Online English Listening Practice: The Empty Pot
An old Chinese fable about a boy who learns a life lesson about honesty, hard work and failure.
Free English Listening Lessons: The Finger Pointing to the Moon
An English teacher explains how to learn a language by telling an old Zen story about pointing a finger to the moon.
Learn English Listening: The Elephant and Blind People
Here’s an old Zen story about a teacher who uses an unusual technique to help students learn the limits of human understanding.
Online English Listening Lessons: The Tea Cup
A great teacher uses a tea cup to teach a student an important lesson about wisdom and learning.
Free English Lessons: Two Monks
What happens when two Zen monks come to a river? There’s a life lesson to be learned.
Learn English Listening: The Stone Cutter
What can an old Japanese fable teach us about life? Listen and learn.
Greedy Man
Here’s a short listening story about a greedy man who learns a lesson, and a police officer who finds the truth with a few sentences.
The Tree
What can people learn from trees? Get one answer in this story about a boy who has second thoughts about chopping down a tree.