Saturday, February 28, 2015

Audio Vocabulary Activities

Some visitors to my sites are not aware of my audio vocabulary lists with practice questions. Give them a try:

http://esl-lab.com/vocab/index.htm

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - First Recordings

Some people ask how long my website has been online, and they are surprised by the answer: 16 years! I still Iove the work, and here is one my earliest recordings with my daughter back in the 1990s. Enjoy!

http://www.esl-lab.com/enviro1/enviro1.htm

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Visiting a Zoo

Some of my English students say little children speak a different language, and they don't sound anything like the people in their textbooks. I agree. For that reason, I've added recordings of my children over the year to expose students to this NATURAL speech. In this conversation, my son (at the time, 4 years old) and I were talking about our visit to the zoo. Give it a try:

http://esl-lab.com/zoo/zoord1.htm

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Snow Skiing

Snow skiing can be a fun activity unless you run into a guy like the one in my newest listening conversation. I feel sorry for the woman, but the man is in worse trouble. Give it a try:

http://esl-lab.com/snowskiing/snowskiingrd1.htm