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Use these audios to practice skimming (listen several times and then try to explain in your own words what the episode is about) and to practice Self-Dictations... use them to take dictations of certain sentences you understand well.
From BBC International Radio (UK) - the Weekender - listen and read about some vocabulary
Politeness (6 min)
Clubbing
The Tube
London life every Wednesday!
Moments of Science: 2-minute programs by the Indiana University (Real Player audio + scripts).
Earth on the Move
Your Dog's Got Mail
Purring
Slicing Up Language 2
Brain in Love
Sleep 1 & 2
Air Turbulence
Fasten Your Seatbelt
Hurricanes in California?
US American Radios
Current Affairs
In NY, "horror stories" and Halloween (NPR - US American accent + Sri Lankan accent) Listen and summarize
On gay marriage (from an NPR interview)
GQ explains why he chooses to rap about violence
Niloofar Shahmohammadi shares what it's like to be a Muslim in the Midwest
On the differences between cities and developing connections in new places
Free Alternative Radio mp3 downloads on varios topics.
Free samples (6 min):
Noam Chomsky on War Crimes & Imperial Fantasies
Angela Davis on Radical Multiculturalism
Michael Moore on Stupid White Men
Naomi Klein on Debacle in Iraq