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123 Listening.com

Free listening activities for ESL teachers, including audio files and matching worksheets and tests.

Color Vowel Chart

A powerful tool, provided by the U.S. Department of State's site, American English for English Language Teachers Around the World,  to help teachers incorporate English pronunciation into lessons. Resources include the interactive Color Vowel Chart, a teacher's guide, and a webinar on how to teach with the Color Vowel Chart.

English Club

  • Listening: English listening lessons with podcasts and practice.
  • Speaking: English speaking lessons with audio dialogues.
  • Pronunciation: English pronunciation lessons with audio and video.

English Listening Lesson Library Online (elllo)

Free videos about everyday and interesting topics posted by English speakers around the world for English listening practice.

English Tongue Twisters

A free list of hundreds of English tongue twisters and their translations into several languages. A form is available to submit a new tongue twister to the site, which could make a fun student or class project.

Eva Easton's American English Pronunciation

Hundreds of free audio lessons, sound files, and quizzes to practice American English pronunciation.

International Phonetics Association (IPA)

The IPA provides the International Phonetic Alphabet and seeks to promote the scientific study of phonetics and its practical applications. IPA fonts are available on this site.

The Internet TESL Journal

 Free lesson plans and activities for the ESL classroom, including conversation activities and games.

Sounds of Speech

Sounds of Speech, provided by the University of Iowa, provides a comprehensive understanding of how each of the speech sounds of American English, Spanish, and German are formed. It includes animations, videos, and audio samples that describe the essential features of each of the consonants and vowels of these languages. English Sounds of Speech is especially useful for students studying English as a second language. Sounds of Speech English is available as a mobile app, with explanatory text in English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Korean.

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

Activities at Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab focus on everyday English comprehension skills at three levels of difficulty, based on content, voices, vocabulary, and natural speed. A combination of adult, teenage, and children’s voices are included.

Sounds of English

Free ESL pronunciation lessons, handouts, activities, exercises, and tips for teachers.

ThoughtCo. - ESL Pronunciation and Conversation

English pronunciation and speaking help and exercises including International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) guides, lesson plans, and conversational strategies for ESL/EFL classes and teachers.

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