Teaching Listening with Technology

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Listening is the ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process. Listening is key to all effective communication, without the ability to listen effectively messages are easily misunderstood – communication breaks down and the sender of the message can easily become frustrated or irritated.


There are some applications in teaching listening with technology, for example:

1. Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl0nYx5arA8

Teaching listening with Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab is great way. In Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab, there are some main points.

1. Improve Your English
2. Free Listening Practice
3. English Language Classes

There are some categories or level in teaching listening.

1. General Listening Quizzes

• It is about listen to Everyday Conversations with Adult and Children's Voices.

2. Basic Listening Quizzes 

• it is about Short Listening Activities for Beginning and Intermediate Students.

3. Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes

• It is about prepare for TOEFL/TOEIC Tests with These Lectures, Interviews, and Conversations.

4. 20-Minute ESL Vocabulary Lessons

• It is about build your vocabulary and pronunciation of key vocabulary.

5. Language Learning and Life Tips 

• There are more Language and Life-skill Tips with Discussion Questions

6. Long Conversations with Real Video

• We can watch and Learn with these Interviews and Conversations

2. Real English

http://www.real-english.com/

Real English is one of online applications that can support our learning listening. Real English is such kind of a completely free site for learning English. In Real English, there are original videos & interactive lessons, an English teacher always present to help you, and a Community of teachers & students learning together. It is a fun online applications.

3. English, Baby!

http://www.englishbaby.com/

It is an interesting blog. We can use this online site free, and use this site all the time. There are English Chat Rooms, English Forums, Learn English Vocabulary, Find Friends, Take English Quizzes, Download English MP3 audio, etc. There are some applications in English Baby that can help us in learning English.


4. NPR Podcasts

http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php

NPR Podcast is one of online site that can help us in learning English. We can learn listening in this site. There are 24-Hour Program Stream and Hourly News Summary. It is free and it is an interesting online site. We can learn more about listening thorugh this site.

• 24-Hour Program Stream. The NPR Program Stream offers a 24-hour schedule of popular NPR programs as well as selected NPR coverage of live news events.
• Hourly News Summary is updated hourly.