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__June2019Randall'sESLCyberListeningLab,Copyright1998-2019,Page1www.
esl-lab.
comRandallS.
Davis(rdavis@esl-lab.
com)Description:Randall'sESLCyberListeningLabisanonline,multimedialisteningWebsitedesignedtohelpESOLstudentsimprovetheirlisteningcomprehensionskillsinEnglish.
IthasalsobeenusedwidelyintheUSbythehearingimpairedwithcochlearimplants.
Theuseoftheonlineactivitiesiscompletelyfreeandrequiresnologin.
Studentsandteachersfromover150countrieshavevisitedthesitesince1998.
Background:LabfirstestablishedinJapanasanindependenteducationalprojectandiscurrentlybeingdevelopedinUtah,USA.
Theoriginalideaforthelabstartedfromwhenfewlisteningmaterialsexistedonlinespecificallydesignedforlanguagelearners.
Allofthematerials,includingthetranscripts,questions,activities,andaudio/video,arecreatedandrecordedbyRandallandhissupportteam(basically,familyandfriends).
Features:Themobile-responsivesiteworkswellonsmartphones,laptops,anddesktopcomputers.
Over300originallearningquizzesandactivitiescoverbotheverydaylanguagetopics(e.
g.
,makinginvitations,checkingintoahotel,buyingausedcar,etc.
)aswellasinterviews,newsbroadcasts,andsimulatedTVandradioprograms.
Alargeselectionofculturevideosthathelplearnersexploretopicsinavisualway.
Useofadultandchildren'svoiceswithdifferentconversationalstylesandnaturalspeechthathasnotbeenoverlysimplifiedforthelanguagelearners.
Contentcanbeusedforclassroominstructionorindividuallearning.
Listeningquizzesareorganizedaccordingtolevelbasedontopic,vocabulary,rateofspeech.
Pre-,Listening,andPost-listeningActivitiessupportandbuildoneachlisteningquizformorelearningexperience.
OnlineInvestigationsActivitiesencouragelearnerstousetheinformationfromeachactivitytofurthertheirknowledgeandthinkingskillsinresearchingatopiconline.
June2019Randall'sESLCyberListeningLab,Copyright1998-2019,Page2HowtoUsetheSite:Thesiteisdesignedforbothdesktopandmobiledevices.
Thelisteningareorganizedbylevelortopiconthemainpage.
Selectacategoryfromthemainpage.
Pre-ListeningExercises:Eachlisteningactivityprovidesdetailsonthelevelofdifficulty,thetopic,andthespeakersforthequiz.
ThesedetailsarefollowedbyaPre-ListeningExercisetohelplearnersthinkaboutthetopicandmakepredictionsbeforetheylistentotheconversation.
June2019Randall'sESLCyberListeningLab,Copyright1998-2019,Page3ListeningExercises:Learnersanswerseveralmultiple-choicequestionsandareencouragedtoreadthesebeforelisteningtotherecording.
Thequestionsaredesignedtoassessthelearner'sunderstandingofmainideas,inferences,prediction,causeandeffectrelationships,andcomprehensionofdetailslikenumbersanddates.
Immediatefeedbackisgivenforeachquestion(correctorincorrect),andlearnerswillseethetranscriptoftheconversationthatrevealsdetailstotheanswer.
MediaFiles:ThemediafilesareinMP3andMP4formatsthatplaydirectlyinyourcomputerormobilebrowserwithouttheneedforanyadditionalsoftwareapplication.
Post-ListeningandOnlineInvestigationExercises:Thissectionprovidestopicsofdiscussionthatencouragelearnerstosharetheirideas,experiences,andopinionswithclassmatesbyusingthevocabulary,expressions,andgrammarfoundintheconversation.
Furthermore,theseexercisesincludeonlineinvestigationtaskswherestudentsusetheInternettocollect,compare,andreportoninformationtheyfind.
Thus,ratherthanjustmemorizinginformationfromtheactivitythroughsimpledrill-and-practiceexercises,thestudentisnowgivenopportunitiestocreatetotallynewlanguagebasedonwhattheyhavelearned.
ListeningTranscripts:Learnersalsohavetheoptionofreadingthetranscriptoftheconversationasthelistenalongwiththerecording.
Keyvocabularywordsthroughouttheconversationarehighlightedinbold.