Internet Links (Listening)

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http://www.visit4info.com/

TV ads to watch. Click away Quicktime popup with “later”.

http://www.channel4.com/news/special-reports/broadband_video.html

Channel 4 news - currently the best source of British tv news on the web

http://news.bbc.co.uk

Video and audio news in bottom right-hand corner

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/

“Click Online”, BBC TV’s technology and lifestyle programme

http://languages.ntu.ac.uk/student_staff/resources/lrc/English/activities/NewsWorksheet/newsworksheet.htm

TV listening practice in the DICe Language Resource Centre

BBC Radio 4 programmes past and present are available to listen to on:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/atoz/

This is a really excellent source of online programmes.

From this page, you can listen to short stories by visiting “Book at Bedtime” and “Book of the Week”:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/book_at_bedtime.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/book_of_the_week.shtml

On this page, try clicking on “In Business”: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/index.shtml

e.g the programme about “Body Talk” (Summer 2005 series) or various programmes about China’s economy

See also BBC World Service’s “Off The Shelf”:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/off_the_shelf.shtml