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 American English
Listening Introduction
Listening is the second most
difficult aspect of learning English after speaking.
Americans speak fast and use a lot of slang and idioms
in their speech.
These online TV and video programs will make it easier for
you to become a better English listener. |
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YOUR Teacher: Listen 24/7
Hey students. I know many
of you are frustrated when trying to listen to English.
You need to push yourself to listen to English as much
as possible every day, especially if you are not living
in an English speaking country. I put together this list
of TV and video shows to give you more choices for
listening.
Recommendation:
LISTEN TO ENGLISH in the
background while you are doing house work, walking,
driving, studying....basically keep English playing
anytime you are awake. Your listening skills will get
better without you even realizing it. |
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 Voice
of America
Voice of America (VOA) is the largest U.S. international
broadcaster, providing news and information in more than
40 languages to an estimated weekly audience of more
than 275 million people. |
VOA 1 - The Hits
VOA1 is the Voice of America’s 24/7 English language music network. Listen to
the
freshest cuts from chart-toppers Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Bruno
Mars, Rihanna, Pink, One Direction, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and more.
Note: This music station broadcasts news
occasionally during the program. Click the PLAY button
for music and news. |
 News Literacy
Learn how to consume the news. Know the difference
between REAL NEWS and FAKE NEWS.
The lessons include video programs, text for the
video
programs, and words in this story sections. |
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At The Movies
About
200 movie videos |
News Words
A list of more than 350
words with videos found in the news of today. You
should know these words. |
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Over 330 idioms with videos |
 Everyday Grammar TV
Grammar videos from the Everyday Grammar TV program.
Over 210 really good videos to
watch. |
 VOA Pronunciation
A collection of over 40 new pronunciation practice
videos from VOA. |
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VOA Television Programs |
 People
in America
Artists. Public servants. Scientists. Immigrants. Innovators. Celebrities.
“People in America” (PIA) profiles their amazing stories and showcases the
diversity and individuality of American people. The series allows you to
experience their journey through their voice. It captures the visual, sounds and
textures that celebrate who they are and what they do best. Stories that
personify democracy, self-sufficiency, expression and community. PIA will
introduce people in America whose contributions enhance the fabric of
America.Find out more about People in America.
Watch now.... |
 VOA
Connect
VOA Connect brings together stories of people across the United States and
around the world. It's a place to meet street artists and high tech innovators,
and everyone in between.
Watch now.... |
 Straight
Talk Africa
Join us every Wednesday as Shaka and his guests discuss topics of special
interest to Africans, including politics, economic development, press freedom,
health, social issues and conflict resolution.
Watch now.... |
 Plugged
in With Greta Van Susteren
Plugged in with Greta Van Susteren examines various aspects of United States
policy by interviewing policy makers and having discussions with opinion
shapers.
Watch now.... |
 Africa
54
If you want to know what’s trending in news, health, sports and lifestyle, then
tune in to Africa 54. Airing Monday through Friday, this 30-minute program takes
a closer look at the stories Africans are talking about, with reports from VOA
correspondents, and interviews with top experts and analysts. Africa 54 also
serves viewers with timely information about health, education, business and
technology. And for the young and young at heart, Africa 54 provides a daily
dose of pop culture, including music, fashion and entertainment.
Watch now.... |
 Red
Carpet
From Hollywood to Nollywood, get a front row seat to the biggest entertainment
stories in the world. Join host Jackson Mvunganyi on the Red Carpet for a
fast-paced, engaging entertainment show featuring the latest in pop-culture,
fashion, sports, film and television - content catered to an African audience.
Watch now.... |
 Shaka:
Extra Time
"Shaka: Extra Time" is a weekly show that appears live on the Straight Talk
Africa Facebook page every Tuesday at 1730 UTC. In Extra Time veteran journalist
Shaka Ssali answers questions from his social media followers about politics in
Africa. VOA reporter Paul Ndiho hosts "Shaka: Extra Time."
