A selection of English ESL podcast printables

podcast

1. Students will be able to identify the key points in a word's history and analyze the conventions of a podcast.



2. Listening comprehension 



3. Students listen to a podcast clip of their choice from "A Way with Words" dealing with a slang word.  They identify the history and analyze the conventions of a podcast.



4. No answers provided as answers may vary.  #5 could include ethnic groups that use the word, parts of speech, or verbs such as "observe" or "research."



5. Used with a unit on slang and register.  Teachers may want to make sure the links are still available and / or find their own, more recent or more relevant clips to current slang.

Etymology Podcast Reflection

Podcast activity about describing people. Students will learn some familiar expressions to describe other people's looks. Check it out. Great to use when you are studying people's descriptions. Inside the document there's the link for the podcast. 


Podcast activity describing people

This is a listening activity that I use with my B2 level students.  It uses the podcasts that BBC, The English We Speak, shares on thier site.  It is not only a great way for students to improve thier listening skills but it also enables them to fully understand an English expression and how to use it properly.  



I've included my copy with the answers on it and some vocabulary that could be taught during the lesson. 



Here is the site where you can find the podcast

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/tae/tae_20150127-1000a.mp3



Enjoy :)

This is the 18th listening task that I've uploaded.  You could use them at random or in order.  That is why I have the Remember List of expressions at the end.

Full-on Podcast Listening

This is a document with different situations to which the student is supposed to respond with advice. I also included a podcast where I answer the prompts: you could assign it for homework.

How to Give Advice: Prompts + Podcast

I recommend assigning these podcasts and questions as homework for students and then discussing the answers in class. It’s great as a conversation starter or as an introduction to a topic like conditionals. 



The podcast describes the story of a woman who fell in love with someone she met through a dating app only to discover she was being scammed. The podcast includes an interview with one of the scammers which makes it all the more interesting.



Includes two set of questions per page to save paper.



If you like it make sure you check other podcast and video questions at : https://nataliadls.edublogs.org/

Comprehension Questions for Podcast (Reply All Episode 13: Love is Lies)

This is a text on climate change.Students must listen to the podcast. There are 2 ecercises: fill in the blanks or unscramble the words. I have also included the transript. On the second page, students must match the wuestion woth the answer.



https://listenaminute.com/c/climate_change.html

Hope it\'s useful 

Climate Change

This worksheet is to help show the reasons why it's difficult to understand native speakers and also to help fluency. I did a similar worksheet before but with this one there are some tracks to help. Simply click here to download. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0482hsp8e36uywa/linking20and20elision203.zip?dl=0 

Answers are on the back. The worksheet can also help your students to start pronouncing whole sentences with better fluency and help them to stop trying to pronounce absolutely every letter in the words they are speaking, as some of them are wont to do. Some of the tracks are my friends and some are from podcasts and audio books. 





Elision, Linking, Assimilation: Connected Speech 3

This listening exercise explores the history of contemporary Halloween traditions and observances, such as bonfires, jack o’lanterns, costumes and trick or treating.



Halloween is traced back to the Irish festival of Samhain - a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year. 



We discuss how a holiday that is now celebrated worldwide actually started with the Irish Celts - an ancient Irish people.  Also defined as a person who speaks a Celtic language or a descendant of such a person: the Bretons, Irish, Welsh, and Highland Scots are Celts



Listen here: http://engagingireland.com/index.php/2014/10/26/ep-31-a-history-of-halloween-traditions/

Or search on the Podcast app: Engaging Ireland  Ep 31. – A History of Halloween Traditions



The History Of Halloween - LISTENING

IELTS Vocabulary means using a more academic style and word choice (Lexical Resource) when writing your essay. Using Topic Specific Vocabulary, collocations and words from the Academic Word List will help considerably.

This lesson focuses on what to learn, the importance of context, and how to learn / memorise these new terms so you can improve your writing.



Topic Specific Vocabulary



The best vocabulary to score in IELTS is Topic Specific Vocabulary – a vocabulary that focuses on one topic.

In this article we will give you plenty of detailed explanations, tips, examples and resources for practice on this subject.

Topic Specific Vocabulary also contains lots of collocations, so you can expect a thorough explanation on what they are and how to use them.

What is a collocation?



A collocation is a group of words that has an above average possibility of being found together.

Using collocations in your writing and speaking helps to make your language sound more natural and fluent. This in turn makes your skills higher and gets you better scoring in essays.

What is the best way to learn Topic Specific Collocations?

The best way is to learn Topic Specific Collocations is to look for them being used in context, in their natural environment.

Each topic below contains a list of collocations, a sample band 9 essay in a gap fill exercise.



https://www.ieltspodcast.com/ielts-vocabulary/lexical-resource/

IELTS Vocabulary and Lexical Resource

Worksheet based on a BBC learning Elementary podcast (I've edited the audio file and printed the QR code to access it). Gap fill activities + hidden words + vocabulary exercises.

introducing people

A listening comprehension task based on a British Council Learn English Elementary Podcast (series 1, episode 6). It's about Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and is suitable for A2/B1 students.

Frida Kahlo

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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how to accuse somebody of something in English

how to apologize, say sorry, forgive and express regret in English

how to ask for information and make inquiries in English

how to ask for something, make requests in English

how to blame somebody for something in English

how to defend yourself from criticism in English

how to deny or admit something in English

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how to emphasize important things in English

how to encourage or discourage people in English

how to evaluate people or progress in English

how to express agreement /disagreement in English

how to express approval and disapproval  in English

how to express cause and effect in English

how to express interest in something in English

how to express likelihood, probability in English

how to express likes and dislikes in English

how to express sequence and chronology in English

how to express shock and disbelief in English

how to express sympathy and condolences in English

how to give permission, authorization in English

how to inform somebody about some news in English

how to interpret what was said in English

how to keep a conversation going in English

how to make guesses about something in English

how to make, accept and refuse offers in English

how to order or make a booking in English

how to persuade, convince people in English

how to praise people and express appreciation in English

how to reassure somebody of something in English

how to refuse and object to something in English

how to remind people of something in English

how to rephrase, paraphrase what was said in English

how to say thank you, express gratitude in English

Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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54 Podcast English ESL worksheets pdf & doc