ACTIVITIES Randall's ELS Cyber Listening Lab lots of short listening exercises and long conversations (using real audio). http://www.esl-lab.com/ Lingua's Interactive Listening Comprehension Practice listening passages with interactive exercises (uses real audio). http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/LCRA/ CLTA Listening Activities reading passages with interactive questionaires on variety of subjects, including sports http://www.clta.on.ca/clta03.htm Conversations for ESL students. Each sentence in the book is linked to a sound file in AU format. SoundMachine is the software recommended for Mac users to play AU files. For PC Windows users, Naplayer, which comes with Netscape, can play AU files. http://www.lang.uiuc.edu/r-li5/book/ Listening and Speaking. Links to listening comprehension sites on the Web. http://www.lang.uiuc.edu/r-li5/esl/lisandsp.htm The TOEFL PREP Starting Page. The Interactive TOEFL Preparation is an interactive test using Shockwave. Activities include: grammar, listening and reading comprehension activities. Http://www.faceweb.okanagan.bc.ca/toefl/ SONGS Lyrics The International Lyrics Server http://www.lyrics.ch/ The Mudcat Cafe presents The Digital Traditions Folksong Database Search Page This is a searchable index of the Digital Tradition Folk Song Database (April 1997 version), containing over 6500 songs. http://www.deltablues.com/folksearch.aspl Disney Song Lyrics. This site contains the song lyrics from several Disney features. There is also a page with lyrics from the Disney Afternoon TV series. http://zeus.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/%7Efp/Disney/Lyrics/ Teaching through Song Sing it! Learn English through Song. Commercial site with examples from Sing it! - a series of six books and six cassettes that teaches English to beginning through advanced students using popular and folk songs. http://www.rootsworld.com/singit/ Music and Song. From the Oxford University Press Series of Resource Books for Teachers. To find the book in the catalogue, enter the name in the search field. http://www.oup.co.uk/ AUDIO SITES For children 4+ highly produced audio storytelling http://www.growler.com The Academy of American Poets Site includes large variety of audio files of Poets reading poetry. Requires Real Audio plug in. http://www.poets.org/lit/listen.htm Learning Oral English OnIine an online conversation book for intermediate ESL learners. http://www.lang.uiuc.edu/r-li5/book/ Living English presents authentic language in meaningful real-life contexts. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6403/ Audionet Continuing Education. AudioNet's site for interactive education. Educational institutions, organizations, and corporations offer a variety of educational programs on AudioNet. The programs are broadcast live and recorded so you can listen on-demand at any time. http://www.audionet.com/edu/ Listen to the Original Verdict in the O.J. Simpson Criminal Trial http://www.audionet.com/events/verdict.html The Simon Wiesenthal Center http://www.audionet.com/events/swc/ Welcome To PoliceScanner. Listen to live police reports from Los Angeles, Dallas, or New York. Requires RealAudio. http://www.policescanner.com/