Use the following sites for the self-directed listening part of the new IE Active Listening course:
Listening Resources for Language Learners (many of these include transcripts)
Challenging Listening Materials Intended for Natives
These videos may be used for various tasks at each level of IE Active Listening:
IE I Active Listening
Memories and Childhood
Urban Life
Food
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSWJmq4XC2s
Travel
IE 2 Active Listening
Technology
The Workplace
Biography
IE 3 Active Listening
Relationships
Cross-Cultural Values
Media
Environment
You might want to make use of the some of the following resources related to environmental issues as alternatives to YouTube:
- Environmental Justice Foundation Short Films are from an organization tries to make a world where the natural environment can sustain the communities that depend upon it.
- Discovery Channel features amazing stories and experiences from the world of science, natural history, anthropology, survival, and engineering.
- Greenpeace International offers videos describing environmental problems and their solutions.
- National Geographic has videos on environmental issues and animal-related news.
- Earthrise is a program featuring developments in Asia and includes stories about environmental issues.
- BBC Reel presents engaging short videos on a wide variety of social and cultural topics.
- Scientific American introduces a variety of environmental issues through videos at its website, including a census on jaguars in Central America.
