LISTENING ACTIVITIES

General Listening Quizzes [ Listen to Everyday Conversations with Adult and Children's Voices ]
Pre- Intermediate onwards Answering Machine A Day at School Apartments for Rent Camping Under the Stars Christmas is Coming! Clothing Styles Business Communications College Life Daily Schedule DVD Movie Rentals Eye Glasses for You A Fun Day Family Activities Family Relationships First Date Getting Around Tokyo Good Old Blues Hamburger Restaurant Happy Birthday! Heavenly Pies Restaurant Hotel Reservations Immigration and Customs Lost in the Crowd Meeting Singles Nice to Meet You Party Time! Phone Message Picnic Preparations Reading Time Rental Shop (Version B) Shopping for the Day Sightseeing in Town Snack Time So, what's the matter? Spending Money Tell me about yourself Train Tickets Travel Arrangements Travel on Sky Airlines What a Busy Day! Where are you from?	Intermediate onwards A Student Credit Card A Healthy Lifestyle A Hiking Family A Story to Remember Alcoholics Anonymous Back to School Supplies Baking Cookies Breakfast Recipes Budget Hotel Rooms Car Rental College Majors College Textbooks Computer Sales Dinner Time Driver's License Emergency Call Exercise Program English Language Center Great Apartment Living Grocery Shopping Haven't We Met Before? Holiday Traditions Japanese Public Bath Just a Haircut, Please! Leisure Activities Medical Advice New York Travel Parenting Party Invitations Personal Security Pizza Delivery Radio Advertising Saturday's Chores Show Times Snacks and Candy Street Market Taxi Ride (Medium) Towing Service Traffic Ticket TV Guide Vacation Plans Weekly Activities World Cup Soccer World of Computers	Upper Intermediate onwards 72-Hour Emergency Kit A Free Cell Phone! A University Degree ABCs of Money Matters Adsense: Making Money Cancer Treatment Car Accident Car Repairs Dating Woes Divorce Lawyers Driving Road Test Enjoying the Zoo Easy Pet Care Flower Shop First Mountain Bank Friday Night Mishaps Friendly Dental Care Funerals: Expressing Condolences Furniture Store Ad Home Repairs Home Security Hotel Check-In Housing Complaints It's a Home Run! Job Hunting Movie Review Personal Problems Professional Babysitting Refinancing Mortgage Loans Rental Shop (Version A) School Report Security Systems Store Returns Summer Camp Taxi Ride (Difficult) Telemarketing The Ideal Woman Trivia Game Show Utah Travel Ad Video Game Systems Wedding Anniversary Where's the movie theater?

Basic Listening Quizzes [ Short Listening Activities for Beginning and Intermediate Students ]
Easy Calendars and Dates Conversation Starters Directions Around Town (1) Introductions Names: Meeting People Shopping and Prices Telling Time	Easy Clothing and Fashion Directions Around Town (2) Family Relationships Hobbies Restaurants Shopping Center Telephone	Medium Bus Travel Directions Around Town (3) ESL Programs Job Hunting - Quiz 1 Job Hunting - Quiz 2 Movies Travel and Numbers

Business Language To Go is a series that is all about chunks of language as used in business contexts.

The series - first broadcast in 2001 - was produced by Ruth Whitbread and presented by Carmela DiClemente and business language expert David Evans.

Part 12

Business socialising: some useful expressions for making business contacts when you're outside the office.

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Part 11

Training and away days: learn some useful language and related phrases.

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Part 10

Difficult clients: we'll provide you with some useful language for dealing with dissatisfied customers and clients.

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Part 9

Dealing with difficult work situations and asking for a pay rise.

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Part 8

Delegating: we'll give you some useful language for this essential business skill.

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Part 7

Telephoning II: find out some more telephone related language to use when making arrangements.

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Part 6

Telephoning in a foreign language can be surprisingly difficult. Get some help with telephone related language with this programme.

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Part 5

Appraisals: find out more about these meetings where a manager reviews your recent performance - and how to make the most of them.

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Part 4

Presentations: they can be scary, even if you're just doing them in front of colleagues. But - we'll try to reassure you: they don't have to be a huge ordeal!

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Part 3

Meetings: we’ll provide you with some language for running a meeting and also some expressions that you can use when you’re taking part in one.

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Part 2

Induction: how do you introduce someone to the new work place?

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Part 1

In this first episode of Business Language To Go: Job Interviews.

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Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes [ Prepare for TOEFL/TOEIC Tests with These Lectures, Interviews, and Conversations ]
Medium Arches National Park Business Meeting ESL Program Meeting First Day of Class Internet Access Saving the Earth The Four Seasons Taped Library Tour Tour of Kyoto, Japan	Difficult Airport Announcement Battle at the Front Dream Team X Exotic Animal Kingdom Friday's Weather Forecast I Love Trees Lawsuit Settlement Space Radio Theater The Christmas Gift The Japanese Economy	Very Difficult A Greener World A Rare Solar Eclipse A Visitor from Space Campaign Speech Cosmetic Surgery Learning Languages Our Aging Society Raising Successful Children Traffic Report Travel Log World News Stories

20-Minute ESL Vocabulary Lessons [ Click HERE to build your vocabulary and pronunciation of key vocabulary ]
Medium Airplane Travel Beauty Salons Best Dating Ideas! Car Rental Renting Apartments Restaurant Guide	Medium Computers and the Internet Education: Online Degrees Train Travel Dating and Marriage Dental Care Supermarket	Medium Hotel Reservations Movies and DVD Rentals Renting Apartments Travel >>>>>>>>> MORE

  Exercises on Short Film Clips

1. Click on the video you want to watch below.
2. Watch the video, and pay attention to it! (You can pause and rewind the video.)
3. Answer the listening comprehension questions below the video.
4. Check your answers.

SHORT FILM CLIPS (Watch and Learn!)
Adventureland	Away We Go
Bolt	Eat, Pray, Love
The Lovely Bones	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy NEW!
Chronicle NEW!	The Avengers NEW!
Mean Girls	The Royal Tenenbaums

Language Learning and Life Tips [ Listen HERE to More Language and Life-skill Tips with Discussion Questions ]
Medium iPod and MP3 Players Student Health Insurance Web Conferencing Finding Friends on the Internet Airplane Travel	Medium Student Credit Cards Free Email Accounts Accent Reduction Online University Degrees Renting Apartments	Medium Free Email Accounts Voice and Text Chat Online Movie Rentals

Long Conversations with RealVideo [ Watch and Learn with these Interviews and Conversations ]
Easy My Family Roots Medium Interview with Steve Ryan	Medium A Great Car Deal Bamboo Artifacts Lecture on Culture Shock Student Living	Difficult Guidelines for Investing News Report A Rare Solar Eclipse Gardening Secrets