A Listening and Speaking website with dialogues and conversations for language learners.

Listening & Speaking for Beginning English Language Learners is a high-beginning level ESL book that focuses on developing listening, speaking, and pronunciation skills through interactive, communicative exercises. It also supports grammar and vocabulary development and includes cultural topics to promote discussion and collaboration among students.

This textbook is composed of 7 chapters, each of which covers specific speaking and listening learning objectives and includes dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities. Each chapter also focuses on 10 target words from the New General Service List of English vocabulary. The textbook includes an audio component that consists of recorded conversations of native and non-native English speakers, as well as links to additional listening resources on the web.

This set of multimedia materials incorporates interesting topics and real-world language in an accessible way for adult English language learners at the low-to-mid intermediate level, using eclectic methods (communicative activities, content-based instruction lite, focus on form), all while maintaining a connection to our learners’ lives.

This Level 5 Intermediate Communication course at Portland Community College focuses on listening, speaking, pronunciation, and presentation skills through the theme of career exploration, using materials adapted from the Oregon Career Information System. The 10-week course meets twice weekly for two-hour sessions, totaling 20 class periods plus a final exam. Key student projects include a small group survey report, a class speech, an online video presentation, and a job interview for the final exam.

World History Thematic Unit: Exploring Ancient Greece

World History Thematic Unit: Exploring the Roman Empire through Pompeii

This 5-week advanced listening and speaking course based on Hamilton emphasizes pronunciation, including direct instruction in IPA. While the course schedule and student materials for note-taking and presentations are strong, it lacks sufficient scaffolding in vocabulary, idioms, and U.S. history. It may be best suited for an IEP Advanced Pronunciation class. The full musical is available on Disney+, but this is not a no-prep lesson, as song links are missing and some references may be unclear without prior familiarity with the show.

This site was created to share lesson plans and materials for Listening/Speaking classes at Lane Community College, a college-transition ESL course focused on lecture listening, presentation, and academic speaking skills. The redesigned course aligns with the Reading class to reduce student costs and cognitive load by using free, authentic materials instead of a separate textbook, leading to greater student engagement and appreciation.

A website of movies for ESL learners that includes character descriptions and dialogue

This advanced level communication course at Portland Community College focuses on listening, speaking, pronunciation, and presentation skills through the theme of entrepreneurship, inspired by the TV show Shark Tank. Over 8 weeks, students meet twice weekly for 3-hour sessions and complete projects including a survey and report, a video commercial, and a live product pitch to guest “sharks.”

An outline and organizational lesson on formal academic debate.

Thematic World History Lesson: Exploring the Silk Road

This site offers supplemental listening materials for academic themes, including podcast episodes with corresponding worksheets and CEFR level suggestions. Teachers can download and use or adapt the worksheets to suit their class needs.

This website allows students to explore many common logical fallacies. There are some accompanying handouts to help students take notes and organize their ideas.