LISTENING PRACTICE

University of Reading Lectures

Below is a list of the wide range of lectures available on the SACLL website which are divided
into three groups (Introductory Lectures, Lectures of General Interest and Subject Specific
Lectures), with comprehension questions and transcripts.  Choose a lecture of interest and
find it by clicking on the relevant title.  You can also view the entire List of Lectures
Available here.
Introductory Lectures

Please click on the titles below to access the following lectures:

 Academic Study
 Adapting to a New Culture
 Education in England and Wales
 Gender Differences in Driving
 Higher Education in Britain
 History of English
 History of Reading
 History of Writing
 National Health Service
 National Trust
 The Role of the Magistrate's Court 

http://www.reading.ac.uk/SACLL/UniversityofReadingLectures/SACLL-
UniofReadingLectures.aspx

 Who on earth are we? is a collection of 12 programmes for English learners that look
at and explain the theory behind cultural differences. The programmes look at areas such as
culture shock, cultural misunderstandings and the differences between individualist and
collectivist cultures.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/webcast/tae_whoonearth_archive.sht
ml

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 Academic Listening is a series of BBC lectures. There are 12 talks, each about 12
minutes long, on a range of academic topics.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/talkaboutenglish/2009/04/090
427_tae_al.shtml
 https://www.academic-englishuk.com/listening-worksheets - click on Places to Visit in the
UK

Listening

Luke’s English podcast

https://teacherluke.co.uk/
https://teacherluke.co.uk/2009/10/20/full-interview-with-vicky-from-china/

http://aeo.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/index.html
Queen Mary Univ of London
Academc Eng on line

mic English Online is a new web-based resource of materials designed for students of
Queen Mary to develop and broaden their skills in academic English.

 Academic writing
 Academic Reading
 Academic speaking
 Grammar
 Forums
 Co

Hedging
http://aeo.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/Files/Hedging/Hedging.html

http://aeo.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/Files/Note-Taking%20when%20Reading/Note-Taking%20when
%20Reading.html

University of Reading EAP resources – and abundance of material in four skill areas. The
Listening section has a wide range of recorded lectures
https://www.reading.ac.uk/sacll/SACLL-EAP.aspx

niversity of Nottingham’s AWL resource – including an AWL gapmaker

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/alzsh3/acvocab/

Lizzie Pinard’s blog – Useful EAP-related resources

https://reflectiveteachingreflectivelearning.com/2013/06/10/useful-eap-related-
resources/

Anthony Schmidt’s blog – Useful EAP-related resources

http://www.anthonyteacher.com/blog/my-favorite-eap-resources

Downloadable EAP resources on a range of grammar areas and study skills

https://www.teachitlanguages.co.uk/academic
Wordle –Input a block of text to create word clouds.
http://www.wordle.net/create

English reading practice for learners of English (with downloadable audio files). Graded and
with a selection of academic English articles.
http://dreamreader.net/

CNN 10 (formerly CNN Student) a collection of news story summaries with transcripts and
downloadable podcasts and videos.
https://edition.cnn.com/cnn10

Large collection of listening materials on wide range of international current affairs topics
(with transcripts)
https://listenwise.com

Lectures on a wide variety of topics, often from notable speakers. TED Lectures
www.ted.com
http://ed.ted.com/lessons?student_level=4

A collection of podcasts covering a range of topics. Bristol University

www.bristol.ac.uk/centenary/listen/lectures/
Simple dictation tool to encourage students to work on their pronunciation. Give them a
text to dictate and see if they can get the software to transcribe their spoken version
without any errors. Only works in Google Chrome.
https://dictation.io/

AWL highlighter and gap-fill maker

http://www.eapfoundation.com/vocab/academic/highlighter/