Many people love to read books, but not many have time to read. Therefore, we offer a selection of 9 sites with the best audiobooks in English for children and adults. All resources are free and do not require registration, so now there are no obstacles between you and your favorite work.
1.Librophile.com
One of the largest and most popular sites with audiobooks in English. There are both free resources (the “Free” tab) and paid audio recordings (the “Buy” tab). Each chapter of all books is recorded as a separate audio track. You can listen to books on the website online, or you can download them to your computer or smartphone completely free of charge. The quality of the recordings is mostly above average. Native speakers speak at an average pace; unfortunately, there are no texts for books.
2.Voicesinthedark.com
Another well-known site with audiobooks in English, but with texts. On the main page you will see a menu where you can select your favorite genre. Any work can be downloaded for free or listened to directly on the website. The main advantage of this resource is that for each audiobook you will find the text of the work, it is located under the links to the audio recordings. Therefore, if it is still difficult for you to perceive speech by ear without supporting text, we advise you to opt for this resource.
3. Freeclassicaudiobooks.com
The content of this site fully corresponds to its name: audiobooks in English belonging to classical literature are presented here in free access. There are few works presented on the site, but this resource still deserves attention. Each book is divided into chapters, you can listen to them online on the website or download for free. The quality of the audio tracks is above average, native speakers read the books at an average pace, but, again, there are no texts for the recordings.
4. Free-audio-books.co.uk
Another wonderful resource that will appeal to lovers of classical works. All audiobooks are divided by genre, so you can immediately choose your favorite type of literature. The works are divided into chapters, each of which is recorded as a separate audio file. Books can be listened to online on the website or downloaded for free. There are no texts for the works on the site, but the classics are easy to find freely available on the Internet, so to make it easier to understand English by ear, you can find the text of the work and use it in parallel with the audio recording.
5. Audiobooktreasury.com
A site that has both paid and free audiobooks in English. To choose a free book, go to the “Free Audio Books” section and select your favorite genre. There are quite a few books on the site, but there are no texts for them. But there are fascinating classical and modern works. All books are divided into chapters, each of which can be downloaded separately or listened to directly on the website.
6. Robertmunsch.com
Audiobooks in English for children, read by Robert Munsch. The children's writer voices his own fairy tales. This author’s diction is good, so it will be quite easy to understand him, although to an unprepared listener Mansch’s intonation may seem exotic, the author very vividly strives to show us the emotions of the heroes of fairy tales! Any work can be downloaded for free or listened to online.
7. Podiobooks.com
One of the most popular resources where you can find free modern audiobooks in English. The works presented here are mainly by not very well-known authors. The books have been read by professional speakers, so it will be quite easy to understand them; besides, modern literature is not difficult to understand: there are almost no archaisms or words rarely used in speech. The works are divided into chapters, they can be downloaded for free, or you can listen online.
8. Miettecast.com
On this site you will find a selection of free audiobooks by English-language and domestic authors. If you have long wanted to listen to Chekhov or Dostoevsky in English, then this is the place for you. Any audiobook can be downloaded for free, or you can listen online. To download a recording, right-click on the “Play” icon of the player and select the “Save Audio As” menu item. There are no texts for the entries on the site, so if necessary, you will have to look for them on the Internet.
9. Asbook.net
Russian-language site with audiobooks in English. Easy to navigate, the recordings are laid out according to the same principle as on English-language sites: the work is divided into chapters, each of which can be listened to separately. You can listen to the book online, or you can download it to your computer. In addition, on the site you can choose an interesting work, focusing on its rating, as well as user reviews. By the way, before downloading, be sure to look at the comments to the book: some people write what level of knowledge the work is suitable for, and also indicate whether the recording is of high quality on the site.
We hope you enjoy listening to audiobooks in English and have added a couple of useful bookmarks. Listen to a fascinating text, train your listening comprehension skills in English, and just have fun listening. We wish you a pleasant time!
02
Jun
2017
German without difficulty today (Schneider Hilde)
Author: Schneider Hilde
Year of manufacture: 2005
Genre: Audio course
Publisher: Petit Fute
Performed by: Schneider Hilde
Duration: 02:57:02
Language: German, Russian
Description: Assimil is one of the most complete and effective methods of language learning, successfully used all over the world for more than 75 years. The variety of real life situations with an appropriate set of modern vocabulary and a carefully thought-out, gradual presentation of grammatical material make the process of mastering oral and written language as effective and exciting as possible, allowing you to avoid cramming...
