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.

3 comments

• Sylvie ROCCA says:
  

  Hi,

  Thank you.

  On the whole I understand the text when I hear.

  I could hear “cup” instead of “camp” but with the context, I guessed it was the word “camp”. But, I can’t hear the letter “m” in the word “camp”.

  So for me, this kind of listening exercise is very interesting.

• Bijan says:
  

  Hi Tara,

  First, thank you for this week’s news report.

  Second, I could understand the text without seeing it, but couldn’t fill in the blanks the words:
  clearly, camp and argued.

  I’m surprised why cannot I hear the easy words like “clearly” and “camp”?

  Third, I think this week’s subject is about people who are like me because I thought before that I only hear words completely different, but now I see many people have the same problem on the Internet.

  Fourth, you have said in the news report that some scientists suggest that those in the “yanny” camp hear higher frequencies.

  If it’s the best way, how can we improve our listening for hearing on higher frequencies?

  I don’t know about the above subject, maybe, it’s different from one person to other person.

  Teacher Tara,

  English listening is the most difficult part of English language for me.

  Dear Mr.Josef sent me a secret about this subject:
  Listen, listen, listen…..

  Thank you so much and have a great weekend in nice Canada,

  Bijan from the Persian Gulf

• DAVID MARTIN says:
  

  I’m a proactive English student and I teach English to some relatives.