Listening Skills with Targeted AI Tools

  • Turns any text into natural-sounding English audio – Perfect for practicing listening with articles, PDFs, or notes.
  • Real-World Scenarios: Prepare students for practical listening situations.
  • Listen anytime, anywhere – Syncs across devices so you can practice on the go, hands-free

Speechify is a powerful text-to-speech (TTS) platform that turns written content into high-quality spoken audio. For ESL learners, it offers an excellent way to strengthen listening comprehension by providing authentic, clear, and customizable English audio.

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🧩 Why ESL Teachers Love It

•✅ Enhances comprehension and pronunciation at the same time

•✅ Easy to use for any text—from short paragraphs to full lessons

•✅ Great for independent learning or flipped classrooms

•✅ Helps differentiate instruction by learner level

🚀 What Can You Use Speechify for in the ESL Classroom?

  • 🗣 Read-Aloud Practice
    Play clear audio versions of class readings to model fluent pronunciation.
  • 🎧 Homework Listening Tasks
    Assign leveled reading + audio for students to practice at home.
  • 📚 Support for Struggling Readers
    Let lower-level students follow text with synchronized audio.
  • 🌍 Exposure to Different Accents
    Choose between American, British, and other English varieties.
  • 📥 Text-to-Audio Conversion for Any Content
    Use articles, essays, or student writing and turn them into listening tasks.

🧪 Quick Tutorial: How to Use Speechify

  1. Go to https://www.speechify.com
  2. Upload or paste your text
  3. Choose a voice, speed, and accent
  4. Click Play or Download to share with students
  5. Use it live during class or assign it as homework

Pro Tip: Use Speechify alongside tools like Diffit or Twee to create full input + output lessons.

Speechify helps ESL teachers turn any text into clear, natural audio—making reading more accessible and listening practice effortless.

(As of May 2025)

🔗 Try It Here

👉 https://www.speechify.com