ELED4870 S5 Resources for Listening

Using online and self-made resources for practicing listening

Be aware ...

• Listening: Includes Viewing

  • Online resources for Viewing (e.g., Edpuzzle; TED-ED) to be covered in S10

Poll

Tick the apps that you have used before.

• podcasters.spotify

• Speechify

• Genny

• Studio d-id

• Educaplay: DICTATION

Preparation:

Turn a passage (or one part of a passage) in Open English 1 into a WORD file. (You will use it for generating voice recordings later.)

• • 'Grammar Girl'

  • https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl

• 2. 'The English We Speak'

  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak

Podcasts

• 'The Flatmates' (BBC Learning English): https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/

• British Council Learning Kids: Listen and Watch: https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/listen-watch

Platforms

I. ONLINE LISTENING RESOURCES PLATFORMS

• • 'Grammar Girl'

  • https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl

• 2. 'The English We Speak'

  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak

Podcasts

• 'The Flatmates' (BBC Learning English): https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/

• British Council Learning Kids: Listen and Watch: https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/listen-watch

Platforms

ACT 1: Have a quick listen to one 'platform', and one podcast.

What can a fully-fledged Listening platform provide?

BREAKING NEWS as an example

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LJ TASK 1

• Visit the homepage to get an overview of the website: https://breakingnewsenglish.com/

• Then go to the following Unit

  • Japan cracks down on electric rideable: https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2408/240801-rideable-suitcases.html

  • Browse the "Japan' episode to to find out the learning resources under this unit and how they are organised:

  • Try the Dictation function

  • Summarise your findings, in point form, on your Learning Journal. Try not to exceed 60 words.

II. CREATING YOUR OWN LISTENING RESOURCES

• Creating your own Podcast;

• Capitalising on AI technology;

• ACT 2 : Listen to an episode from Paul's podcast titled "Teach, Write, Live". This one was made with the Mobile phone app:

  • https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paul-sze/episodes/July-16-Progress-of-the-soul-e1ea1en (01:25)

• ACT 3 : Listen to Paul's podcast episode with AI-created voice recording - 'Murphy's Law' (01:36)

  • https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paul-sze/episodes/This-morning--I-experienced-Murphys-Law--again-e10gb8c/a-a5gibfi

• ACT 4: Listen to Paul’s 2 AI-generated audio file:

  • my Speechify example: https://app.speechify.com/share/3bd34556-3b8e-4d97-9b5c-cd9409c65f65

• ACT 5: View Paul's AI-generated video

  • my Studio d-id example: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lfpSg77QQXg