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Morph your voice in Audacity Did you know that by applying certain effects to your voice in Audacity , you can sound dramatically different and take on a character of your own. To do this, first highlight your vocal track and then follow the instructions below to generate each effect: 1. If you'd like to sound like ... a robot Click on the Effect Menu and then Delay ... Change the Decay amount to 10 Change the Delay time to 0.009 Change the Number of echos to 30 Click OK Click on the Effect Menu again Click Repeat Delay Repeat this 5 times or more if necessary Listen to this example: Download Creating_a_robot_voice_in_Audacity.mp3 2. If you'd like to sound like ... a demonic spirit Click on the Edit Menu and then Duplicate Highlight the second track Click on the Effect Menu and then Change Pitch ... Change the Semitone (half-steps) to -1 Click OK Highlight the first track Click on the Edit Menu and then Duplicate Highlight the third track Click on the Effect Menu and then Change Pitch ... Change the Semitone (half-steps) to -5 Click OK Click on the Effect Menu and then Bass Boost ... Click OK Drag the Gain slide on the left of the third track to +3DB Highlight the second track Click on the Effect Menu and then Echo ... Change the Delay time (seconds) to 0.1 Change the Decay factor to 0.6 Click OK Listen to this example: Download Creating_a_demonic_voice_in_Audacity.mp3 3. If you'd like to sound like ... a chipmunk Click on the Effect Menu and then Change Pitch ... Change the Percent Change to 100 Click OK Listen to this example: Download Creating_a_chipmunk_voice_in_Audacity.mp3 4. If you'd like to sound like ... a telephone operator Click o

In this blog post, Conti reiterated inadequacies in methods from previous posts about teaching listening to secondary-level additional (modern) language learners in the UK. He then outlined skills and conditions necessary for successful listening comprehension. As he enumerated practical implications of those skills for learning and teaching activities, he provided illustrative sequences of tasks that teachers could set for learners to help them develop their listening comprehension.

This page shows all the previous activities.\n * Play Games and Improve Your Vocabulary\n * Write a Music Video Review\n * Improving Your IT Skills and Vocabulary\n * 1 Minute Listening Activity\n * Learn a Song in English\n * Try a TOEFL Reading Test\n * Listen and Write the News\n * Improve Your Vocabulary and Make Friends\n * Exercise Your Ears With Authentic Film Clips\n * Record Yourself Reading a Poem\n * Using a Word Cloud to Remember Words and Texts\n * Take a Quiz Adventure Journey\n * Create an Online CV in English

Tricky listening s but they do have transcripts s ... @icpjones @balfepaula @sghani how about this http://t.co/enLioSj95m Tricky listening s but they do have transcripts so can be quite good - Rachel Smith (lancslassrach) http://twitter.com/lancslassrach/status/321932756676390912

This is a listener wired for sounds. - Takayuki Ito / Haskins Laboratories This is a listener wired for sounds. - Takayuki Ito / Haskins Laboratories The movement of facial skin and muscles around the mouth plays an important role not only in the way the sounds of speech are made, but also in the way they are heard according to a study by scientists at Haskins Laboratories, a Yale-affiliated research laboratory.

Can choose which words to remove so can focus on a particular grammar point etc http://t.co/5PsMDBaEQf #mflsaty @Reesiepie - Terri Dunne (misstdunne) http://twitter.com/misstdunne/status/340772218239852544 http://t.co/Fo6JIbOoOX - Learn Languages Online - Exercises Listening - Fill in the gaps https://t.co/QrVVi1On73 via @Diigo

This website has huge potential but I CAN'T work out how to add my own audio files. Does anyone know? If so, please contact me!!!!

Listening activity for B2 ESL learners.

Listening comprehension task for B2 ESL students

A listening comprehension activity for B2 ESL learners about exercising.

Listening comprehension assignment for B2 ESL learners

An Advanced ESL Listening comprehension activity.

Advanced ESL listening comprehension activity.

A listening and speaking activity for B2 ESL learners based on an advertisement of Schweppes starring John Cleese.

Listening and speaking activities based on the famous BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers. For B2 ESL learners.

Listen to part of a television programme in which Dr Oliver Sacks talks about a neurological condition called Amusia.

Listening comprehension activity for B2 ESL Learners

An interview with Fernando Alonso for B2 ESL learners to practise listening and speaking skills.

Listening, drafting and speaking skills for advanced ESL students.