 Advanced
Listeners
The following programs are for advanced English
listeners. This does not mean beginners and intermediate
students cannot listen. CHALLENGE YOURSELF and try to
listen to these shows. It will get easier every day if
you stay with it. Remember practice make perfect.
Instructions: The
following links open to new windows on your computer.
Some of the news shows play automatically while with
others you need to pick a video and click play. |
 American
Broadcasting Company
ABC News is the news division of the American
Broadcasting Company (ABC), owned by the Disney Media
Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.
Live programming of the top stories in the news. Scroll down the page to see
live cams of selected streams. This is for English language students with
advanced listening skills.
Watch now....
ABC News Video - Videos of top stories in the news.
ABC This Week - An American Sunday morning political
affairs program.
ABC World News Tonight - The flagship daily evening
television news program of ABC News.
ABC Nightline - ABC News late-night news program.
ABC 20/20 - American television newsmagazine which
focuses more on human interest stories.
ABC What Would You Do? - The program features actors
acting out scenes of conflict or illegal activity in
public settings while hidden cameras record the scene,
and the focus is on whether or not bystanders intervene,
and how. |
 Columbia
Broadcasting System
CBS (the initials of the network's former name, the
Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English
language commercial broadcast television and radio
network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.
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CBS This Morning - The program emphasizes general
national and international news stories.
CBS Evening News - A daily evening broadcast
featuring news reports, feature stories and interviews.
CBS 60 Minutes - An American news magazine and
television program with a unique style of
reporter-centered investigation.
CBS Face the Nation - The program features
interviews with prominent American officials,
politicians and authors.
CBS News Sunday Morning - An American newsmagazine
television program.
CBS 48 Hours - An American documentary/news magazine
television program.
CBSN Originals - Really interesting news stories. |
 University of California
Television
Live programming covering many
different topics ranging from education to business. This is for English
language students with advanced listening skills.
Watch now....
University of California Television - UC Television
main page with a wide variety of shows and programs. |
 National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration programming covering many
different topics related to space and NASA projects. Hover your mouse over
the video and click the third icon on the bottom of the video screen to turn
on subtitles. Then you can read along as you listen. This is for English
language students with intermediate to advanced listening skills.
Note: When
there is no current show, the NASA site shows a streaming view of the Planet Earth from the Space
Station....really cool..
Watch now.... |
 Conversation
- 1
This is a collection of VOA conversation lessons for
beginners. Each lesson has a conversation video, a video
script, audio listening practice, video speaking
practice, video pronunciation practice, and a new word
section....these
lessons are for beginning students. |
 Conversation
- 2
This is a collection of VOA conversation lessons for
intermediate students. Each lesson has a conversation video, a video
script, audio listening practice, and a new word
section.....these
lessons are for intermediate students. |
 American Teens Talk!
Americans Teens Talk! is a collection of interviews of
American high school students. These
interviews come with audio programs. |
 The Lighter Side of TEFL
The text includes word games, crossword puzzles, idioms,
limericks, jokes, riddles, and international folk tales. These
lessons come with audio programs. |
 Why English? Comics for the Classroom
These stories provide an enjoyable opportunity to
increase vocabulary, reading comprehension, listening,
speaking, and writing. These
comics come with audio programs. |
 Sing Out Loud Children's Songs
Sing Out Loud Children's Songs includes popular children's songs in the U.S.A. Posters accompany the
individual Sing Out Loud Children's Songs. These
songs come with audio programs. |
 Sing Out Loud Traditional Songs
The Sing Out Loud Traditional Songs
collection contains 13 traditional American folk songs and song lyrics.
Listen to the songs online, read the lyrics, and collect the posters that
accompany the songs. These
songs come with audio programs. |
 Sing Out Loud American Rhythms
Do you love music? Want to use it to learn English?
Check out the hip-hop inspired song "Peace" from Sing
Out Loud American Rhythms. These
songs come with audio programs. |
 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an adaptation of a Mark
Twain classic. Tom is an iconic figure in American literature
and one that students and teachers alike will enjoy.
This classic novel comes with audio programs. |
 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an adaptation of
the timeless novel by Mark Twain. Considered a
classic, this book’s story is one of friendship, loyalty, and difficult
choices. This classic novel comes with audio
programs. |
 The
Autobiography of Mark Twain
The Autobiography of Mark Twain is an adaptation of
Twain’s autobiography. In this volume Twain
recounts colorful anecdotes from his long life. This
classic autobiography comes with audio programs. |
 Raggedy Ann Stories
Raggedy Ann Stories, abridged and adapted from the
original, contains 13 short stories about the classic
rag doll and her friends. The text is accompanied by the
original illustrations, a picture glossary, and
questions. These stories come with
audio
programs.
|
 To Build a Fire and Other Stories
Jack London's To Build a Fire and Other Stories is one
of the most famous collections of stories of survival in
the wilderness. These stories come with
audio
programs. |
 Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller
Seven popular Poe stories, slightly adapted for language
learners. Stories are suitable for high-intermediate and
advanced learners of English. These stories come with
audio
programs. |
 The
Red Badge of Courage and Other Stories
The Red
Badge of Courage and Other Stories is an adaptation of
Stephen Crane classics. Praised by literary critics and
Civil War veterans at the time of its publication in
1896, The Red Badge of Courage stands out among stories
of war. These stories come
with audio programs. |
 The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories
This collection of short stories by O. Henry gives the
reader a wonderful selection of characters from the
United States of 100 years ago. These
lessons come with audio programs. |
