ESL Listening

ESL LIstening Exercise: Video Game Inventor

May 8, 2012

This English exercise is a listening lesson about an inventor. He is the guy who invented the first video game. So, all the video games which students enjoy today are based on the work of this man. Video Game Inventor Vocabulary inventor, video console, license, a challenge, retire Comprehension Questions [...]

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ESL Listening: Lessons, Exercises & Activities Week 11

May 7, 2012

The school semester is coming soon. It’s time for my English students to try extra hard and ignore the warm day outside the classroom window. Think about the ESL listening lesson, not the summer breeze. Where Do Coffee Beans Come From? This listening exercise helps ESL students learn about coffee. A good activity that teaches English students useful information, [...]

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ESL Listening: What is Coffee Lesson

May 4, 2012

Here is a short ESL video lesson that describes for English students what coffee is. By the end of this ESL lesson, my students should be able to describe what coffee is and where it comes from. This video lesson and transcript comes from HowCast. What is Coffee? Vocabulary tropical [...]

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ESL Listening: City Water Lesson

May 3, 2012

This ESL video tells English students a story about city water. It’s a listening exercise about the water supply in New York city. The video is the Futures Channel. Go the the video here: esl-lesson-water. Water Video Lesson Vocabulary gallon, facility, reservoir, gravity, elevation, faucets, valve Comprehension How much water [...]

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ESL Listening: Grow Rice Lesson

May 2, 2012

Here is an ESL listening activity that helps English students hear and understand words and phrases related to farming. This lesson also helps students improve their ability to describe lists of events. Growing Rice Video Lesson Here is the link to watch the ESL Video about growing rice: ESL lesson [...]

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ESL Listening: Ancient Tombs Lesson

May 1, 2012

This ESL activity helps English students improve their listening and vocabulary skills with a video about ancient Egypt. The video is from National Geographic. Video: Tombs of Ancient Egypt The link for this ESL video is here: ESL-video-Egypt. Vocabulary civilisation, pharaoh, embalm, life after death, linen, tomb, monument Comprehension Where [...]

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ESL Listening: Week 10 Videos and Activities

April 26, 2012

Here are the ESL listening videos for week 10 of our class to help students learn and improve their English skills. Machu Picchu Video Here is an ESL listening video about Machu Picchu, a famous city in Peru. Focus This ESL listening video is about a couple that breaks up. [...]

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ESL Listening: Week 9 Activities and Lessons

April 22, 2012

The mid term exams are over. Now it’s time for my English students to start building ESL listening skills. Subway Video This English listening lesson  is a video about the New York subway system. Here is the video link. Vocabulary rush hour, dispatcher, crisis, delay, re-route Comprehension Questions How many [...]

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