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Here, organised according to level, you will find all the listening resources on esl-lounge Premium.

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Elementary

Title: The World of Movies
Description: Recorded message giving cinema information.
Listening File: 1L1   Duration: 1m 57s
Dialect: British English
Language: Times of films, plot outlines using present simple.
Accompanying Worksheet: 1L1 - Elementary.
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Title: A Musician's Day
Description: Rock star describes day's routine.
Listening File: 1L2   Duration: 2m 01s
Dialect: International English
Language: Present simple to talk about daily routine.
Accompanying Worksheet: 1L2 - Elementary.
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Title: The New Class
Description: Female friend tells her male friend about her new Spanish class.
Listening File: 1L3   Duration: 2m 14s
Dialect: North American English
Language: Present Simple and present continuous. Description of people and places.
Accompanying Worksheet: 1L3 - Elementary.
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Title: Making Apple Pie
Description: Two friends discuss what is needed to make an apple pie.
Listening File: 1L4   Duration: 1m 26s
Dialect: North American English
Language: Quantifiers - few, many, enough, a lot, etc.
Accompanying Worksheet: 1L4 - Elementary.
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Title: Bookworms
Description: Woman carrying out survey about reading habits and book-buying habits. Male respondant.
Listening File: 1L5   Duration: 1m 53s
Dialect: North American English
Language: Present simple questions, some past simple.
Accompanying Worksheet: 1L5 - Elementary.
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Title: Leaving On A Jet Plane
Description: Two friends have a conversation during a flight to Los Angeles.
Listening File: 1L6   Duration: 1m 43s
Dialect: North American English
Language: Mainly present simple and past simple.
Accompanying Worksheet: 1L6 - Elementary.
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Title: At The Department Store
Description: Male customer assistant helping female customer with information about where to find things in a department store.
Listening File: 1L9   Duration: 2m 34s
Dialect: North American English
Language: Present and past simple, first conditional, basic modals.
Accompanying Worksheet: 1L9 - Elementary.
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