Free English Listening Curriculum

English Listening is a website where English language learners can study listening comprehension, by listening to authentic English, spoken in real life situations.  

The site is intended for students who want to improve their English through listening comprehension, and schools who wish to teach both general English, and English Listening skills.

The emphasis is on authentic English: real people talking about things that interest them. There is a large collection of recordings of ordinary English speakers, British, American and International, who talk freely and naturally on a wide variety of interesting topics. The site is suitable for learners of all levels: with easy passages for beginners, more difficult passages for intermediate learners, and some quite challenging passages for advanced learners. The passages vary in length from about one minute to ten minutes. There are various study aids: transcripts, summaries, guidance questions, and comprehension tests, along with explanation and advice on how best to use the site.

The site records each student’s study history, and teachers can access this to monitor their students’ work. They can set homework, and check that students completed it. Students and teachers need nothing but a web link and a computer that plays audio.

The English Listening site has been in use for over twenty years, and is completely free to all users--although we do accept donations. 

Comments, questions, feedback, etc. would be very welcome.