Upper Intermediate
Articles on different topics
Choose a story and click 'Listening'.
BBC Learning English's weekly soap opera, where you can help to decide what happens next in the story.
News reports in slower and simpler English.
A new story every month. Listen, read and learn vocabulary.
International news for kids, updated every day. Listen to bulletins and read the scripts here.
Videos of real conversations, with subtitles. This practises personality adjectives.
You need RealPlayer.
The English Language Listening Lab Online. There are a huge number of activities - games, songs, role-plays and interviews with native speakers from all over the world.
Listen and learn vocabulary. Topics include music, film, tv, sport, theatre, food and festivals.
Listen and learn vocabulary.
Listen and learn vocabulary. There is a wide variety of topics.
Speaking skills for Business English students.
Upper Intermediate to Advanced
Podcasts from the British Council.
BBC Learning English series about difficult cultures.
Archive of Talk about English programmes
Watch funny TV ads and read the words.
Learn informal expressions.
Listen and learn vocabulary.
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