1. UMANO
  Learners can enhance their listening competence by selecting the articles of their own interest. They can also listen the articles they choose with the sound of native English speakers. All of these functions is offered by Umano. Umano is very useful tool to provide various articles and web pages by offering native voices. It is usually not easy for busy people to check and watch everyday newspapers or news. But Umano ceaselessly updates enormous articles and information everyday. Learners make the most of this applications with their smart phone everywhere and every moment. It is really impossible to listen every information updated everyday.

2. English Restart Reading
  As mentioned above, Umano is such a good application. However, it is so difficult in that it is targeted to native speaker. It provides script but it is too fast and the content is not easy for learners to understand. So Umano is not appropriate for beginners, and the easier version of listening app, English Restart Reading is highly recommended for the 1st level leaners. Although this is an application for reading, it is actually useful to practice listening. There are 15 kinds of stories, which is not so much nor too little. The length and level of the materials provided by English Restart Reading is proper for most of learners in Korea who are intermediate. The content is interesting, containing common sense useful not only for students but also for adult learners as well. There are also a variety of vocabulary and expression, which helps learners improve their listening skills. Moreover, English Restart Reading is convenient to use. Learners just listen, and the script is on the screen with automatic highlighting of what is read.

3. TED+SUB: TED Talks with Subtitles
  TED+SUB(TED Talks with Subtitles) shows learners the lectures of famous people with clear video clip. Without any membership, anyone can use this application to watch the video of TED web site with subtitles. Learners can select subtitle language, usually English. Learners can play video directly or download the one into their mobile phone. Above all, the content is very good and informative, providing diverse topics and contents from various backgrounds of speakers with powerful deliverance.

4. Bee VOA
  VOA(Voice of America) is one of the news sites which provides overall news about U.S. since 1942 with Korean service as well. It has informed outside the world of news inside Korea such as Japanese colonial era, liberation of Korea and the Korean war. Bee VOA is android application of VOA. They are many functions of Bee VOA, which helps learners improve their listening skills. One of them, VOA Special English, reads the articles to promote better listening. Especially, it is effective for beginners to enhance their listening competence. Not only does it update articles of various categories like U.S., World, Economy, Society and Education, but it also read them by real native voices accurately and slowly. For the intermediate and advanced learners, it is useful and challenging to listen VOA News, the news themselves and native voice for them. Also, learners can approach the bookmarked articles whenever they want and even download the voice file of the articles.

5. CNN Student New
  Actually, VOA and CNN is difficult for beginners or students to listen because news generally treat with professional sphere and contents with specific vocabulary. So CNN Student News, adapted version of previous CNN news, could be alternative. It is on air during the semester of student and stops when the vacation begins. It provides recent CNN news with relatively easy vocabulary for student level. Learners use this application for practicing English or listening world wide news. This application makes people listen CNN students news.