One of my ways of learning English is listening to English dialogues. However, now I find everyday conversations most preferable (you know, for example between a postman and a person he has a letter for, a car mechanic and a person who wants to have his or her's car repaired, and so on). I feel I really need English for everyday situations. Therefore, I'm looking for audio dialogues of this sort. Do you know any books or sites where you can find dialogues like these? Ah, I know ello.org, but it's not what I'm exactly looking for now.
Dear Nanu,
I think that you should try this website. Here it is:
Hope this helps.
Hi, I am a native American English speaker and I just tried these 5 websites. I thought you might be interested in my quick review!
ello.org
Positives: Easiest to use, easy to play and find conversations. Modern language. Many conversations. The most authentic-sounding conversations. I think that even Level 2 is fairly advanced English.
Negatives: Talk too fast for learning. These just seem to be interviews on various subjects. Instead of using a planned script, I think they created the written dialog afterwards.
Positives: Very many dialogs, easy to choose one. Easy to play.
Negatives: They talk too fast. I could not find the scripts, the written dialog, this was the only website without. The worst part: the language sounds like the 1960's, pretty funny! You don't hear expressions like 'elbow grease' and 'going steady' and 'mooch' any more.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/
This is the only one in British English and British accents.
Positives: Many dialogs.
Negatives: The dialog is very casual. They speak too fast. The conversations I listened to were very short, and trivai, not very interesting to me!
Positives: Speak slowly and clearly. Modern language, at least 1990s. Conversations are long. I rate this one the best.
Negatives: You have to open a new window for the dialog. Fewer dialogs, and not organized very well.
Positives: Easy to play. They speak slowly, but unnaturally slowly sometimes.
Negatives: This one annoyed me. The beginning starts with introduction, then music, then more introduction - wasting a minute or two! The few I tried were mostly just one person reading a story. Not a dialog between two people.
ok hope that helps! -phil
Arash, you're veering away from the subject, but I think your comment gives me an opportunity to put in my two cents’ worth in the topic of learning English through watching movies. I try not to watch movies at all, also in my native language, because I've come to the conclusion that they ruin my imagination, weaken my willpower and generally worsen my brain performance... But, when they are being used to learning English, I think it's not the most effective way, because the visual aspect of a movie gives your atention away from the language. You know, when you read for example, you're totally preoccupied with the language. However, on the other hand, there are visual learners, so maybe you belong to them...
Try some english movies with subtitles, trust me its what I have tried. I am sure you gonna like it....:)
