Unscripted ESL and Business Podcasts

If you are looking for Unscripted ESL and/or Business Podcasts, check these sites. Most offer transcripts and are excellent resources for listening comprehension and vocabulary activities.

• English Meeting
• Business English Pod
• BetterAtEnglish.com
• Podfeed.net

Check this directory for more ESL podcasts: Shambles.net

Suggested Activities

1. Use these podcasts to teach/practice idiomatic expressions, vocabulary words, and pragmatic norms of the target language.
2. Listen or have students listen to particular sounds, rhythm patterns, intonation contours and practice them. As most of these sites offer transcripts, these recordings are excellent resources for practicing and improving pronunciation in private.