Listening Practice: News in English

LISTENING TO THE NEWS IN ENGLISH!This is a great way to practice authentic listening. You can listen on the radio, on television, or even on the Internet.

There is a special BBC World Service site for people learning English!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

This is much easier than authentic listening and a good place to start!

The BBC World Service is excellent for authentic listening.www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice

For a monthly schedule of radio programs click here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/worldservice/psims/ScheduleSDT.cgi

You might like to download the programs and then they can listen as many times as they like!

You can try listening to different accents, for example American English on CNN or CBS:

http://www.cnn.com/

http://cbsnews.cbs.com/

SOME TIPS FOR EASY LISTENING:

Listening skills: listening tips for listening to the news

* Make sure you have heard the news in your own language before you listen. Perhaps make some notes of the main stories, including any names of people or places.

* Don’t worry about how much you understand. Listen to or watch the report first a few times ‘just for fun’.

* Stop and review as many times as necessary.

* Write a brief summary (one or two sentences) of each story.

* Set yourself a few questions to answer. Then listen again for the answers.

* Make notes of any new vocabulary you think is useful.

* Why not listen to the news with a friend? You can help each other by talking about what you each understand.

* When you feel confident, try listening to the news in English in different accents.

LISTEN TO SOME NEWS IN ENGLISH AND THEN TELL YOUR TEACHER ABOUT IT