Listening Bank
Here, organised according to level, you will find all the listening resources on esl-lounge Premium.
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Intermediate
Title: You've Changed!
Description: Two friends meet after many years.
Listening File: 3L1 Duration: 2m 00s
Dialect: North American English
Language: Present Perfect to talk about changes.
Accompanying Worksheet: 3L1 - Intermediate.
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Title: Sports Round Up
Description: Bulletin of sports news.
Listening File: 3L2 Duration: 3m 09s
Dialect: British English
Language: Vocabulary of sports - tennis, golf, motor racing, baseball, etc.
Accompanying Worksheet: 3L2 - Intermediate.
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Title: Haybridge Hall
Description: Listen to this tourist guide as you walk through an old country house.
Listening File: 3L3 Duration: 3m 39s
Dialect: North American English
Language: History of a building, past simple, past simple passive.
Accompanying Worksheet: 3L3 - Intermediate.
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Title: Parent / Teacher Meeting
Description: Dialogue between male teacher and mother of student.
Listening File: 3L5 Duration: 2m 36s
Dialect: North American English
Language: Question tags.
Accompanying Worksheet: 3L5 - Intermediate.
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Title: The Answering Machine Complaint
Description: Message left on answering machine by dissatisfied customer.
Listening File: 3L6 Duration: 3m 11s
Dialect: British English
Language: Complaints, personal details.
Accompanying Worksheet: 3L6 - Intermediate.
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Title: Love Is In The Air
Description: Interview with a woman who describes her love story.
Listening File: 3L7 Duration: 3m 26s
Dialect: British English and International English
Language: Subject/object questions, past simple describing narrative.
Accompanying Worksheet: 3L7 - Intermediate.
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Title: Here Is The News
Description: Brief bulletin of world news on the radio.
Listening File: 3L8 Duration: 3m 02s
Dialect: British English
Language: Use of present perfect to describe recent events.
Accompanying Worksheet: 3L8 - Intermediate.
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Title: The Room Mates
Description: Two friends discuss some problems they have living together in the apartment.
Listening File: 3L9 Duration: 3m 00s
Dialect: North American English
Language: Use of should/shouldn't to express obligation politely.
Accompanying Worksheet: 3L9 - Intermediate.
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Title: Democracy In Action
Description: Conversation between politician and voter.
Listening File: 3L10 Duration: 2m 24s
Dialect: North American English
Language: Politics vocabulary, going to for future intentions.
Accompanying Worksheet: 3L10 - Intermediate.
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Title: Eavesdropping
Description: Series of short conversations in unclear situations.
Listening File: 3L11 Duration: 3m 05s
Dialect: North American English
Language: Mix of past, present and future tenses among the mini-dialogues. Subjects of conversations never made explicit.
Accompanying Worksheet: 3L11 - Intermediate.
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