Hello dear students and teachers!
Students, are you ready for the first set of midterms? I hope the tips that we posted last week are useful, and make you have a good performance during the tests! However, remember that the secret of having good scores in exams does not only depend on being cool during the day of tests. Actually, you have to study and prepare yourself before you take them.
There are different skills that you must develop if you want to speak in English. These skills are speaking, reading, listening and writing, and they are all interconnected. So, it is a good idea to work on them, in and out of class, throughout the course.
According to both teachers and students, one of the most difficult skills to develop is listening. In fact, many learners feel that English speakers speak too fast, and as a consequence they do not feel very confident in this skill.
Today we want to offer you some links to websites in which you can practice listening. You only have to read and follow the instructions to do the exercises. By providing these links, we hope you can start becoming more self-motivated and autonomous students. We are sure that if you commit to study English, you will be successful.
REMINDERS:
If you want to have good listening comprehension, you must have good vocabulary.
Remember to review the vocabulary you study in you lessons.
Recall that knowing a word is NOT just knowing its translation. Knowing a word means knowing its meaning, pronunciation, and how to use it.
These are the links:
1. ESL Lab: It is easy to use and there are different levels. Go for the basic ones first!
http://www.esl-lab.com/
We suggest checking this link if you are a beginner:
http://www.esl-lab.com/short.htm
2. ELLO: You can download listening exercises in MP3, and the content id really cool! Check :
http://www.elllo.org/
3. Mansion ingles: I bet most of you know this website. The explanations are in Spanish, so you can easily follow the instructions. Check:
http://www.mansioningles.com/listening00.htm
We hope you find this inforamtion useful. Please let us know your impressions and experiences with these websites.
If you know more websites to practice listening, please let us know about them!
