For English listening practice using radio and podcasts, go to this post.
In addition, here are some movies with language that should be fairly easy to listen to.
I have checked the DVDs of these movies. They all have either closed captioning or English subtitles. (Closed captioning can be accessed through your televion. To turn on subtitles, use the DVD menu language options.)
You should be able to rent most of these movies at a local video rental store, or buy them online at places like Amazon.com or Deepdiscount.com. You can find information about these movies by looking them up in the Internet Movie Database.
Animated films:
- Wall-E
- Toy Story
- The Iron Giant
- Monster House
- Antz
Live action dramas:
- Titanic
- E.T.
- The Karate Kid
- Rudy
- Secondhand Lions
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
Documentaries (nonfiction):
- Encounters at the End of the World – about exploring Antarctica
- Animals Are Beautiful People – 1975 film about African animals
- Secret Yellowstone – about the U.S. national park
- March of the Penguins
- Space Station: IMAX
If you use one of these movies to practice your English listening, I would like to know your opinion!
- Was it easy to listen to?
- Did the captions or subtitles work?
- Was the movie interesting to you?
- Would you recommend the movie for other ESL students? Why or why not?
- Would you recommend a different movie?
