esl Podcasts

Real conversations recorded for learners of English of all levels with worksheets and transcripts

A Way with Words is a lively hour-long public radio show about language, on the air since 1998. Author Martha Barnette and dictionary editor Grant Barrett take calls about slang, grammar, old sayings, word origins, regional dialects, family expressions, and speaking and writing well.

Welcome to the new home of Business English Podcast: A great way to improve your English on the go! Listen to our free podcasts covering essential Business English. Learn useful English phrases and listen to how they can be used in real business situations.

Short ESL podcasts, 2 times weekly, in British English.

This podcast is for intermediate and advanced English as a Second Language learners who want to improve their English. Each podcast is an episode of a dramatic story (a soap opera) in English but with explanations of the key words and phrases. Begin with the first episode and have fun while improving your English! English Through Stories is brought to you by the Center for Educational Development, which also sponsors English as a Second Language Podcast.

Simple, daily news casts for learners of English.

A weekly podcast of international business news read in slow, clear English. Listen to the podcast and follow along in the accompanying script.

Learn English with English Banana.com - now you can hear our lessons as well as get free downloads from our site...!

Guided instruction in speaking for people learning English as a second language

This site supports advanced learners of English who want to develop their top-level speaking skills and communication strategies.

Just One More Book is a thrice-weekly podcast in which we take a few minutes out of our morning coffee ritual to discuss one of our many favourite children's books. Through this podcast and its website, we are building a lively, interactive community linking children's book authors, illustrators, readers (parents and children) and publishers. Episodes range in length from 5 to 35minutes and can be played directly from our web page or downloaded to an ipod for listening on the go. Each episode is an informal discussion of one of our family's favourite children's books. We also feature interviews with authors, literacy related discussions or audio reviews submitted by our listeners. This podcast is powered by passion. We have no advertisers or sponsors. Our goal is to link children with great books and help create happy memories for children and the adults that read to them…and to have fun! For a downloadable brochure please see this link: http://media.libsyn.com/media/electricsky/JOMB_brochure.pdf

SAT Podcasts!!! Check out this brand new podcast, aimed at helping students worldwide using the latest and greatest in technology. Semester 1 focuses on helping you prepare for the SAT Verbal. Download now.

Podcast to practice your English Listening skills and directory of other listening resources.

Learn *Real Colloquial English* with Zapp! English Colloquial classes! This free audio podcast by Zappenglish.com contains real unscripted English conversations with native speakers, and interactive audio classes including English pronunciation practice. Each podcast comes with its own eBook which you can download at Zappenglish.com. We charge a small amount for the eBooks as this allows us to continue publishing the audio for free.

Longtime Korea-based podcast that highlights the absurdity of living in the Land of the Morning Hangover. A series of panelists and guests talk about current events in Korea and have a general good time.

Not at all what you might expect. English comedy for EFL or ESL students with Tokyo based British DJ Justin Time and Ralph, his very advanced computer. An enjoyable way to learn some new vocabulary and practice your listening. It’s so bad, it’s good! You got to Laugh! Good for kids too! Visit the website for study activities to use along with the show. A new show will be released every week or two.

Mini podcasts in easy English to start discussions between language learners. Great for Skype lessons and online tutoring. Also perfect for self-study.

A weekly podcast for people who use English as a Second Language (ESL) in their work environment and are trying to improve their overall language ss. In each episode, hosts Dez Morgan and Skip Montreux discuss business stories making the news around the world. Through their discussions, they introduce business related vocabulary and phrases, review grammar, and identify cultural differences in international business situations.

Video Vocab is a video podcast (vodcast) published by Business English Pod for English as a second language (ESL) learners who want to expand and improve their English vocabulary for business. Each ESL video lesson looks at a group of key English vocabulary words and terms related to a particular business topic. The meaning of the vocabulary is explained with simple definitions and pictures, and an example of how the vocabulary can be used. Current lessons feature vocabulary on the economy, law, project management, accounting and finance, the credit crisis and Web 2.0 internet technologies.

Everyday English listening and pronunciation podcast about life in Canada for English as a Second Language Students.

