Advice

With the development of satellite television, it is now possible to receive television programmes in most of the main languages in any home, office, school or university.  Watching television is an excellent way of developing listening skills and learning about the target culture.  Most programmes are designed for native speakers of the target language, but some are made specifically for language learners.  The BBC makes a great range of programmes for language learning on BBC2 Learning Zone. and Channel 4 has an excellent range of resources for learning French, German and Spanish for students of 9 to 19 on it's Extra site.

For some ideas on improving your listening skills - click here

LINKS (in alphabetical order)

Al Jazeera   Arabic satellite news channel 

Showtime Arabia  Digital satellite service for the Middle East.

YLC: Arabic Language and Culture  Lists some Arabic programmes on Satellite TV. Recordings are made of some Arabic programmes