Download - Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

Medium Level
This collection contains 20 recordings
from Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening
Lab, and each file has been prepared
in MP3 format for use on portable
MP3 audio players or a computer.
This collection allows individual
learners and teachers to download
and install the collection on a single
media device (e.g., MP3 player or
CD) and computer at a time. The
listening activities (quizzes and
transcripts) for each media file can be
printed from www.esl-lab.com.
Start your learning today.
Randall Davis
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
www.esl-lab.com

Randall’s MP3 English Listening Collection
Randall’s MP3 English Listening
Collection, Medium Level
Purpose of Materials:
Although the use of the Internet grows daily,
teachers and learners are constantly
seeking new options for extending their
learning beyond the traditional computer.
At the same time, many companies are
producing portable media devices (e.g.,
MP3 players) to accommodate people’s
busy lifestyles so they can listen to music,
news, and other programs on the go.
Now, www.esl-lab.com is making available
its exciting media files in MP3 audio format
for learners and teachers who want to make
use of the online listening materials now in
an on-the-go format or for the classroom.
That is, users can download the MP3 audio
files, install them on a computer and
portable media player, and practice their
English any place or time are without the
need of an Internet connection.
The benefits of this collection include:
1. simulated real-life situations on a
variety of interesting topics
2. natural speech from adults and
children to expose learners to a
wide variety of language usage
The quiz pages, transcripts, and other
associated activities for each media file are
still online, and the user can simply print the
pages from the Website. This ensures that
you have the most updated version of the
text.
How to Obtain the Collection:
This collection is available to those who
support and donate to www.esl-lab.com.
Donations also help cover the expenses of
production and downloads. You can donate
and download the files from this site.
Terms of Use:
The holder of this collection is entitled to an
Individual License that allows the person to:
1. Download the package of media files
and install them on one single computer
and one single media device (e.g., CD,
MP3 player) at any given time. Refer to
your computer OP, software, or MP3
player manual for specifications on how
to do this since each system is different.
2. Print the associated Webpages for each
media file from www.esl-lab.com, for
yourself (as a learner) or for your
students (as a teacher). See page 4 for
sample uses within the terms of use.
The media files are Copyright © 1998-2005
by Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
(www.esl-lab.com). UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE USER GIVEN
PERMISSION TO COPY, REENGINEER,
DISTRIBUTE, RESELL, EMBED IN OTHER
MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS, OR POST
THE MP3 AUDIO FILES ON ANOTHER
WEBSITE.
We ask you to support intellectual property
and Randall’s site by respecting these terms.
A separate license must be purchased from
www.esl-lab.com for the following purposes:
• installing media files on multiple
computers, a local area network,
multiple CDs, or on another Website
• embedding the files in a multimedia
application
• including the files as part of a textbook
• adding the audio files to listening
comprehension tests for learners at
schools or companies
• using the files to demonstrate software
applications or other hardware
technologies (e.g., mobile phones, etc.)
Contact the site for complete details.
The files in this special collection include the
following (and are found in this order in the
package your download) :
1. A Story to Remember
2. Christmas is Coming!
3. Dinner Time
4. First Date
5. First Day of Class
6. Good Old Blues
7. Haven't We Met Before?
8. Holiday Traditions
9. Internet Access
10. Just a Haircut, Please
11. Making Invitations
12. Orientation Meeting
13. Party Time!
14. Pizza Delivery
15. Show Times
16. Taped Library Tour
17. Taxi Ride
18. Traffic Ticket
19. Utah Travel Ad
20. Weekly Activities
Visit www.esl-lab.com, download the
collection, and start your learning now.

