Teaching Academic Listening

Here are some web resources that I use frequently to provide authentic and interesting material. Most of these resources are online video clips from 1-5 minutes.

Topic Websites
Environment
History
Geography
Technology
Other
The Discovery Channel — www.discovery.com
Weather
Geography
The Weather Channel — www.weather.com
Nature
Animals
Environment
National Geographic — www.nationalgeographic.com
Automobiles Car Review Sites — Cars.com, CarTV, Edmonds
Dating
Romance
Storycorps — www.storycorps.net
New York Times "Vows" — http://video.nytimes.com/video/
Stories
Personal Experiences
Storycorps — www.storycorps.net
Radio Diaries — www.radiodiaries.org
Jobs and Careers Job Profile Videos — http://web1.dol.state.nj.us/coei/CareerVideos/careervideos_list.html
Business Entrepreneur.com — www.entrepreneur.com
How-to
Health
Auto care
About.com — www.about.com
Cooking Martha Stewart — www.marthastewart.com
Foodtube — www.foodtube.net
Flavorshare — www.flavorshare.com
News NPR — www.npr.org
VOA News — www.voanews.com