I take a common sense approach to English listening practice for my students. 

I make simple, clear explanations of how to study ... so you can practice listening... and listen to some interesting stories too. 

Get your own story recorded free here! 

You may find your English speaking skills improving as you practice listening to the stories on these pages like I recommend below.

Intensive Listening

When I was learning a language, at first, I could not repeat what I heard. Then after lots of listening practice (intensive listening), I could remember what I heard. Then I started to get much better at speaking!   

I learned how to master intenstive listening practice... and you can too!

My students also want to learn English faster.  At first they said listening to English was too hard.  

Now, they ask for more English listening practice in my classes. 

 Why Don't People Repeat Things for You?

The problem with normal conversations is when you hear something new, you often don't understand it.  

Or remember it.  

You may ask people to repeat what they said, but usually they don't.  They usually repeat things slightly differently.  I wanted to hear the exact same words as they said the first time, again and again.

What Can You Do?

English listening practice is the key to success. Now I call it intensive listening, or listen and repeat.  It will help you increase your English memory.  As you remember longer English sentences, you can think in English easier.  

Now, I own my own language school. My students want extra practice.  I wrote stories for them and I tell them listen to my stories.  Try listening to a story now.  

The first time you listen to the stories, it is ok to think about the meaning.  You may also read the story (the script is below the story). 

The next step is to listen without thinking (really!).  At this stage you want to start the listen and repeat program.

Thinking comes later.  (Of course you have to think!  But first you have to make your memory longer).  

If you can't understand the first time, you can listen again and again.

I made recordings of stories with the words we are studying.  Now, you can get English listening practice when you listen to them too.

This site has stories with phrasal verbs (listen to one here), idioms (here's  a story with an idiom), TOEIC vocabulary (try listening to a story here), among others.

1. Find your needs

You will find stories with phrasal verbs, idioms, Toeic vocabulary and some grammar listening here on English Listening World.

This site helps you listen for vocabulary.

2. Imagine

Listen to the story.  As you listen, make and image of the characters and the action in the story as you listen to it.


3. Listen and read the story (many times?)
You can listen to the story while you read it (preferably aloud).  Many of my students said, "When you read the story, you can understand it better."  Because its free, you can come to this site again and again and practice listening without worries.

4.  Listen and Repeat
Listen to the story in small bits, small enough that you can remember it.  Stop the player, and repeat the sentence you listened to.  When you feel confident, go on to the next part of the story.  

5. Listen and Repeat Simultaneously
Now that you have repeated the story, take a break.  After your break, listen to the story and say the story at the same time.  

If you make a mistake (for instance, saying a word not in the story, or forgetting a word), you will know right away.  That is great!  Now you know which area to study and repeat.  

6. Take a Quiz 
A great cap to your English listening practice.  Not all pages have a quiz yet; I am adding them as I have time (they take a lot of time to make!).  If there is a quiz, try it! 

***Extras***

On each page I have a small tip for study.

And, you can get five free stories on your own computer when you get my free e-zine here. 

Come back here and listen again and again to improve your listening.

It's easy! Click on a topic best for you on the left.