk for a back door to the web site. Take a look. You won’t get to this page from Google
 * []
 * Headway – Pre Intermediate – British Video with Subtitles- Present Continuous and present tenses[]
 * Master Spoken English Video – Series of Listening and Pronunciation
 * []

===Ø[|Learning] [|//English//][| -] [|//6 Minute//][| English -] [|//BBC//]=== [] =Smories.com- original stories for kids, read by kids=
 * * [|Voice of America Special English Daily news]
 * []
 * [|Conversations with video] – Social English
 * [|365 ESL Short Stories]– Listen and read alongA Free Site for Intermediate ESL/EFL Learners
 * [|1500 short conversations]
 * [|BBC English]6 minute listening with audio, comprehension question, full script text files and vocabulary checks
 * [|English Club]
 * Listen to poetry in English[]
 * [|Real English] – basic to intermediate -man on the street –
 * grammar focussed interviews with comprehension exercises.
 * Great controlled natural language listening resource.
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 * Follow up with a lesson on colours
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 * Youtube is your friend- It has great online teachers
 * Mister Duncan- for anglophiles
 * – [|English plurals]
 * [|Index of][|misterduncan][| – mp4 files]
 * [|VOA Special English is also on][|Youtube] ||