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Voice of America: Special English Programs WebsiteVoice of America: Special English Programs Website
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9th - 10th
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Voice of America: Special English Programs

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Special English is a Voice of America broadcast devoted to helping English language learners learn English. You'll find scripts of previous broadcasts, with audio files so that you can read along with programs as you listen. A revolving set of radio stories friendly to students can be accessed from the home page. This site offers search tools to find a story on a subject of interest to you. Excellent site for working on English comprehension, Engish reading skills, and English listening skills. Also includes a section with games and quizzes based on vocabulary used in Voice of America broadcasts. With links to VOA broadcast sites in other languages.

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listening comprehension, reading

Additional Tags

listening proficiency, listening skills, reading proficiency, reading skills, ell language development, ell listening comprehension, ell listening vocabulary, ell quizzes, ell reading comprehension, ell vocabulary, esl listening comprehension, esl listening vocabulary, esl reading comprehension, english language learning, english pronunciation, academic content for ell, academic content for esl, learning english

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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