Willkommen bei der ersten Folge der VIRTLANTIS Mystery Podcasts! In der ersten Rätselepisode geht es um den Umfang des Wortschatzes der englischen Sprache – und um die Chancen, die daran liegen, einen Teil dieses Vokabulars mit Hunderten von Millionen Menschen auf dem gesamten Planeten teilen zu können! Denn Englisch ist keine Fremdsprache mehr, sondern eine Kulturtechnik. Lehnen Sie sich zurück und lernen Sie ganz entspannt, mit den Kursen und dem Service-Angebot von www.virtlantis.com. Im Podcast enthalten: wichtige Wörter, die leicht zu behalten sind, Info, Facts und Idioms – so ganz nebenbei lernen, mit unseren Kursen und unseren Podcasts, die Sie gratis abonnieren können. VIRTLANTIS...be part of it!

Improve your spoken English. Over 5 years of continuous research, testing and development that can help you get better results right away. Weekly podcast gives you easy to use techniques you can use immediately.

I love learning languages and sharing my ideas and opionions of language learning. I also leave some musical interludes sometimes. I hope you enjoy my podcasts. Alan

Audio for Advanced Learners of English

News for learners of English as a Second Language (ESL)

Australia Network is offering weekly vodcasts of our popular English Bites program on a free trial basis. English Bites is an informative and entertaining way for intermediate to advanced English speakers to learn common terms and English usage.

for learners and teachers of English as a second or foreign language.

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Living God has amazing English and Korean sermons from the bible in MP3 format. The sermons are very deep. From a church in Seoul.

At the ESL Help Desk, English grammar is made fun and easy to understand. Helpful tips on grammar, audio stories written by ESL students, communication lessons, and more! Use our interactive forum to ask your question. Whether you are a student or writing a business letter, or a native speaker interested in improving your English skills, stop on by, 24/7!

The EnglishLingQ podcast is part of a comprehensive English learning system. Each episode introduces a new content item which you can study using the learning tools available at TheLinguist.com.

Fun ESL video and MP3 podcasts for students of English brought to you by Paul - a long time resident of Japan. There will be a different topic every week to improve your language skills. Visit the website at eslpodtv.kibishipaul.com and try the interactive listening and reading exercises. For students from beginner to advanced level.

Songs for students of English. Great songs, artists and words. Come on join the party!

Fun stories to help you improve your listening skills from the Potato Pals

An entertaining and informative ESL podcast for intermediate students. Two young Canadian brothers talk about all sorts of interesting topics. Free accompanying material on the website. Perfect to discuss in the classroom and great for students to listen to on their own.

Biweekly 30 minute bulletin which offers clear and jargon-free information for lawyers, business people and legal professionals to increase your effectiveness when writing and speaking legal English. The Legal Bulletin is hosted by Canadian lawyer and Forum Partner, Chad Eggerman.

The Flo-Joe Radio Podcast is based on the weekly newsletter sent out to students preparing for the Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English Exam who have subscribed to Flo-Joe''s ''Exam Success Lite''.

10 minute English lessons each week, as broadcasted on Voice of America Radio

Learn Polish to English vocabulary with our easy-to-learn language lessons and free MP3s read by native speakers! I Can Learn English.com is a useful website for Polish students who are learning English and English students who want to improve their basic Polish. This dual vocabulary site features common words divided into vocab sets which are easy and fun to learn. The site also features a large collection of free MP3s of all the vocabulary words read by native speakers in both Polish and English, as well as plenty of recommended links for learners of both Polish and English.

ESL and Archie Comics is a fun place to practice reading and speaking English. Our website offers a podcast complete with a Learning Guide which includes a complete transcript, vocabulary definitions and explanations, sample sentences, and more!

These are MP3 files chosen for students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) or English as a Second Language (ESL).

Learn to pronounce English with video podcasts on your computer, iPod or PSP.

Theme based, progressive Mandarin Chinese audio podcast to become fluent in Mandarin in no time. All lessons are progressive, you can start from the first lesson and progress towards the upper-intermediate level of Chinese and be able to speak fluent Mandarin on a variety of familiar topics. Subscribe to all 200+ lessons with PDF lesson transcripts, worksheets and more at www.melnyks.com

Flo-Joe Radio is produced by Flo-Joe, the online service for teachers and students preparing for Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE), Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) and Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).