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"ANVILL (A National Virtual Language Lab) is a speech-based toolbox for language teachers. Like the language lab console of old, it's focused on the practice of oral/aural language, but at its core are very modern web-based audio and video tools from duber dot com and the University of Oregon: Voiceboards, LiveChat, and Quizzes and Surveys. Our newest tool, TCast, allows teachers to record and place audio or video files anywhere in a lesson--in 3 easy steps. Each of these tools really opens up the scope and sequence of lessons centered around spoken language tasks." Jeff Magoto has done a great presentation on how to use ANVILL, which is a wonderful, free, A/V tool available now internationally.

Audio and some video titl at these sites are free. I think you might be able to use a desktop recorder like Audacity to record a book to a set of files to take with you, or put on an iPhone. (Avoid the ads at the top of this page--the article is below.)

You can set up an audio discussion board for your students. Very teacher- and student-friendly site. Great for practicing conversation online. (Formerly Chinswing.) See Russell Stannard's training video at http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/voxopop/index.html Stannard has also set up a teacher's discussion board for this tool: http://www.voxopop.com/group/8620c8e6-7839-4f55-842e-fce721d9eea2

Despite the explanatory text, this app is indeed ready to download for iPad ($0.99). This is a nice use of technology to explain other technologies. You go through a browser screen to a Website, then draw on the iPad screen to demonstrate functionality while the app records what you do. Publish to Evernote or YouTube. You will have to do your own audio over, however. What a cool app.

Listen, create and share FREE geolocalized audioguides. Share your voice and make the world a more interesting place.

This might be a great tool for an extended project, e.g., have your students create an infospot audio guide to their local community. Lots of examples are linked on the front page, and there is an iPhone app to scan, listen, and record wherever you happen to be. There are currently over 1300 guides created by users, and more coming.

"We are a mobile & web platform that effortlessly allows you to record and upload audio for your friends, family or the rest of the world to hear." Can record from computer or iPhone/iPod. Great mobile recording for podcasting. Very easy to use. You can log in with your Twitter account, record or upload a file, send to friends and post to Facebook at the same time. Your file shows up with your profile next to it. Use is fully described by Russell Stannard at http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/audioboo/index.html.

A huge collection of speeches by famous figures, both audio files and videos. Could be used for transcription exercises. As a member you can create a board and save your favorites to it for students to listen to. Free. Rec. by Russell Stannard.

Jing is used to make screen casts, and Stannard uses it for his own teachrtrainingvideos.com. Where to get it, how to use it, and so on. Screencasting is a great way to show students how to use a program by making a video (with audio) of its operation on your own desktop. With a small fee you can also make MPEG-4 videos, post on YouTube, etc. Or have students make screencasts of new tools for each other.

Over 1,000 recordings to learn English (and other languages) with accompanying exercises, downloadable audio, etc. R. Stannard calls it one of the most useful language learning sites online: http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/elllo/index.html.

Good resource for children. Great short stories by children for children--audio and accompanying text. Great for early listening comprehension activities. New stories are not being added, but maybe in the future the site will open up again. Rec. by Russell Stannard.

Podcats are updated every couple of days. Created by Jeff McQuillan. Topics are mainly American-oriented, and each podcast includes a "Learning Guide.l" Podcasts seem mainly for low advanced, university/adult students.

Not available unless you live in the UK. Sorry!