oCoder Education - English listening Audios are suitable for learners with different levels of English. Here are some ways to make them easier (if you have a lower level of English) or more difficult (if you have a higher level of English).
You can choose one or two of these suggestions – you don't have to follow all of them!
Making it easier
Read all the exercises before you listen to the audio.
Look up the words in the exercises that you don't know or don't understand in a dictionary.
Play the audio as many times as you need.
Play each part of the audio separately.
Answer all questions in the exercise.
Read the transcript after you have listened to the audio.
Making it harder
Listen to the audio before you read the exercises.
Only play the audio once before answering the questions.
Play the whole audio without a break.
Don't read the transcript.
Now, listen to the audio and do the exercises on the following tabs.
If you do not complete all the question, you can play the audio again.
After that, read the dialog to make sure that you understand all word in the audio.
1. What month or season do you think it is in this dialog?
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring
2. What did Mark do over the summer vacation?
Traveled to Europe
Played in a basketball league
Worked at a restaurant
Stayed home and watched TV
3. Why did Nicole drop out of school?
She was depressed and needed a break
Her mother got sick and needed time to take care of her
She got a job offer that she couldn't refuse
She finished school early
4. How many University years has Stacy completed?
1
2
3
4
4
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A: "Hi Mark." B: "Oh, hi Stacy." A: "How was your summer vacation?" B: "I worked over the summer at a restaurant. Have to make tuition money right? What did you do?" A: "I took summer school. I withdrew from two of my classes last year so I wanted to make them up." B: "So are you officially a junior now?" A: "Yeah. And I have 5 credits to spare. I only needed to take 10 credits over the summer, but I took 15 because the price was the same." B: "That makes sense. So where is Nicole?" A: "She dropped out of school completely." B: "Really? Why?" A: "She worked at a startup company as an intern and since the business did well, they asked her if she wanted to work full time." B: "Wow. She's so lucky. She doesn't have a degree and she already has a job." A: "It sounds good now, but I'm traditional. I want the degree, so I wouldn't have accepted the offer." B: "Do you know how much they are paying her?" A: "I don't know. But I bet it must have been a good offer, or she wouldn't have accepted it."