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Boosting Your English Listening Skills

Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab has been providing online English listening comprehension activities for ESL and EFL learners since 1998. Visit Randall's other Web sites at DailyESL.com, EZslang.com, and Trainyouraccent.com for more language practice.

General ESL Listening Quizzes

Activities focus on everyday English comprehension skills at three levels based on content, voices, vocabulary, and natural speed. A combination of adult, teenage, and children's voices are included.

Explore More English Listening Activities

Randall has created a variety of other ESL listening activities to improve your comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, and cultural awareness.

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Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab - English Listening

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Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab helps ESL and EFL learners improve their English listening comprehension skills through conversations.

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"A Day at School"

Level:

Topic:

Speakers:

Length:

easy

education

man - boy

01:35

Pre-Listening Exercises

Describe a normal school day in the life of a student in your country including hours, class subjects, meals, rules, dress, and extra-curricular activities. What options are there in your country to take online classes through distance learning, even for children?

Idioms

"crack the books" = start studying
"The reason why he isn't doing very well is that he rarely cracks the books."

"cut class" = miss school
"Although some of my daughter's friends cut class a lot, she is at school every day."

Listening Exercises

A. Listen to the interview and answer the questions.

Vocabulary Practice

Try this activity to practice the vocabulary from the conversation:

Post-Listening Exercises

What thing did you most enjoy about your school life in your country? Talk with a partner. Explain and discuss some of these topics:

the length of the school year

a typical day at school

teacher and student interaction

extra activities after school

Online Investigations

Use the Internet to learn about the school system in another country and find the answers to these questions:

1. How do students get to school?

2. Do students meet inside a building or outside?

3. What subjects do students learn each day?

4. What time does school start and end?

5. What do students eat for lunch? Is it something they bring with them, or does the school have a cafeteria?

6. How many students are in a class?

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Randall Davis (esl-lab.com) discusses school life at Japanese schools with his son, Joshua. They talk about school activities, lunch, and classes.