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    ENROL YOURSELF IN THIS LISTENING COURSE AREA - CLICK HERE

    If you do not access this course area for a long time, you may be unenrolled but you can easily re-enrol yourself - just click on the above link again.

    There are many ways to practise your listening skills: 

    • resources in the LSU!
    • radio station websites
    • websites for language learners
    • news, TV and films in English
    • test practice (see the separate section on the main Independent Learning page)
    • academic websites

    STUDY TIP: Plan your study so you have a variety of types of listening. There are various resources in this Listening area. Please explore.

    For Listening Exam practice, please look in the Practice Tests section (main page of Independent Learning).

     

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      Build Your Concentration Skills Page

      - some good advice on how to develop your concentration

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      Look and Listen Sydney URL

      This site is designed to assist your English language skills by showing you where you can access free listening opportunities while learning about aspects of Sydney's heritage, government, culture and natural environment. 

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      Tips to drastically improve your English Listening! URL

      An interesting article with some great advice! Share your tips with your classmates!

    • WHAT'S NEW!

      New (or featured) items (links, activities, etc) will stay here for a short while. They will also be placed in an appropriate section, with directions here too.

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      Associated Press - Archive - Youtube Playlists URL

      AP Archive is the film and video archive of The Associated Press -- the world's largest and oldest news agency. The entire AP Archive collection is now viewable on YouTube. New material is added every day. You can also see the full collection at http://www.aparchive.com/Compilation 

       LOCATED IN THE ADVANCED/ACADEMIC LECTURES SECTION

       

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      The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars - Patrick Lin URL

      Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, they can’t completely avoid accidents altogether. How should the car be programmed if it encounters an unavoidable accident? Patrick Lin navigates the murky ethics of self-driving cars.

      LOCATED IN THE TED SECTION

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      How people rationalize fraud - Kelly Richmond Pope URL

      If you ask people whether they think stealing is wrong, most of  them would answer yes. And yet, in 2013, organizations all over the world  lost an estimated total of $3.7 trillion to fraud. Kelly Richmond Pope  explains how the fraud triangle, (developed by criminologist Donald  Cressey) can help us understand how seemingly good people can make  unethical decisions in their daily lives.

      LOCATED IN THE TED SECTION