Listening Corner

Practice your listening skills in English, French or Spanish with our micro listening exercises.

Understanding speakers in fast, everyday speech is one of the biggest challenges that we all face when learning a new language.
Try it!

“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we speak”

Epictetus, Ancient Greek philosopher

Practice listening for free

3 Languages

1. Listen to the Audio
2. Choose a difficulty level
3. Write what you think you hear

In Listening Corner, you get instant feedback, word by word. You will know immediately if you have heard correctly, or if you made a mistake and need to listen again (or check your spelling!).

The exercises have been designed to encourage you to experiment, to keep listening and trying until you correctly understand the words you have heard. Doing this will help you to improve your listening quickly and easily.

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The English Corner

Try your knowledge!

Level 1

Lisa describes the city where she lives
Ⓒ created by Chris Bargery

Level 2

Mike talks to musician friend Michael about his job

Mike is talking to musician friend and composer Michael about how he makes music for films.

Ⓒ created by Chris Bargery

Level 3

Scottish accent 

 

Ⓒ created by Chris Bargery
Photo by 🇸🇮 Janko Ferlič on Unsplash

French Connection

Try your knowledge!

Level 1

Paul invites his friend somewhere
Ⓒ created by Chris Bargery

Level 2

What does Eileen say about her work? Listen out for French time construction “for” (since)

I’m a teacher of foreign languages and I’ve been teaching French for 5 years.

Ⓒ created by Chris Bargery

Level 3

Hugo from Inner French Podcast explains diet habits in certain countries
In certain countries, people are proud to say they follow a diet because it shows they make an effort to keep in shape.
Ⓒ created by Chris Bargery
Photo by 🇸🇮 Janko Ferlič on Unsplash

Spanish Corner

Try your knowledge!

Level 1

Level 2

Pablo describes his daily routine. Listen carefully
Ⓒ created by Chris Bargery

Level 3

Sandra says why she didn’t do something. Listen out for the Spanish subjunctive!
Ⓒ created by Chris Bargery