06
Jan
2017
English Cafe (Dr. Jeff McQuillan)
Format: audiobook, MP3, 64kbps
Author: Dr. Jeff McQuillan
Year of manufacture: 2008
Genre: Educational
Publisher: US Center for Educational Development
Artist: Jeff McQuillian
Duration: 79:37:05
Description: This material is intended for those who are learning English and want to diversify their conversational language, find out what words and phrases are used in conversations on various topics. The topics of the lessons are very diverse and concern almost all aspects of the life of a modern person. The level of knowledge for comfortable listening to audio lessons (podcasts) is intermediate. The distribution includes all...
29
Oct
2016
Spanish for beginners. Aventuras Para 3 Series: El Secreto de la Cueva (Alonso Santamarina)
Author: Alonso Santamarina
Year of manufacture: 2009
Genre: Adventure
Publisher: Edelsa
Duration: 00:45:20
Description: If you are completely new to learning Spanish, then this audiobook will be useful. Part of the Aventuras Para 3 series. The first book in this series is presented here - El Secreto de la Cueva. The book tells the story of the adventures of three friends. Accompanied by a pdf file where you can find the text of the audiobook for greater understanding.
15
Apr
2016
How to learn foreign languages (Shipilova Elena)
Format: audiobook, MP3, 128kbps
Author: Shipilova Elena
Year of manufacture: 2016
Genre: Audio course
Publisher: DIY Audiobook
Performer: Elena Shipilova
Duration: 10:31:15
Description: The author of 10 books and courses in 17 foreign languages, Elena Shipilova (speakasap.com), presents her new book “How to Learn Foreign Languages.” The book answers the questions: - how to learn words - which words to learn first - how long will it take you to start speaking - how to organize your learning in our busy time - how to work with pronunciation - where to start learning a foreign language - what...
12
Mar
2015
Self-instruction manual of Oral Chinese (Alexander Dragunkin)
Format: audiobook, MP3, 320kbps
Author: Alexander Dragunkin
Year of manufacture: 2013
Genre: Audio course
Publisher: ANDRA-S
Performer: Alexander Dragunkin, Kirill Kotkov
Duration: 04:55:15
Description: This book, written using the unique method of A.N. Dragunkin, is the most effective tool for self-studying oral Chinese from scratch to the ability to express any of your thoughts and desires at a good level. Designed for a wide range of students without age restrictions. At the end of the publication there is a reference section, which includes a dictionary of 1800 words, as well as a variety of...
29
Apr
2014
Pimsleur - English for Russian speakers (3 audiobooks of 30 chapter-lessons each) + 21 reading lessons (Dr.Pimsleur)
Format: audiobook, AAC, 32kbps
Author: Dr.Pimsleur
Year of manufacture: 2001
Genre: Educational literature
Duration: 46:39:28
Description: No textbooks! No cramming! Just listen and talk! This is one of the most popular audio courses. You'll be shocked to find that you can hold a real conversation in English after these thirty 30 minute lessons. Pimsleur language programs are the only form of language learning that includes an original, patented memory training technique that ensures you remember what you learn. He...
29
Apr
2014
French at the Wheel (Annick Lerognon)
Format: audiobook, MP3, 96 kbps
Author: Annick Lerognon
Year of manufacture: 2009
Genre: Educational literature
Publisher: Methodology, Kyiv
Duration: 04:10:12
Description: Langenscheidt French while driving: - An ideal audio course for self-study of French. - While driving a car, at work, on a trip or at home, you can quickly and effectively deepen or renew your knowledge - Six lessons with fascinating dialogues, vocabulary intensive and varied exercises will help you remember the most common words and expressions without much effort - Corresponds to the A2 European level. ..
28
Apr
2014
English for Russian speakers. Pimsleur Method Level 1 (Dr. Paul Pimsleur)
Format: audiobook, MP3, 32kbps
Author: Dr. Paul Pimsleur
Year of manufacture: 2005
Genre: Educational literature
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Duration: 15:54:27
Description: Pimsleur method. Today, this is the only method of learning English based on the author's, patented and internationally recognized memory training technique, the use of which provides a one hundred percent guarantee of deep memorization of everything you study. The entire audio course is designed for 15 hours of independent study sessions, consisting of 30 lessons of 30 minutes each (note: time for the first level only). Your task - ...
