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.
How long has the speaker been retired?
Five years
Eight years
Twelve years
One year
What did the speaker do for a living?
He was a bicycle racer.
He was a businessman.
He was a golf teacher.
He was a painter.
What does the speaker like to do best?
Stain glass
Paint
Woodwork
Play golf
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Hello, um, my name's Art.
I'm seventy-four years old and I live in a retirement community with my wife Selma.
I retired about twelve years ago from the bicycle business.
I was in the bicycle business for thirty-five years.
Twenty of the thirty-five years I ran my own business.
Uh, after I decided to sell my business, I became a draftsman.
I worked at being a draftsman for five years and then I retired.
The retirement community I live in, uh, requires that you be forty-eight years or older.
In the community I engage in many activities, oil painting, water color painting, stain glass projects.
My major activity, however, is golf.
Weather permitting, I play everyday.
We have a golf course in the community, and since I play more often than I used to before I retired, my game is improved very much.