Listening mungkin salah satu skill yang paling sukar untuk dipelajari. Bahasa yang asing, Kecepatan berbicara, context yang jauh berbeda , struktur informasi dan accent yang digunakan merupakan sedikit dari banyak hal yang menjadikan banyak orang mengalami kesulitan dalam memahami spoken English.

Perkembangan teknologi dewasa ini menawarkan banyak cara untuk dapat meningkatkan kemampuan listening seseorang. Internet sebagai jendela penghubung dunia sebenarnya menyimpan banyak website website hebat yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk dapat meningkatkan kemamupan listening seseorang.

Sedikit dari milyaran website yang bisa dimanfaatkan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan listening antara lain :

[ media format | online use and/or downloadable | level ]

ESL Oriented

• Breaking English - (news and commentaries)

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com

[ MP3 | download | intermediate to advanced ]

• Encarta Dictionary - (dictionary with audio)

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/

dictionaryhome.aspx

[ MP3 | online | all levels |

• English Language Listening Lab Online -

http://www.elllo.org

[ Flash, MP3 | online | beginning to advanced ]

• English Listening Lounge – (unscripted interviews)

http://www.englishlistening.com

[ Flash | online | beginning to advanced ]

• ESL Gold – (vocabulary lists with audio)

http://www.eslgold.com

[ MP3 | online | beginning to intermediate ]

• ESL Podcast

http://www.eslpod.com

[ MP3 | download | intermediate to advanced ]

• Eviews

http://www.eviews.net (interviews)

[ MP3 | download | intermediate to advanced ]

• EZ Slang.com – (daily conversation with idioms)

http://www.ezslang.com

[ Win | online | intermediate to advanced ]

• Fonetiks

_ http://www.fonetiks.org

• Focus on English – (conversational English)

http://www.focusenglish.com

[ Real | online | beginning to advanced ]

• Learn a Song Podcast – (folk songs)

http://www.manythings.org/songs

[ Flash | online | beginning to intermediate ]

• Learning Resources –(news stories)

http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/home.html

[ Real | online | intermediate to advanced ]

• Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab –

http://www.esl-lab.com

[Real / Win | online | all levels ]

• Sounds of English

http://www.soundsofenglish.org

• Train Your Accent – (accent reduction training)

http://www.trainyouraccent.com

[ Win | online | intermediate to advanced ]

General Audience

• BBC World Service -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

[ Real | online | beginning to advanced ]

• Car Talk – (informative and humorous car show)

http://www.cartalk.com

[ Real | online | intermediate to advanced ]

• Digital Story Telling -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/digitalstorytelling

[ Real | online | beginning to advanced ]

• History And Politics Out Loud – (famous speeches)

http://www.hpol.org

[ Real | online | advanced ]

• Living on Earth – (environmental issues)

http://www.loe.org/

[ Real / MP3 | download | advanced ]

• National Geographic -

http://pulseplanet.nationalgeographic.com

[ Real / Win | online | beginning to advanced ]

• National Public Radio – http://npr.com

[ Real / Win | online | beginning to advanced ]

• Online NewsHour -

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.html

[ Real / Win | online | beginning to advanced ]

• Radio Diaries - http://www.radiodiaries.org

[ Real / MP3 | download | advanced ]

• Skype – Internet Telephone Service

http://www.skype.com

• Sound Portraits - http://www.soundportraits.org

[ Real | online | beginning to advanced ]

• Voice of America

http://www.voanews.com/english/

[ Real | download | advanced ]

Music and Songs

• Bus songs.com - http://www.bussongs.com

[ midi | online | beginning to intermediate ]

• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Kids’ Page - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/music.htm

[ midi | online | beginning – intermediate ]

• _Yahoo! Launch - www.launch.com

[ Win | online | beginning to advanced ]

• RealNetworks – http://www.real.com

• Sanako – http://www.sanako-us.com

• Microsoft – http://www.microsoft.com

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