21
Feb
2014
Citizenship exam (Estonian language) (Atu Kruuse, Matti Nõulik)
Format: audiobook, MP3, 128kbps
Author: Atu Kruuse, Matti Nõulik
Year of manufacture: 1996
Genre: Audio course
Publisher: Sky Media
Language: Estonian, Russian
Duration: 11:24:43
Description: Digitized audio course of the Estonian language on 12 cassettes. 24 lessons, each with an average duration of 30 minutes. The course will be useful for Estonian language learners to improve their speaking skills and vocabulary. The course is more suitable for those who have some understanding of the grammar of the language. Each lesson is dedicated to a specific topic. Each lesson contains key phrases, each of which...
20
Jan
2014
Speak Lithuanian / Kalbame lietuviskai (Janina Janavičienė, Žaneta Murashkienė)
Format: audiobook, MP3, 192kbps
Author: Janina Janavičienė, Zaneta Murashkienė
Original title: Kalbame lietuviškai
Year of manufacture: 2003
Genre: Educational literature
Publisher: Kaunas
Performer: Janina Janavičienė, Zaneta Murashkienė
Language: Lithuanian, Russian
Duration: 00:56:32
Description: This self-instruction manual of the Lithuanian language for beginners is intended for all those who speak Russian, are starting to learn the Lithuanian language, as well as for those who want to improve their pronunciation and form correct phrases. In this Lithuanian language tutorial you will find the basics of grammar and vocabulary...
08
Sep
2013
Swedish - Seven Families / Sju familjer (Lars Waremark)
Format: audiobook, MP3, 128kbps
Author: Lars Wäremark
Year of manufacture: 2009
Publisher: Natur & Kultur
Artist: Bokförlafer Natyr och Kultur
Duration: 02:44:00
Description: Seven families of external knowledge. In seven families, students have basic knowledge about Sweden in seven topics: Geography, work and money, municipal and state, school, recreation, Crime and punishment, history. They can read simple texts and actually learn to interpret maps, tables and charts. Text questions, call data and written exercises are easy...
08
Sep
2013
Swedish language textbook (Sju jobb - lasa och skriva pa jobbet) (Lars waremark)
Format: audiobook, MP3, 128kbps
Author: Wäremark, Lars
Year of manufacture: 2007
Genre: Foreign language learning
Publisher: Natur & Kultur
Artist: Wäremark, Lars
Duration: 02:44:00
Description: Seven work. Seven jobs with job responsibilities in each chapter, a person with a permanent job: janitors, nannies, bus driver, two store employees, home staff and cafe assistant/cafe owner. Students receive training in how to interpret receipts, emails, schedules, holiday schedules, employment certificates, and other information...
07
Sep
2013
Enjoy English 6th grade Federal State Educational Standard audio supplement to the textbook (M.Z. Biboletova, O.A. Denisenko, N.N. Trubaneva) Description: A popular self-instruction manual from the famous European publishing house "Langenscheidt" Germany. Designed for people of any age who are starting to learn Italian, or for those who want to refresh their knowledge. In 30 lessons you will find real life situations, interesting travels and real Italian - the kind spoken, for example, by residents of Rome or Milan. The textbook presents...
There are many resources for listening to texts in English: English-test.net, audiorazgovornik.ru, duolingo.com and many others. Our site offers listening exercises in a slightly different format, but we follow the same scientific principles as the resources mentioned. We also strive to implement our own developments, which we are doing quite well.
How to listen correctly
To start listening to texts in English online, you need to determine your level of preparedness. Tests developed by our specialists will help you with this. We will distribute the tasks to be solved when listening to texts in accordance with the level you have.
So, you have a zero level, you have never studied English, and have no idea about sounds. Here are some recommendations on how to listen to texts in English correctly:
- Become familiar with the concept of “spelling” and learn to spell words pronounced by the speaker, for example, t-a-b-l-e. Spelling in English is simply necessary, since many words in it are written completely differently from how they are pronounced. The British even have this joke: “Only we, having written Manchester, read Liverpool.” And in fact, without knowing the English language, no one would guess that the word “choir” is pronounced “quaye” and not in any other way. It is especially important to listen to texts in English for beginners, memorizing pronunciation and articulation (the location of speech organs such as the tongue, lips, teeth, palate at the moment of pronouncing the sound). The so-called spelling dictations are very useful - when each word after drilling is completed is spelled out by ear (k-i-t-e; b-l-a-c-k; d-r-i-v-e and so on.
