This month's recommended listening activity

Talk about English from the BBC World Service
A 20 minute radio show with features and interviews to help you practise and develop your English.  It's available as a podcast and there's a new programme every Thursday.

Podcast and listening links

Here is a selection of links to websites with listening activities.  Many of them can be downloaded onto your computer or mp3 player.

All levels

Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Listenings with tapescripts and activities, graded as easy, medium and difficult.

Capital English Pod
Learn Business English with Business English MP3 Podcasts & Study Lesson in PDF  format.  Choose from elementary, intermediate or advanced levels

English as a second language podcasts
Links to the 20 newest podcasts produced especially for ESL students.  Includes news and Business English.

Beginner to intermediate

BBC Learning English The Flatmates
Weekly soap opera with activities.  Click on archives to start from the beginning.

Pre-intermediate to upper intermediate

Listen to English podcasts
Three new short podcasts a week, with texts and exercises.  See the section on the left of this page for the latest episodes and click on the links to download them.  Click on the link above for information on how to use the podcasts.

Business English Pod
A great way to improve your English on the go Listen to free podcasts covering essential Business English. Learn useful English phrases and listen to how they can be used in real business situations.

British Council Learn English Central
Stories and poems with audioscripts

British Council Learn English Sports
Downloads and audioscripts, mostly about football.

Intermediate to advanced

British Council Learn English Professionals
Big selection of downloads for professional and business people, with audioscripts

English through soccer
Football news and gossip in podcasts from two English teachers and football fanatics based in Japan.