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ESL Online Resources

Listening Resources

TalkEnglish Listening Practice - Listen closely to hear the answer to prompted questions from the audio file. To view the passage, click on "Show Conversation Dialog."

ESL Lab

Daily News Podcasts (Beginner to Advanced Levels)

Songs For English Language Learning - Listen to articles and novels, see the ESL Reading page

Pronunciation Resources

-ed Pronunciation /id/ /d/ /t/ (Beginner to Intermediate Levels): The pronunciation of words ending in -ed depends on the final consonant sound. This is an interactive practice. Click on “Learn, Practice, Videos, Story and Test.” 

Minimal Pairs Vowel & Consonant Sounds (Beginner to Advanced Levels): Two words that vary by only a single sound. For example: 'b' vs. 'v'; 'berry' vs. 'very'; 'i' vs. 'I'; 'sit' vs. 'seat'  

Interactive Phonetic Chart (Beginner to Advanced Levels): This is a clickable chart, and it represents 44 sounds. 

Phonetic Poster (Beginner to Intermediate Levels): You can keep this pdf poster on your desktop or print a copy for quick practice. 

Phonetic Vowel Sounds (Intermediate Levels): Example: long 'i' vs. short 'I'. 

Phonetic Consonants (Intermediate Levels)

Phonetic Transcription Exercises (Advanced Levels)