| Targeting Listening and Speaking: Strategies and Activities for Esl/Efl Students Contributor(s): Folse, Keith S. (Author), Bologna, Darren P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 047208898X ISBN-13: 9780472088980 Publisher: University of Michigan Press ELT OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: "Targeting Listening and Speaking" provides short and focused activities to help lower-proficiency ESL/EFL students improve their listening and speaking skills. It includes practice in both mastering the larger message and key words/phrases and specific words and sounds to assist students in developing better speaking and comprehension skills. Each unit has a general theme -- such as food, animals and pets, free time and hobbies, and travel -- around which all exercises are designed. The final unit consists of four listening tests that can be used to monitor progress. Each unit includes: dictation practice using dialogues listening skill development speaking practice listening to simple conversations sound practice with minimal pairs listening to simple lectures more speaking and discussion practice. Quizzes are available on the companion website. The audio material is available either on CD or cassette (there are 4 components for each). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
| Dewey: 428.24 |
| LCCN: 2004271164 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 7.94" W x 10.2" (1.22 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Targeting Listening and Speaking provides short and focused activities to help lower-proficiency ESL/EFL students improve their listening and speaking skills. It includes practice in both mastering the larger message and key words/phrases and specific words and sounds to assist students in developing better speaking and comprehension skills. Each unit has a general theme -- such as food, animals and pets, free time and hobbies, and travel -- around which all exercises are designed. The final unit consists of four listening tests that can be used to monitor progress. Each unit includes: dictation practice using dialogues listening skill development speaking practice listening to simple conversations sound practice with minimal pairs listening to simple lectures more speaking and discussion practice. Quizzes are available on the companion website. The audio material is available either on CD or cassette (there are 4 components for each). |