How to Create Listening Lessons
🎓 Course Summary
- Course Name: How to Create Fun, Effective, and Engaging Listening Lessons
- Course Length: 4 Weeks / Start July 14th
- Format: Self-paced with downloadable templates and resources
- Pacing: One module per week. Three lessons per week (Mon, Wed, Fri)
- Who It’s For: Teachers, language learners, and creators for any language
- What You’ll Need: Just your voice and a microphone (your phone works!)
✅ What You’ll Learn
- How to create listening lessons in minutes
- How to record natural, authentic audio without scripts
- How to design simple, effective listening tasks
- How to make listening lessons interactive, printable, and gamified
- How to create listening materials in any language
📅 Course Breakdown
Week 1: Vocabulary Power Grids + Simple Listening Tasks
- Learn how to create power grids — a better alternative to word lists
- Record your first listening lesson in under 15 minutes
- Create multiple listening activities from a single worksheet
- Understand the power of extemporaneous (unscripted) speech
- Discover why silence, pausing, and white space matter
Week 2: Listening Assessments That Actually Work
- Learn the four types of quizzes: Hot, Warm, Cool, Cold
- Discover why most textbook listening quizzes fail
- Learn how to sequence audio and build quizzes that actually help students learn
- Understand why listening quizzes must be designed differently from reading quizzes
Week 3: Longer Listening Lessons and Student Engagement
- Break longer audio into manageable, student-friendly chunks
- Overcome the four key barriers to listening: cognitive load, processing speed, memory, and attention
- Learn to gamify listening and make tasks social, interactive, and movement-based
- Get over 50 classroom-tested templates for listening activities
- Learn how to design printable materials that promote teamwork and student collaboration
Week 4: Listening Games and Wordplay
- Design listening games that help students learn as they listen
- Create engaging, low-prep games in minutes
- Use AI tools to quickly create audio and vocabulary lists
- Discover hidden PowerPoint tricks to make visually engaging listening tasks
- Learn how to use other free apps for creative listening activities
🎁 Included in the Course
- ✅ 100+ ready-to-use activities (not available on ELLLO)
- ✅ Downloadable templates and worksheets
- ✅ PowerPoint tutorials for sequencing and staging audio
- ✅ Bonus lessons on using AI to speed up creation
- ✅ Lesson examples in multiple languages
🚀 Your Challenge:
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to create your own listening lesson book in just one month!
🎯 Who Should Join?
- Teachers who want to make their own listening materials
- Language learners who want to create their own practice resources
- Anyone who wants to make listening lessons in any language
💬 What Makes This Course Different?
- Focus on learning by listening – not just testing comprehension
- Real, unscripted audio – no fake textbook dialogue
- Social, interactive, and fun – no more boring worksheets
- Simple tools – no expensive software required
How to Create Listening Lessons
Learn how to create fun, effective, and efficient listening lessons from scratch. This course will show content creators how to teach any language (English, French, Chinese, etc.) using simple tools, templates, and techniques. By the end of the course, attendees will be able to produce a complete work of varied listening lessons, which can be used with students worldwide and even sold as a product.
About the Instructor
Hello! My name is Todd Beuckens and I have created ELLLO to help students and teachers get free listening lessons online.
I am based in Japan, where I teach English full-time at university.
I have a M.A. in Instructional Design from San Diego State University.
For questions about the course or ELLLO, please contact me here.
