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  1. Seeing Speech Streaming

    Link
    https://www.seeingspeech.ac.uk/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical
    Subject
    Biology, Languages
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    This resource has been produced for teachers and students of phonetics, lingusitics and speech therapy. A collaboration between five Scottish universities, it consists of synchronised ultrasound video, audio and 2D/3D diagrams of modelled speech and spontaneous speech, from a variety of different regions in Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Canada and New Zealand. The site’s accent chart presents a grid of words and speakers, so that users can compare how the same word is pronounced in different countries and regions.

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  2. Deutsche Welle Streaming

    Link
    https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
    Subject
    German Studies, Languages
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Producers/Broadcasters, TV/Radio listings, Web Links

    This is the website of Germany’s international broadcaster, which provides a wide range of television, radio and online services in thirty languages and is particularly strong in its coverage of culture, education and European social, political and economic matters. The Learn German page, provides access to a range of language courses, suitable for all levels, and including e-learning services, videos, audio courses and podcasts, as well as written materials and worksheets. Amongst the language resources on offer is Langsam Gesprochne Nachrichten, a series of podcasts, with accompanying transcripts, of the news being read slowly in German.

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  3. Dashkova Russian Centre Streaming

    Link
    https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/dashkova
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Languages, Russian Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    Named after one of the leading figures of the Russian Enlightenment, the Centre, which is based at the University of Edinburgh, has a number of media resources, including videos and podcasts, on aspects of Russian language, culture, history and politics, and a number of interviews with prominent Russian academics and cultural figures. The Centre also has a YouTube channel which has an archive of the proceedings of recent seminars.

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  4. Leeds Dante Podcast Streaming

    Link
    http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/40009/leeds_centre_for_dante_studies/1041/leeds_dante_podcast
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Languages, Literature
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    Produced by the Centre for Dante Studies at Leeds University, these podcasts cover key moments in Dante’s Divina Commedia, each item consisting of an analysis of a brief passage from the poem. To help provide context another group of podcasts offers a broader look at Dante’s religious thought. There is also a series of interviews with scholars and academics about recent work on Dante and reviews of recent publications. The podcasts can be freely downloaded in MP3 format and isteners can also subscribe via iTunes.

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  5. SOAS Radio Streaming

    Link
    https://soasradio.org/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Development Studies, Ethnology, Languages, Politics and Government, Social Studies
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    Hosted by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London and run by alumni, current students and staff at the School, SOAS Radio’s output is extremely varied, covering world music, culture and current affairs in some depth. The content has been divided into several categories to make it more easily searchable.

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  6. Maison Française D’Oxford Streaming

    Link
    http://www.mfo.cnrs.fr/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    French Studies, History, Languages
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting

    The Maison Française D’Oxford is a research centre associated with the University of Oxford and specialising in the humanities and social sciences. The website offers over 450 podcasts, some of which are in French and some in English, which take the form of lectures, discussions, conferences and interviews, covering literature, politics, philosophy, history, languages and the problems of translation, amongst other subjects. The podcasts can be downloaded or streamed and are free to listen to.

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  7. Learner’s TV Streaming

    Link
    https://learnerstv.org/animations
    Category
    Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
    Subject
    Astronomy, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computing, Dentistry, Economics, Engineering, General Science, Languages, Law, Literature, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, Psychiatry, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    A vast and useful site providing free downloadable video and audio lectures of entire courses from respected academic institutions from around the world including MIT, Stanford and Yale. The site is science-oriented but covers some of the Humanities too, ranging across the fields of Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine, Management and Accounting, Dentistry, Nursing, Psychology, History, Language courses, Literature, Law, Economics, Philosophy, Astronomy and Political Science. Most of the materials offered are licensed by the respective institutes under a Creative Commons licence. One of the more innovative aspects of Learner’s TV is the provision of animations for certain science subjects to help students visualise difficult or abstract concepts.

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  8. Infocobuild Streaming

    Link
    http://www.infocobuild.com/index.html
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Education, Languages, Radio Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Databases, Distributors, Footage Sources, Information Sources, Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Video Sources

    Infocobuild gathers together links to online resources that are educational and informative, such as audio/video lectures, documentary films, eBooks, and materials for learning languages, in order to facilitate individual and classroom learning.The website is a kind of directory service that allows anyone to submit a link and, after evaluation, posts it to be shared with others. The site consists of nine sections: Free Education (audio/video courses/lectures), News Media, Selected Videos (free streaming/podcasting sites), Radio Services (Internet radio stations offering art talk, music, sports news and talk, business news, local and world news), Learning Languages, Fun Brain Games, Free Software, Useful Websites, and Books and Films( films based on books, books related to films, and web documents related to the books or films).

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  9. University of Oxford Podcasts Streaming

    Link
    http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Art, Business Studies, Chemistry, Classics, Economics, Ethnology, History, Information Studies, Languages, Law, Literature, Media Studies, Medicine, Physics, Religious Studies, Social Studies, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting

    An archive of almost 3000 audio and video podcasts from Oxford University, many of which are licensed under the Creative Commons. Some of the items give information on courses and research opportunities within particular departments, but most are recordings of lectures or discussions. Examples are: a series of interviews with leading influential thinkers on bio-ethics; the John Locke lectures in philosophy; lectures from the Centenary of Engineering Science series; lectures and seminars from the Oxford Internet Institute; the Oxford Media Research seminars hosted by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

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  10. British Library: Sounds Familiar? Accents and Dialects of the UK Streaming

    Link
    https://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html
    Category
    Social Sciences
    Subject
    Geography, Languages, Social Studies
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Archives/Museums, Information Sources, Streaming/Download

    The UK is a rich landscape of regional accents and dialects, each evidence of our society’ s continuity and change, our local history and our day-to-day lives. This site captures and celebrates the diversity of spoken English in the second half of the twentieth century. You can listen to 71 sound recordings and over 600 short audio clips chosen from two collections of the British Library Sound Archive: the Survey of English Dialects and the Millennium Memory Bank. In separate sections of the site you can explore the differences that exist in spoken English as you move across the country; hear how English has changed in different parts of the country over the last fifty years; take an in-depth look at three specific varieties of contemporary English: - Received Pronunciation, Geordie Dialect, and English as spoken in the UK’s minority ethnic communities; contribute your own recordings and language investigations to the site.

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