This application is designed to teach English speech reception. Texts contain words and expressions that are hard to understand to those, who study American English. Regardless meanings of these words and expression, you will learn their history of origin. All texts were sounded by professional speakers. Simultaneously with speech of speaker an English text and translation will be displayed simultaneously. Mastered material will be tested. Application has one type of tests: • Test of English speech perception – you should check sentences spoken by speaker in English text. Order of training may be individually chosen. Simultaneous training is allowed for not more than three texts. In order to open new texts, you should pass the test. Retest may only advance your result. If you passed the text worst then you passed the last time, your score will not change. Application features: • Test of English speech reception • Test of English speech understanding • Flexible adjustment of training schedule • All texts were sounded by professional speakers. • Simultaneous highlight of English text and translation Application uses materials from the VOA website http://learningenglish.voanews.com/