VIRTUAL ENGLISH

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SKETCHES:  Listen to the collection of 10 humorous radio-style sketches and have a good time. There are three levels: lower-intermediate, intermediate and advanced.

YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK: Listen to the story of a man who reluctantly buys a lottery ticket… and wins!

CYBER LISTENING LAB: Listen to everyday conversations with adult and children’s voices.There are three levels: easy, medium and difficult, with pre-listening, listening comprehension and post-listening activities. 

PRONUNCIATION WITH OXFORD UNIVERSOTY PRESS: Listen to the English sounds: vowels, diphthongs and consonants. Practice with pairs to recognize the most difficult English sounds.

PRONUNCIATION WITH BBC LEARNING ENGLISH: There is a system of symbols for writing the sounds of English. You can see a guide to these symbols and also watch thevideos to show how to pronounce each of the sounds.

SONGS: Listen and watch the video clips and try to do the activities about them. THE RIVER OF DREAMS by Billy Joel.  SLIDE  by The Goo Goo Dolls.

PODCASTS: You can listen and download 30 podcasts for practising your listening comprehension about recent events. Below you have got one of the podcasts that deals about one boy aged 9 who is going to study Maths at University.

MP3 AUDIO: A library of English listening exercises  listed by the name of a guest, the main topic in the interview, and their English accent. You can use this material at any time. Click on the name of the guest to get started and see a brief description of the material as well as a photograph of the guest. Then  click on the link “Audio (MP3 format)” to listen or download the audio.