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. Where is the conversation taking place?
In an apartment
At a friends house
At the dormitory
In the classroom
2. Where is Ontario?
In Canada
In Washington State
In California
In Texas
3. Select the statement that is true about which state this dialog is occuring?
Not mentioned, but definitely not in Washington
Not mentioned, but definitely not in California
Not mentioned, but definitely not in Texas
It is definitely in California
4. From the dialog, what indicates that they will be good roommates?
They both come from the same state
They are both freshman
They are both night people
They both enjoy drinking
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A: "Hi. My name is Jack." B: "Hey Jack. I'm Seth." A: "It's nice to meet you." B: "Looks like we're going to be roommates." A: "Yeah." B: "So where are you from?" A: "I'm from Tacoma. How about you?" B: "I'm from Ontario." A: "In Canada?" B: "No. It's in California. It's a smaller city in southern California." A: "So what made you come here?" B: "I wanted to go to a different state." A: "I see. Hey, if you don't mind, I took this side of the room." B: "No problem. They look the same to me." A: "Are you a morning person or a night person." B: "I'm a night person." A: "That's great. So am I. I like to sleep in the morning." B: "That should work out well then."