Listening+activities+and+podcast

**LISTENING** What about using this wiki as a repository for listening activities? Here are some exercises that can help you improve your listening skills 1. Listen and watch this video

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Now, listen to a rock star talking about her daily routine. Go to [] and do the activity

2. A girl talks about her Spanish class. Go to [] and do the online exercise. 3. Two friends talk about what they need to make an apple pie. The page is []  4. Now, look at this map and listen to the instructions given in the MP3 file here below. Find the 10 places and write them on your copybook. media type="file" key="Directions_Listening.mp3" width="240" height="20"

trovare i 10 luoghi sulla cartina. Scrivi le risposte corrette sul quaderno.
 * Istruzioni:** Osserva la cartina. Ti trovi nel parcheggio. Ascolta attentamente e segui le istruzioni per

5. Another listening now. It's about families. It is on line. Click [|here] and do the activity. 6. **Troubles in using the present simple and the present continuous?** Try this funny video (to do the multiple choice test click [|here] )

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Listen to President Barack Obama's short biography media type="file" key="barack_obama.mp3" align="center" width="240" height="20"
 * 7. BIOGRAPHIES **

Now go to this [|page]for the comprehension online activity.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">8. **SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Here's a nice video for you

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">9. **DESCRIBING PEOPLE**

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Let's start with some easy dialogues. Open the link below:
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice/describing-people https://www.examenglish.com/A2/A2_listening_describing_people.htm

Now try these ones: http://thegreenchalkboard.blogspot.it/2011/05/intro-2-listening-1-describing-people.html

http://www.examenglish.com/B1/b1_listening_describing_people.htm

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.2px;">These ones are a bit difficult, but some of you can do them ;-)

http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-people.htm

http://zappenglish.com/vocabulary-describing-peoples-character

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