The Bob and Rob Show is a variety show for learning English. It’s aimed at intermediate to advanced level learners.
http://www.thebobandrobshow.com/
wandercam
22-04-2008, 10:04
Love that one, been their regular listener for over a year now. You can also try BBC podcast directory:
bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/
A wide range of topics including podcasts for learners.
AlexDe
23-04-2008, 00:01
BBC Learning English
Comprehensive materials for intermediate to advanced ESL learners from the BBC World Service. Uses simplified news stories to present English in context along with extensive audio and video clips. Also provides grammar and vocabulary feedback along with discussion groups and quizzes.
Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations with the BBC. Your weekly instruction manual for saying or doing something in English is published every Wednesday. Each programme is six minutes long and contains examples and explanations to help you improve your knowledge of the English language across a wide range of topics.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/how2/
eclipse2007
23-04-2008, 09:51
Additional for general list of podcasts:
- http://www.englishpod.com/
- http://career-english.ru/podcasts.htm
And about learning English, everybody must to listen following russian podcasts by Oleg Matveev : http://ability.org.ru/index.php?showtopic=550#post-6179
AlexDe
24-04-2008, 00:13
The speech accent archive
The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers.
http://accent.gmu.edu/
AlexDe
24-04-2008, 00:15
Better at English
Free English lessons to help you learn English vocabulary, idioms, slang, grammar, and more! Our short, fun English podcasts are perfect for busy people who don't have much time to study or who think that traditional English lessons are boring — you just need a few minutes a day to have fun learning conversational English at Better@English
http://www.betteratenglish.com/
AlexDe
24-04-2008, 00:37
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Listening practice for students through self-grading quiz pages, comprehension quizzes, and study material. Requires Windows Media Player or RealPlayer..
http://www.esl-lab.com/
No way to download as mp3.
Sections:
General Listening Quizzes
Listening Quizzes for Academic Purposes
20-Minute ESL Vocabulary Lessons
Language Learning and Life Tips
Long Conversations with RealVideo
Levels: Easy | Medium | Difficult
AlexDe
24-04-2008, 00:50
ELLLO
ELLLO stands for English Language Listening Lab Online. It is a collection of over 1,000 listening activites that students can view free via the internet. Most listening activites come with a downloadable MP3 audio file, transcipt and interactive quiz. ELLLO offers a variety of listening activities that each target a specific listening skill, need or interest.
http://www.elllo.org/
Weekly Updates occur each Monday. On average there are at least five new listening activities each week. Activities are numbered for easy reference. Currently, the listening activities include interviews, newscasts, surveys (Mixer), songs, presentations (Talking Points), and listening games.
AlexDe
24-04-2008, 01:04
English as a Second Language Podcast
Who is ESLPod.com?
ESLPod.com is run by a team of experienced English as a Second Language professors with over 30 years of high school, adult, and university ESL teaching experience. Dr. Lucy Tse writes scripts and story ideas for the podcasts, and records many of the dialogs and stories. The host for the podcast is Dr. Jeff McQuillan, who helps read the scripts and provides explanations for them.
Both Dr. Tse and Dr. McQuillan received a Ph.D. in applied linguistics and education at the University of Southern California. Dr. Tse was a professor of applied linguistics and education at Loyola Marymount University, Arizona State University, and California State University, Los Angeles. Dr. McQuillan was a professor of applied linguistics at California State University, Fullerton, and Arizona State University. Both are currently Senior Researchers at the Center for Educational Development, the sponsor of ESLPod.com.
Why are you doing this podcast?
For many people around the world, learning English is very important. Unfortunately, there are very few useful, effective sources for learning English. Most people take English classes, which help them up to a certain point. ESL Podcast is designed to help you continue to improve your English.
What’s so different about ESL Podcast?
Well, first, all of our podcasts are free to anyone who wants them. Second, ESL Podcast uses a very different approach than other courses or websites.
We believe the fastest way to improve your English is to listen to conversations and discussions you can understand. Many people try to improve their English by
listening or reading things that are too difficult. They understand only 40-50%, which means they are wasting half of their time!
At ESL Podcast, we provide English at a slower speed and use everyday phrases and expressions. We explain what these expressions mean and how to use them. That’s all! It’s simple, it’s obvious, and it’s very powerful.
* The lessons are free.
* There is a new lesson every three days.
* All lessons are based on stories currently in the news - as the world's news breaks, teach it.
* All lessons are also downloadable in Word.doc and PDF formats.
* Listening files can be downloaded in mp3 format or subscribed to via a podcast.
* Classroom handouts are readily reproducible.
* There is a graded listening with each lesson.
* Teachers can easily copy and paste the parts of the lessons they want to use.
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/podcast.html
AlexDe
24-04-2008, 01:14
Activities for ESL Students
Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL). This project of The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org) has thousands of contributions by many teachers.
http://a4esl.org/podcasts/
AlexDe
24-04-2008, 01:22
The Word Nerds
The Word Nerds is a podcast about language and language change. It has been published on the Internet since March 21, 2005. Originally published every week, it now appears once every two to three weeks.
Three language teachers, Dave Shepherd, Howard Shepherd, and Howard Chang, talk about nearly any topic you could imagine having to do with language. We are all native speakers of American English. Dave is a high-school German teacher, Howard S. teaches high-school English, and Howard C. teaches high-school Latin.
http://thewordnerds.org/
AlexDe
24-04-2008, 01:26
EnglishTeacherJohn.com
Who are we?
We are your source for English lessons, proofreading, 'podcast' audio lessons and more!
Where are we?
We are located in Matsumoto, Japan.
It is about 3-4 hours from Tokyo, in the center of Honshu Island.
Flo-Joe is the online service for teachers and students preparing for Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE), Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) and Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).
'Splendid Speaking' is a podcast from Flo-Joe which supports advanced learners of English who want to develop their top-level speaking skills and communication strategies.
http://www.splendid-speaking.com/blog/
AlexDe
24-04-2008, 01:35
NPR Podcast Directory
Over 50 public radio stations and producers are working with NPR to bring you podcasting.
What is NPR?
NPR (National Public Radio) is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization, NPR serves a growing audience of 26 million Americans each week in partnership with more than 860 independently operated, noncommercial public radio stations. Each NPR Member Station serves local listeners with a distinctive combination of national and local programming. With original online content and audio streaming, NPR.org offers hourly newscasts, special features and ten years of archived audio and information.
What Programs Does NPR Produce and Distribute?
NPR produces and distributes more than 130 hours of original programming each week, and local NPR stations also broadcast many programs which are produced by stations and other radio networks.