Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Audio English

As the name suggest, this site is focused on listening activities. It provides audio recordings on different types of dialogues, phrases, narrations and role-play exercises, for different contexts. There is a section on Practical English that gives phrases that can be used in everyday situations. The site suggests that students listen to the audio clips and practice pronunciation. Apart from pronunciation practice, the site can be used for listening comprehension and also as part of pre-exercise for speaking activities. The students can be asked to prepare their own dialogues based on what they hear on the clip.
However, this resource is primarily in British English and hence the speakers have prominent British accents. So, this might not be helpful for learners learning English for and in the American context. But, I think this might be an interesting resource to use in my teaching context, since it will be helpful in familiarizing the learners with different English accents.

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