Watch now.... |
 Our
Voices
Welcome to “Our Voices”. This is where African women bring the continent’s most
pressing issues to the table. Hosted by Hayde Adams FitzPatrick, Ayen Bior and
Auriane Itangishaka, we'll ask questions, share ideas, discuss solutions, and
most importantly, bring voices - Our Voices - to the conversation. We’re
bringing women’s voices to the conversation and, more than that, we’re building
a community of inclusion and empowerment. We know you want to talk about the
important issues of our time. And this is the place to do it. Your voice matters
– every voice matters so join us in this conversation. Together, we can start
transformational conversations online, in our living rooms, our communities, in
our lives.
Watch now.... |
 Border
Crossings TV
Border Crossings is the Voice of Americas perennial music program on the air
since 1996. Border Crossings made its TV debut in 2012 and continues to attract
viewers around the world. Some of the biggest names in music such as Taylor
Swift, Tim McGraw, Adele, Katy Perry, Enrique Iglesias, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé,
Charlie Puth, Rihanna and many more have joined host Larry London for live
interviews and performance on the program.
Watch now.... |
 Healthy
Living
Healthy Living is a 15-minute weekly TV show about African health with an
emphasis on prevention and practical solutions for Africans including good
health during pregnancy, easy hygiene practices, fitness and healthy eating
habits. Healthy Living also informs viewers about the latest healthcare
breakthroughs from HIV prevention and treatment, overcoming food and water-borne
diseases, reducing malaria rates to treating cancer.
Watch now.... |
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VOA Radio Programs |
 Press
Conference USA
Join host Carol Castiel for this 30-minute weekly newsmaker program that
provides listeners around the globe with information and insights on a wide
range of topics spanning U.S. politics, foreign policy, global health, science
and culture.
Listen now.... |
 Campus
Connection
Want to find out how to succeed at universities in America? Start with VOA’s
Campus Connection! We bring together students from around the world and connect
them with university students in the U.S. We’ll help you learn what to expect on
campus and the best way to get there. Want to find out how to succeed in
college? College is all about preparing for your future. The better you prepare,
the better you will achieve. So start by preparing for college with VOA’s Campus
Connection! We’ll help you learn what to expect on campus in the United States,
and the best ways to get there. It may be a different experience than you think,
so find out on each episode of Campus Connection.
Listen now.... |
 International
Edition
Quick, informative, fun. VOA’s International Edition brings the world together
with U.S. perspectives. Experts, analysts, social media views and newsmakers
themselves help tell today’s stories everyone wants to hear. Brighten your day
with VOA’s International Edition.
Listen now.... |
 Issues
in the News
Prominent Washington correspondents discuss topics making headlines around the
world.
Listen now.... |
 VOA
Newscasts
Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of
America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our
correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.
Listen now.... |
 VOA
Asia
VOA Asia presents the best and most interesting stories from our veteran
reporters covering Asia. VOA Asia tells what U.S.-Asian relationships might mean
in your daily life, and what Asians think about life in the United States.
Listen now.... |
 Sonny
Side of Sports
“Brighten your day by tuning in the Sonny Side of Sports radio show. VOA’s Sonny
Young delivers an upbeat and lively presentation during his 30 minute sports
shows, broadcast Monday through Friday.”
Listen now.... |
 Let's
Talk
Let's Talk is an interactive discussion program about lifestyle issues. Sunday
Shomari examines everything from African cuisine to cellphones. Sunday collects
audience questions and comments via social media, and speaks with guests on the
programs who share their experiences and opinions.
Listen now.... |
 Encounter
Join host Carol Castiel each week as she and two advocates from the world of
politics, culture, public policy, or academia debate and discuss a critical
issue in the news. This program brings depth, perspective, and insight to the
world around us.
Listen now.... |
 Health
Chat
Health Chat is a live call-in program that addresses health issues of interest
to Africa. The show puts listeners directly in touch with guest medical
professionals. It includes a weekly feature spot, health news and comments from
listeners on health issues. The program is hosted by veteran health reporter
Linord Moudou.
Listen now.... |
 Africa
News Tonight
Africa News Tonight is a lively news magazine featuring VOA correspondent
reports, interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs and human
rights activists. News feature stories look at science and technology,
environmental issues, humanitarian topics and the African diaspora.
