Use the following sites for the self-directed listening part of the new IE Active Listening course:
Listening Resources for Language Learners (many of these include transcripts)
Challenging Listening Materials Intended for Natives
These videos may be used for various tasks at each level of IE Active Listening:
IE I Active Listening
Memories and Childhood
Urban Life
Food
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSWJmq4XC2s
Travel
IE 2 Active Listening
Technology
The Workplace
Geography
Biography
IE 3 Active Listening
Cross-Cultural Values
Media
Environment
You might want to make use of the some of the following resources related to environmental issues as alternatives to YouTube:
- Ecologist is a British ecological magazine offering videos on environmental issues around the world.
- Green Channel is part of Discovery Network. It recently featured videos about the world’s greenest homes.
- Greenpeace International offers videos describing environmental problems and their solutions.
- National Geographic has videos on environmental issues and animal-related news.
- 101 East is a program featuring developments in Asia and includes stories about environmental problems.
- Public Broadcasting Network presents videos from the program “Nature,” on such topics as the American eagle.
- Scientific American introduces a variety of environmental issues through videos at its website, including a census on jaguars in Central America.