- The time is gradually coming when you will have to listen to English online every day. It is assumed that you are already familiar with both the alphabet and transcription, and your vocabulary is so rich that you can not only compose, but also hear and understand sentences in simple tenses (simple present, simple past and simple future). In English, these tenses sound like Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple. Texts should be short, simple and understandable, but they must also be voiced by a native speaker so that every nuance of pronunciation is remembered, and students immediately gain the skills to perceive an authentic text.
Here is an example of such text on our website:
Hi Jerry. - Hey Lima!
Can you answer my questions?
Yes, of course.
Do you have many friends? - Yes, I have a lot of friends.
Do you like coffee? -Yes, I do.
How many cups of coffee do you drink?
I drink too much coffee. About six cups a day.
Do you eat many fruits?
I eat a lot of fruit.
And I also eat many cookies and sweets.
Let's go get coffee with cookies.
Let's go.
Listen to the text
Hello Jerry! - Hello, Lima! 
Can you answer my questions? - Yes, sure.
Do you have a lot of friends? - Yes, I have a lot of friends.
Do you like coffee? - Yes.
How many cups of coffee do you drink?
I drink too much coffee. About six cups a day.
Do you eat a lot of fruit?
I eat a lot of fruit.
And I also eat a lot of cookies and sweets.
Let's go have coffee and cookies.
Let's go to.
When you realize that you understand almost everything, you will be convinced that listening to English for beginners online is not only useful, but also very exciting. Our character Lima will always be ready to come to your aid, and we are sure that you will love him and become true friends with him. Good luck in your search for the most useful exercises and in learning the world's most popular foreign language.
Quickly learning a foreign language from scratch is not just learning the basics of grammar and words from a list; first of all, it is practice. Beginners learning English from scratch regularly need to not only actively expand their vocabulary, but constantly use the acquired knowledge in practice, turning it into a skill. That is why audiobooks in English, their analysis and reading are the most important means of effective learning for beginners.
Basically, audiobooks are needed so that the user actually reads himself. And for this they are indispensable. The student listens to the speaker read a fragment of text, and then reads the same segment independently. And in order not to forget what you have learned, you need to train almost every day.
In reading audiobooks, as in any other activity, you need to move from simple to complex. The first audiobooks in English can and should be for children - fairy tales, poems, songs. A professional native speaker pronounces the text slowly, as if for children. This is what you need at the initial stage of learning a foreign language.
How to learn English correctly using audiobooks?
The Ugly Duckling in English - Disney
Reading is the most important foreign language skill, since its development helps to simultaneously improve writing, speaking, and listening. That is, working on it allows you to close several goals at once. But what to do if your linguistic base is not yet enough to read or listen to original literature? Here adapted audiobooks in English will come to your aid. Next, we will tell you what the advantages of this training format are, what audio materials should be chosen for a particular level - from beginner to higher, and we will also offer a lot of interesting stories recommended for study.
What are the benefits of adapted audiobooks?
- improve your reading skills;
- practice pronunciation;
- learn new grammatical constructions and structures;
- increase your vocabulary, supplementing it with frequently used words on different topics;
- immerse yourself in the exciting world of new stories.
In the library you can find not only audiobooks in English for beginners, but also stories for elementary, intermediate and even advanced levels. Classic and modern, fiction and documentary - you can choose a piece to suit your taste.
Move step by step and each new level will bring you new results:
- – 250 words
- – 400 words
- – 700 words
- – 1000 words
- – 1400 words
- – 1800 words
- – 2500 words
Here are the best adapted stories by level, which we recommend using in training:
A1: Starter (for beginners):
- Police TV
- Red roses
A1-A2: Beginner:
- Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings (Sherlock Holmes and the Sport of Kings)
- Love or Money? (Love or money?)
- London
A2-B1: Elementary:
- Robinson Crusoe
- Anne of green gables
- Voodoo island
- The eyes of Montezuma
B1: Pre-Intermediate:
- Love story
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
B1-B2: Intermediate:
B2: Upper-Intermediate:
B2-C1: Advanced:
How to work with adapted audiobooks?
To achieve serious success in learning a language using adapted audiobooks, beginning students should adhere to some simple rules:
- 1. Write unfamiliar vocabulary into the dictionary.
- 2. Study the features of the construction and use of grammatical structures.
- 3. Read the texts out loud and repeat the words after the speaker.
- 4. Use an English-Russian dictionary.
- 5. Study with audio materials daily for 20-30 minutes.
So, do you want to reach a new level in the development of your language? Then you definitely need to listen to audiobooks in English - they will help you achieve any linguistic peaks in an interesting format!
