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Slow English Listening 🎧 Long-Play Stories & Conversations (A1–A2)

Long-play English listening for beginners (A1–A2) — complete lesson series in one video, read slowly and clearly. Press play and let it run: while you relax, cook, commute, or fall asleep. You don't need to watch the screen — the audio carries the lesson. Hearing the same stories and conversations again and again is one of the fastest ways to make English stick. Each long play collects a whole series — easy stories, everyday conversations — with chapters, so you can jump to any story or lesson.

How to use it:

  • 1. First time: watch with captions (CC) on.
  • 2. After that: just listen. Repeat one long play for a few days until it feels easy.
  • 3. Then read the texts yourself, free

New long plays are added as each series is completed.

4 videos · by ESL Desk

  1. Lesson 1

    Slow English Listening 🎧 8 Everyday Topics, Read Along Then Repeat (A1–A2)

    All 8 lessons of English Reading Basics, in one video — 15 minutes of slow, easy English to read along with first and then listen to on repeat.

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  2. Lesson 2

    Learn English with 8 Short Stories 🎧 Slow English Listening (A1–A2)

    Eight very easy English stories (levels A1–A2), read slowly like an illustrated storybook. No grammar talk, no quizzes — just listen. Perfect for beginners, commutes, and relaxing.

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  3. Lesson 3

    Small Talk in English 👋 🎧 All 7 Lessons — Greetings to Goodbyes | Small Talk English

    Everything you need for everyday English small talk — from "how's it going?" to "I should get going" — in one video. All seven Small Talk English lessons back to back: each one plays six short real conversations in the speakers' own voices, with the words highlighted as you hear them plus a simple pronunciation guide and what each line means.

    🗣️ A few of the lines you'll hear — tap 🔊 to hear

    • How's it going? / Not bad, you? (casual "how are you?" and a reply that sends it back)
    • Nice day, isn't it? (weather small talk that breaks any silence)
    • How was your weekend? / It flew by (a Monday classic)
    • I love your jacket! / You're too kind (give a compliment and take one gracefully)
    • Long time no see! (running into someone you haven't seen in a while)
    • I should get going (wrap up a chat warmly, without being rude)
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  4. Lesson 4

    Order Coffee in English 🎧 — One Real Visit, Start to Finish (A2)

    Order coffee in English with confidence — one whole café visit, start to finish, then practice saying every key phrase yourself. ☕ Real conversation — A2 Beginner-Intermediate

    You follow Mia through a real visit: deciding what to order, the sizes, the milk question, paying by phone, the tip screen, picking up the drink — and fixing it when it's wrong. A week later she's back as a regular: "the usual", something to eat, wifi, and small talk with the barista.

    Everything Mia says is simple A2 English you can copy at a real counter. The barista answers the way real staff talk — every phrase is explained on screen as you hear it.

    Each part ends with SAY IT BACK: Mia's key lines, replayed with a pause for you to repeat out loud. The video ends with YOU TRY: the barista speaks, you answer in the pause, then you hear Mia's answer. Watch it once with the screen, then replay it in your earbuds — every section announces itself out loud, so you always know where you are.

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