Free online Audio Books and Listening Exercises

Many websites offer free online audio books which our students can download or stream to practice their English listening skills. Here are a few that we think you might enjoy.

The website ‘esl-bits.net’ provides the audio with the text to read along to.

Our Monday Book Group is currently reading:
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald.
http://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/Great.Gatsby/Ch1-1/default.html

Other Books:

The Twits, by Roald Dahl.
http://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Listening.Short.Stories/Twits/01/default.html
(you can choose fast or slow listening speed at the top of the page)

The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar, by Roald Dahl.
http://esl-bits.net/Novellas.for.ESL.Students/Henry.Sugar/01/default.html

Danny, the Champion of the World, by Roald Dahl.
http://esl-bits.net/Novellas.for.ESL.Students/Danny/01-03/design.html

Hotel for Dogs, by Lois Duncan.
http://esl-bits.net/Novellas.for.ESL.Students/Hotel.for.Dogs/01/default.html

The Blurred Man, by Antony Horowitz
http://esl-bits.net/Novellas.for.ESL.Students/Blurred/01/design.html

Holes, by Louis Sachar
http://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/Hoyo/contenu.html

The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
https://www.digitalbook.io/free-audiobook.html#!/20206ce12156b67c71d4369cc327ec08/Time%20Machine

British Council Short Stories
Big City Small World
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/big-city-small-world/series-1
Fictional series about a group of people living in London.
Each episode has the written transcript, and interactive exercises.