Now Hear This! Listening Lab

This select, leveled list of audio and video recordings of current events and other topics helps English Language Learners and other students to build stamina for listening and increase their comprehension of spoken material. These topics can easily grow into further learning opportunities via summaries, analyses, vocabulary acquisition, and debriefing activities through oral and writing practice in the classroom the following day. Topics range from news to science, from the arts to diverse cultures---all previewed by a teacher for appropriateness. Students access the links on Google Docs and can listen on a computer in a lab setting, or on their individual Smartphones. These can easily turn into all-class listening sessions as well. If you would like a Listening Lab Notes organizer for student note-taking that I've prepared, and has been used successfully in the classroom, look for me on the TpT website.