Listen to News with Tara Benwell - Instructions:
1. Preview the vocabulary and read the gapfill text.
2. Play the news report and try to fill in the blanks.
3. Answer the comprehension questions by writing full sentences.
4. Use the discussion question to write an essay or discuss the story with other students.
5. Click "show Answers" to see the full text.
6. Pretend to be a news anchor by reading each story out loud.

16 comments

• Sivasankar Sakthivel says:
  

  good job guys,this kind of activities help me to learn english quickly

• shamsy says:
  

  it is a long time that I didn’t t study English. I have decided to follow your news every week regularly. I like this news, they help me a lot.thank you Tara

• OSMAN says:
  

  REALLY VERY GREAT SIDE FOR LEARNING ENGLISH.

  THANKS A LOT .

• Imi says:
  

  Hope this dramatic story gives a good experience for teachers and managers not send teams or tenagers to these kinds of places to put families and people around of the world under stressful situation.
  In our culture there is a good proverb that it says ” Donkeys never pass a place that they had bad experience of passing there.” Though, i wish it gives a good experience to all of us.
  Cheers all
  imi

• Alberto says:
  

  I think people explore caves because most of us love adventures. Unfortunately, I am not so brave to explore a cave.
  Another dangers could be the stranger animals who live in dark places like caverns.

  Mario, we see eye to eye. Listening podcasts are useful in order to improve our listening skills. I think it is more interesting to listen to podcasts related to current news (like Tara’s)..

• Patricia says:
  

  Hi Tara
  Its the first day I have access at this chat. It was a great surprise I’m very impress with the school. Congrats!

• Imi says:
  

  Hi, all
  I was sure they would be saved and survived without any problem because the creature of this universe never let innocent people in that age die like that.
  Thanks for your notification

• Tu says:
  

  It’s very happy to hear the good news! All members of the team are still strong with little problems.
  But taking them out of flooded caves is a very difficult! The King of Thailand has decided to rescue the team as soon as possible. However, some experts say that the boys even have to stay in flooded caves for 4 months till the water runs out at the dry season! But now, the Navy SEAL divers are training them how to dive through the flooded caves. I don’t know if it is extremely dangerous for them because all of the children can not swim.
  Hope everything going well!

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

  It’s the very good news that the teens and their coach have been found alive. I watched them and their families on the BBC news. The families were so happy and hopeful.

  It has been said that it takes four months getting the group out of the cave.

  I hope 90% that the teens and their coach to get out the cave soon,

  Bijan

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

  It’s the very good news that the teens and their coach have been found alive. I watched them and their families on the BBC news. The families were so happy and hopeful.

  It has been said that it takes four months getting the group out of the cave.

  I hope 90% that the teens and their coach to get out the cave soon.
  Bijan

• Tara Benwell says:
  

  The teens and their coach have been found alive after 10 days of being trapped in the caves! However, getting the boys out of the caves is going to be a very difficult task.

• Bijan says:
  

  WOW!

  The Good News.
  The Good News.

  Now, I read on the news that all Thai teens and their coach have been rescued.

  Oh! My God!
  I’m so happy. Thank you too.

  Teacher Tara,
  I’m sure your prayers and your learners’ prayers also helped for rescuing the group.

  If you would like to have the link, please tell me.

  Bijan from the Persian Gulf

• Imi says:
  

  Hi Tara
  That’s right. One of the challenging part of learning any languages is Listening but another most important thing is Speaking. Because most of institute teachers are chatter-Box and all students just listening and people can find something for listening and no partner for speaking fortunately you gather some questions after listening part for expressing our ideas that they are very useful and i appreciate for these task a lot

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

  First, I’m so sorry for the bad news, but I hope to be a chance for rescuing them yet even if 10%.

  Second, I could understand the audio news without seeing the text, but I feel you have said the audio news faster than before because I listened to it more than 15 times and I had the problem for understanding some words.

  Third, I could fill in the blanks all words, but it looks like there is a type mistake in the first text because before the word “rainfall” there is an empty space while in the second text there is not any new word for the empty space.

  If I’m incorrect, please you tell me.

  Teacher Tara,

  In my opinion, listening is the most difficult part of English language.
  I’m surprised a baby how can it understand its mom so fast without knowing grammar or reading?

  I guess, if I would be in UK or the USA or Canada I would learn listening and speaking very faster than now.

  Teacher Tara,

  Thank you for helping the learners in the best way.

  Best wishes and have a great time in nice Canada,
  Bijan from the Persian Gulf

• Mario says:
  

  I like this resource. As a a teacher we weclome this help. What do you think about, teachers?

• Imi says:
  

  Dear Benwell
  That is the best site i have ever seen on internet to help people to learn English.
  It’s very direct and practical for all levels who like to learn english and not access to teachers or institute in their area.
  Thanks
  Imi