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Very appealing web page with many songs, old and new. When you choose a song you will get the lyrics as well as a worksheet with a number of activities to work in the pre, while and post listening stages of listening.

GREAT WEB PAGE! In it you can find short conversations, interviews and descriptions as well as recordings to practice pronunciation. The web page is for free and it's not only interesting, but also fast (downloading doesn´t take more that a couple of seconds) and you also have the posibility of listening to recordings online. Moreover, it offers you the possibility to download worksheets so as to work with your students.

USBORNE ENGLISH LEARNERS' EDITIONS Language Level: elementary to upper-Intermediate level students. Age Group: CHILDREN Type of skill: listening (audio in the website) and reading (books) Type of activity: BOOKS READ ENTIRELY. Type of resource: teachers and students' resource. WORSHEETS FOR STUDENTS ABOUT THE BOOKS, AND STORIES. BOOKS AVAILABLE AT KEL! NOT VERY EXPENSIVE BOOKS!

Here you will find songs which are being constantly updated. The web page also has some exercises online to do as you listen and watch the video of the songs.

ACAPELA.TV Language Level: ALL LEVELS. Age Group: all levels. Type of skill: listening.Type of activity: creating videos with avatars, including gesters, motions, etc.Type of resource: teachers'' resource. Excellent website for TEACHERS to create movies for students!!!!

XTRANORMAL - CREATING VIDEOS WITH AVATARSLanguage Level: elementary to pre-intermediate students. Age Group: all levels.Type of skill: listening.Type of activity: creating videos with avatars, including gesters, motions, etc.Type of resource: teachers'' resource. Excellent website for TEACHERS to create movies for students!!!!

Nursery rhymes, poems, songs and tongue twisters to read, listen to and enjoy with children.

LINGUALNET Language Level: all levels. Age Group: all ages. Type of skill: listening (videos, scenes) and reading (scripts) Type of activity: Short videos with their scripts below them (not EVERY video) and sometimes even have some extra activities to check comprehension.  Type of resource: teachers and students' resource. VIDEOS! CELEBRITY, DOCUMENTARY, DRAMA and ANIMATION are the ones I prefer the most and I find most interesting for my students. 

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH ONLINE - PHONETIC FOCUS. Language Level: all levels as regards language (pre-intermediate onwards are suggested) but the students should have some basic knowledge of phonetic's symbols in order to do the activities.Good practice as well for Lab I's students!!! Age Group: Children (over 10), adolescents and adults. Type of skill: listening (Interactive Phonics activities), reading and speaking. Type of activity: games: phonetic games designed in order for the student to improve his/her pronunciation and knowledge of phonetics. Games and fun activities. Type of resource: students' resource. Very visual activities. Excellent website for students to practise sounds by playing games related to Phonetics.

SCHOLASTIC - COMPUTER LAB Language Level: elementary to pre-intermediate students. Age Group: children. Type of skill: listening, speaking, writing and reading. Type of activity: teaching MATH, SOCIAL STUDIES, LANGUAGE, SCIENCE. Teaching SPANISH. Interactive whiteboard activities. Teachers and students' activities. Lesson plans. Type of resource: teachers and students' resource. Excellent website for children. :)

CONVERSATION EXCHANGE - FREE! Language Level: all levels. Age Group: Adolescents and adults. Children only with an adult's supervision recommended for secutiry reasons. Type of skill: speaking, listening (face to face), writing and reading (pen pal). Type of activity: the students only need to create a SKYPE ACCOUNT, MESSENGER HOTMAIL, YAHOO MESSENGER, etc.. and then they find a language partner to practise the language with conversation. Type of resource: students' resource. It's a FREE website. Students will be able to practise at home by having a pen-pal, face to face conversation (only if a native lives close to their home) and text and voice chat (the shy students who do not want to show themselves). Tandem learning is this method for learning languages and adults have the possibility to do it unless children are supervised by adults!!! Mind you!

VAO NEWS Language Level: pre-intermediate to advanced students. Age Group: adolescents and adults. Type of skill: listening and reading. Type of activity: articles read by American native speaker and new words (voc) highlighted. Type of resource: teachers and students' resource. TEACHING ADULTS - IN COMPANIES mainly! Actitivities divided into levels. Lesson Plans for teachers as well (pdf files for students) Different topics: Economics, Science and technology, etc. I LOVE IT!!! :)

Speeches from famous people. Listening Comprehension and speaking

Drama warm ups and improvisations that can be used by english teachers in the classroom. Group age: children, teens and adults. Skills: Listening and Reading. Resource for teachers

You won't find all terms in any dictionary. Urban dictionary stores the latest coined terms. Adolescents love listening to music and checking new words.

This is a great website to encourage your students to create their own stories. It helps them a lot! You can choose the listening or the printable activity.

This webpage is very interesting to use with young learners since you can find a great variety of the most famous fairy tales to read or listen to.