Listen now.... |
 Daybreak
Africa
Each morning, Daybreak Africa looks at the latest developments on the continent,
starting with headline news and providing in-depth interviews, reports from VOA
correspondents, sports news as well as listener comments.
Listen now.... |
 Music
Time in Africa
Music Time in Africa is VOA’s longest running English language program. Since
1965, this award-winning program has featured pan African music that spans all
genres and generations. Ethnomusicologist and Host Heather Maxwell keeps you up
to date on what’s happening in African music.
Listen now.... |
 Nightline
Africa
Join our host and correspondents from Washington and across Africa as they bring
you in-depth interviews, news reports, analysis and features on this 60-minute
news magazine show.
Listen now.... |
 Straight
Talk Africa [simulcast]
Join veteran journalist Shaka Ssali on Straight Talk Africa every Wednesday as
he and his guests discuss topics of special interest to Africans, including
politics, economic development, press freedom, health, social issues and
conflict resolution.
Listen now.... |
 Reporters'
Roundtable
On Reporters' Roundtable join host and journalist Douglas Mpuga, along with a
lively panel of journalists, who analyze the week’s major developments in
Africa.
Listen now.... |
 South
Sudan In Focus
South Sudan in Focus is a 30-minute weekday English-language broadcast/internet
program covering rapidly changing developments in the new nation of South Sudan
and the region.
Listen now.... |
 Up
Front
An Interactive, Fast-Paced, Radio Program Connecting Youth in Africa and the
United States. On this fresh, fast-paced show, co-hosts located in the U.S. and
in Africa talk to teens and young adults about trends, lifestyles, health,
entertainment, and other issues touching listeners’ lives. “This show is fun and
interactive," says co-host Jackson Mvunganyi. “We give our listeners a chance to
say what they think about a range of topics. I’m thrilled to be part of such a
dynamic, cutting-edge show.” A native of Rwanda, Jackson has a bachelor's degree
in multimedia development from the American University in Washington D.C., and a
master's degree in Information Management from the University of Maryland.
Jackson has had a multi-faceted broadcasting career so far, working in both
radio and television, in Africa and the United States. Jackson also volunteers
his time with African communities in the diaspora on issues affecting the
continent.
Listen now.... |
 Game
Room
Winners and almost winners tell you how they played each week as we gather in
the VOA Game Room. We share the fun, record achievements and look ahead to the
big sports events always around the corner. Our season never ends in the VOA
Game Room!
Listen now.... |
 Border
Crossings Radio
VOA’s live worldwide international music request show with host Larry London.
Listen now.... |
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Advanced
Listeners
The following programs are for advanced English
listeners. This does not mean beginners and intermediate
students cannot listen. CHALLENGE YOURSELF and try to
listen to these shows. It will get easier every day if
you stay with it. Remember practice make perfect.
Instructions: The
following links open to new windows on your computer.
Some of the news shows play automatically while with
others you need to pick a video and click play. |
 American
Broadcasting Company
ABC News is the news division of the American
Broadcasting Company (ABC), owned by the Disney Media
Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.
Live programming of the top stories in the news. Scroll down the page to see
live cams of selected streams. This is for English language students with
advanced listening skills.
Watch now....
ABC News Video - Videos of top stories in the news.
ABC This Week - An American Sunday morning political
affairs program.
ABC World News Tonight - The flagship daily evening
television news program of ABC News.
ABC Nightline - ABC News late-night news program.
ABC 20/20 - American television newsmagazine which
focuses more on human interest stories.
ABC What Would You Do? - The program features actors
acting out scenes of conflict or illegal activity in
public settings while hidden cameras record the scene,
and the focus is on whether or not bystanders intervene,
and how. |
 Columbia
Broadcasting System
CBS (the initials of the network's former name, the
Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English
language commercial broadcast television and radio
network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.
Watch now....
CBS This Morning - The program emphasizes general
national and international news stories.
CBS Evening News - A daily evening broadcast
featuring news reports, feature stories and interviews.
CBS 60 Minutes - An American news magazine and
television program with a unique style of
reporter-centered investigation.
