ELL

English Listening Lounge


Home

Passages

Studying

Study Guide

Choosing a Passage

Domains of English

Some Theory

Our Recordings

Transcription System

Our Site

System Requirements

Site Overview

What's New

General Info

FAQ

Contact Us

Help


Site Overview

   

ELL is broken down into the following pages:

 

Home

This is the first page you'll encounter when visiting the site. It offers the current ELL news and links to the passages, a study guide, information on choosing a passage, FAQ, Help, and more.

Passages

The Passages page is where the magic of learning while you listen happens! We have many different listening passages. You may filter the passages by using the Domain, Level, and Topic drop-down menu's. To choose a passage click on it's title in the filtered results, 'Choose a passage', select box. In order to listen to the choosen passage just click the play button. To see the passages questions, questions and answers, or transcript just click on the respected button (i.e. Questions, Q/A, Transcript) under the passages context graphic.

Study Guide

Our study guide offers several ELL study tips. It's a good place for a first time ELL user to start.

Choosing a Passage

This page gives an indepth look at the different passage levels. It also describes how you can tell if the level that you are choosing is right for you.

Domains of English

The Domains page provides a detailed explanation for each of the different domains of English; American English, British English, International English, Academic English, etc.

Some Theory

This page gives a theoretical explanation on how to study second language listening comprehension. It provides a simple overview of what scholars know about listening comprehension and more...

Our Recordings

Our Recordings tells how we make our recordings, about the sound quality, and the characteristics of our passages.

Transcription System

The Transcription System page describes the mains points of out transcription system. Including how we write down spoken language to still show its important characteristics.

System Requirements

Explains the neccessary system configuration and the equipement you will need to use ELL.

What's New

Is the place to go to find out the newest information on ELL.

FAQ

Go to FAQ to find the answers to some of our most common questions. It's a great place to go before requesting help because it might have the answer to your question already!

Contact Us

Provides a contact form, our toll-free telephone number, and our address.

Help

The Help page provides a help form. Just fill out the form with your information, the problem you are having, and 'Make Contact'. We will respond within 24 hours.

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