Synopses & Reviews
Active Listening, Second Edition is a fully updated and revised edition of the popular 3-level listening series for adult and young-adult learners of North American English. Each level offers students 16 engaging, task-based units, each built around a topic, function or grammatical theme. Grounded in the theory that learners are more successful listeners when they activate their prior knowledge of a topic, the series gives students a frame of reference to make predictions about what they will hear. Through a careful balance of activities, students learn to listen for main ideas, to listen for details, and to listen and make inferences. Active Listening, Second Edition is intended for high-beginning to intermediate students. It can be used as a main text for listening classes or as a component in speaking or integrated skills classes. Features of the Student's Book - A before-you-begin unit to develop awareness of listening strategies - Updated prelistening schema-building activities to build vocabulary - New listen-again activities for additional coverage of listening skills - Optional your-turn-to-talk pages that offer speaking and pronunciation practice - New culturally rich Expansion units that include authentic student interviews - A new self-study listening section with audio CD for additional practice Features of the Teacher's Manual - Step-by-step teaching notes with key words highlighted - A wealth of optional speaking activities and listening strategies - Suggested times for completing lessons - Photocopiable unit quizzes - Two complete tests with audio CD - Complete answer keys
Synopsis
Active Listening, Second Edition, is grounded in the theory that learners are more successful listeners when they activate their prior knowledge of a topic. Class Audio CDs include natural conversational recordings for the listening tasks in each unit, pronunciation practice, and expansion units containing authentic student interviews.
Synopsis
Class Audio CDs include natural conversational recordings for the listening tasks in each unit, pronunciation practice, and expansion units containing authentic student interviews.
Synopsis
Active Listening Second edition for adult and young adult learners has task-based units built around a topic, function, or grammatical theme. Class Audio CDs include natural conversational recordings for the listening tasks in each unit, pronunciation practice, and expansion units containing authentic student interviews.
Synopsis
Active Listening, Second edition is grounded in the theory that learners are more successful listeners when they activate their prior knowledge of a topic. Through a careful balance of activities, students learn to listen for main ideas, to listen for details, to listen and make inferences - and finally to progress from listening to personalized speaking.
Synopsis
Active Listening, Second Edition, is grounded in the theory that learners are more successful listeners when they activate their prior knowledge of a topic. Class Audio CDs include natural conversational recordings for the listening tasks in each unit, pronunciation practice, and expansion units containing authentic student interviews.