From TESL Canada

TESL Canada is collecting materials. Right now there are some monologues and dialogues designed by Brock University student Martin Woodyard. They include illustrations, a transcripts, and MP3s. For each transcript, the CLB level is indicated at the far right of the link, (e.g., Transcript-LateMono(for MP3 1-2-3-4)-L-4 is CLB 4). Permission is granted for classroom copying, but copyright remains with the creators.

Other non-listening resources are available here.

British Council Elementary Podcasts

The British Council has been doing elementary podcasts since 2008, so there's a lot of material there. The first two seasons' podcasts are about half an hour each, broken into multiple sections, while the third season had shortened them down to about 10 minutes each. Most of them are covered by a creative commons license, which allows you to freely reproduce them. Each has materials attached.

As you would expect, the accents are mostly British. The speaking can get a bit fast, but the content and the activities are aimed at quite low levels.

Premier Skills English

Premier Skills English is a collaborative project between the British Council and the Barclays Premier League. They have heaps of lesson plans and materials based around football, including interviews with some of the top players.

To make your own MP3

This is great for teachers and students. Just load the website, click to record, and share. Couldn't be easier.

Using English for Academic Purposes

Andy Gillett put together the EUfAP site about 11 years ago, and it's been very successful since. It provides listening instruction, not just material or exercises.

One Stop English Listening

Here's heaps of material here. I'll try to categorize and describe some of it when I get a chance. It prompts your to register, which is free, but many of the materials appear to be available even without registration.

English Accent Coach

This website is being put together by Ron Thomson out of Brock U. It's currently in Beta, and will be changing a bit in the next few weeks, but it looks quite useful for helping learning hear the distinction between sounds. It's also likely good for TESL students learning about phonology and pronunciation.


It's a game-like interface that plays syllables or words containing target phonemes that have to then be identified. The sound quality is high and the the pronunciations are varied but natural. I would strongly recommend using earphones rather than speakers.