This presentation offers a three-step pedagogic framework for fellow educators to develop academic listening lessons. First, practice selecting suitable TED Talks using an aspects checklist that compares the resource to academic lectures. Second, create vocabulary profiles for the chosen TED Talk to develop lists that are suitable for learners’ levels. Thirdly, choose from different listening activities to help learners build on their background knowledge about the TED Talk. The presentation will focus on using listening journals to develop learners’ metacognitive knowledge and critical reflection that help them to plan and carry out more effective listening. Real class examples will demonstrate how to use these approaches when teaching listening. These lesson planning approaches will illustrate how we can select a suitable resource, grade the vocabulary for learners, and develop activities to use with our chosen selections in listening lessons.