Randall’s MP3 English Listening Collection
Suggested Lesson Structure
The audio files in this collection can be heard in any order, but learners and teachers can follow
this list, based on the general topic of each recording. You can go to the main site, www.esllab.com,
find the activities listed below, and then print out the associated pages.
Time
(min, secs)
01:39
00:46
01:17
01:22
02:10
01:16
02:24
01:38
01:25
01:20
01:24
01:25
02:10
00:44
02:50
01:42
01:09
01:40
02:45
01:56
-- Haven’t We Met Before?
www.esl-lab.com/small/smallrd1.htm
-- Party Time!
www.esl-lab.com/party/partrd1.htm
-- First Day of Class
www.esl-lab.com/class/clasrd1.htm
-- Taped Library Tour
www.esl-lab.com/library/librd1.htm
-- Weekly Activities
www.esl-lab.com/week/weekrd1.htm
Title Content
-- First Date
www.esl-lab.com/dating/datingrd1.htm
-- Making Invitations
www.esl-lab.com/invite/inviterd1.htm
-- Taxi Ride
www.esl-lab.com/taxi1/taxird1.htm
-- Traffic Ticket
www.esl-lab.com/police/policerd1.htm
-- Good Old Blues
www.esl-lab.com/music/musicrd1.htm
-- Show Times
www.esl-lab.com/show/showrd1.htm
-- Dinner Time
www.esl-lab.com/cook/cookrd1.htm
-- Pizza Delivery
www.esl-lab.com/pizza/pizzard1.htm
-- Internet Access
www.esl-lab.com/access/accessrd1.htm
-- Just a haircut, please
www.esl-lab.com/cut/cutrd1.htm
-- Utah Travel Ad
www.esl-lab.com/visit/visitrd1.htm
-- Christmas is Coming!
www.esl-lab.com/santa/santard1.htm
-- Holiday Traditions
www.esl-lab.com/tradition/traditionrd1.htm
-- A Story to Remember
www.esl-lab.com/story1/story1.htm
-- Orientation Meeting
www.esl-lab.com/time/timerd1.htm
Introductions and People
Education
Daily Activities
Relationships
Transportation
Entertainment
Food
The Media
Daily Living
Travel
Customs and Holidays
Personal Experiences
Business Meeting and Schedules

Randall’s MP3 English Listening Collection
Ideas for Using the Media Files
The following ideas will illustrate how teachers and students can use the media files appropriately
within the Terms of Use of the Individual License for offline learning:
Learner:
1. Download the files. You are allowed to put these files on one media device (e.g., audio
CD, MP3 player etc.), and at the same time, have them installed on a portable MP3
player or on your computer. The files will play equally as well on your computer using any
application that handles MP3 files. You cannot copy and distribute to other students.
2. Decide on the listening activity you want to practice. You can use the lesson outline on
page 3 as a guide, or you can listen to them in any order you choose.
3. Go to the specific listening activity at www.esl-lab.com using the URLs listed on page 3.
4. Print the Webpages for the activity.
5. Review the Pre-Listening exercise for each activity and complete any suggested tasks.
This will help you improve your familiarity and language skills associated with the
listening topic. Too often, students jump into a listening activity before preparing
themselves adequately, and they experience frustration because they do not understand.
Thus, previewing the Pre-Listening exercise will help prepare you to achieve your
comprehension goals.
6. Answer the five multiple-choice questions in the Listening Section of the activity. These
questions often focus on understanding main ideas, pinpointing specific details, drawing
conclusions, and making inferences.
7. Do the Post-Listening exercises. Focus on building your speaking skills in more
unstructured situations.
8. Study the key vocabulary on the Script page. Try to create your own sample sentences
using these words. Be sure to think of situations in which you would actually use the
vocabulary. It is not very helpful to memorize words that you will probably never use
again. Consider writing these words down in a small notebook you can quickly review
while traveling, for example, to and from school or work.
Teacher:
1. Download the files. You are allowed to put these files on one media device (e.g., audio
CD, MP3 player etc.), and at the same time, have them installed on a portable MP3
player or on your computer. This will give you several options for playing them to your
students. You are note allowed to make multiple copies of the files for the students and
either distribute them via CD copies, email, Websites, or any other transmission method,
but you may purchase a multiple-user license.
2. Make as many paper copies as you need of the Webpages for any listening activity and
distribute these to your students. In other words, you can play the MP3 audio file on a CD
player or computer, and the students can listen and do the exercises for that activity.
3. Follow the other suggested activities as found above in the Student section. Make the
most of each activity by extending students’ learning beyond the suggested Post-
Listening exercises. The more students learn how to use language in extemporaneous
situations, the more comfortable and confident students will become.