CBS Face the Nation - The program features
interviews with prominent American officials,
politicians and authors.
CBS News Sunday Morning - An American newsmagazine
television program.
CBS 48 Hours - An American documentary/news magazine
television program.
CBSN Originals - Really interesting news stories. |
 University of California
Television
Live programming covering many
different topics ranging from education to business. This is for English
language students with advanced listening skills.
Watch now....
University of California Television - UC Television
main page with a wide variety of shows and programs. |
 National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration programming covering many
different topics related to space and NASA projects. Hover your mouse over
the video and click the third icon on the bottom of the video screen to turn
on subtitles. Then you can read along as you listen. This is for English
language students with intermediate to advanced listening skills.
Note: When
there is no current show, the NASA site shows a streaming view of the Planet Earth from the Space
Station....really cool..
Watch now.... |
 Conversation
- 1
This is a collection of VOA conversation lessons for
beginners. Each lesson has a conversation video, a video
script, audio listening practice, video speaking
practice, video pronunciation practice, and a new word
section....these
lessons are for beginning students. |
 Conversation
- 2
This is a collection of VOA conversation lessons for
intermediate students. Each lesson has a conversation video, a video
script, audio listening practice, and a new word
section.....these
lessons are for intermediate students. |
 American Teens Talk!
Americans Teens Talk! is a collection of interviews of
American high school students. These
interviews come with audio programs. |
 The Lighter Side of TEFL
The text includes word games, crossword puzzles, idioms,
limericks, jokes, riddles, and international folk tales. These
lessons come with audio programs. |
 Why English? Comics for the Classroom
These stories provide an enjoyable opportunity to
increase vocabulary, reading comprehension, listening,
speaking, and writing. These
comics come with audio programs. |
 Sing Out Loud Children's Songs
Sing Out Loud Children's Songs includes popular children's songs in the U.S.A. Posters accompany the
individual Sing Out Loud Children's Songs. These
songs come with audio programs. |
 Sing Out Loud Traditional Songs
The Sing Out Loud Traditional Songs
collection contains 13 traditional American folk songs and song lyrics.
Listen to the songs online, read the lyrics, and collect the posters that
accompany the songs. These
songs come with audio programs. |
 Sing Out Loud American Rhythms
Do you love music? Want to use it to learn English?
Check out the hip-hop inspired song "Peace" from Sing
Out Loud American Rhythms. These
songs come with audio programs. |
 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an adaptation of a Mark
Twain classic. Tom is an iconic figure in American literature
and one that students and teachers alike will enjoy.
This classic novel comes with audio programs. |
 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an adaptation of
the timeless novel by Mark Twain. Considered a
classic, this book’s story is one of friendship, loyalty, and difficult
choices. This classic novel comes with audio
programs. |
 The
Autobiography of Mark Twain
The Autobiography of Mark Twain is an adaptation of
Twain’s autobiography. In this volume Twain
recounts colorful anecdotes from his long life. This
classic autobiography comes with audio programs. |
 Raggedy Ann Stories
Raggedy Ann Stories, abridged and adapted from the
original, contains 13 short stories about the classic
rag doll and her friends. The text is accompanied by the
original illustrations, a picture glossary, and
questions. These stories come with
audio
programs.
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 To Build a Fire and Other Stories
Jack London's To Build a Fire and Other Stories is one
of the most famous collections of stories of survival in
the wilderness. These stories come with
audio
programs. |
 Edgar Allan Poe: Storyteller
Seven popular Poe stories, slightly adapted for language
learners. Stories are suitable for high-intermediate and
advanced learners of English. These stories come with
audio
programs. |
 The
Red Badge of Courage and Other Stories
The Red
Badge of Courage and Other Stories is an adaptation of
Stephen Crane classics. Praised by literary critics and
Civil War veterans at the time of its publication in
1896, The Red Badge of Courage stands out among stories
of war. These stories come
with audio programs. |
 The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories
This collection of short stories by O. Henry gives the
reader a wonderful selection of characters from the
United States of 100 years ago. These
lessons come with audio programs. |
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