ESL web resources

Speaking & Listening

American RadioWorks Documentaries – A valuable resource for English language learners. Listen to National Public Radio broadcasts and read the transcripts.

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/documentaries.php

American Rhetoric: Top 100 speeches of the 20th century. – Audio and transcripts of significant speeches and events in American history, including speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and JFK.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html

History and Politics Out Loud – Audio and transcripts of American speeches, similar to above entry. This website is searchable by speaker and date, but may not be as technologically current.

http://www.hpol.org/

The Moonlit Road – Listen and read along to ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South, told by the region's most celebrated storytellers. Storytelling is an American tradition, and these stories are not necessarily true. They are broadcasts from satellite radio.

www.themoonlitroad.com/

English Trailers.com. A free website that uses movie commercials to study English.

www.english-trailers.com/