| Active Listening 2 [With CD] Contributor(s): Brown, Steven (Author), Smith, Dorolyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 052167817X ISBN-13: 9780521678179 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.68 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2006 Annotation: 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. Student's Book 2 is intended for low-intermediate to intermediate students. The Student's Book offers 16 task-based units, each built around an engaging topic. Through a careful balance of activities, students learn to listen for main ideas, to listen for details and to listen and make inferences. Prelistening schema-building activities help students build vocabulary, and listen-again activities provide additional skills practice. A full page of optional speaking activities with pronunciation practice is provided in each unit. Expansion units, with authentic student interviews, offer rich cultural material and provide review. A free self-study audio CD is also included in every student's book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
| Dewey: 421.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 8.15" W x 10.8" (0.77 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Active Listening, Second Edition, is grounded in the theory that learners are more successful listeners when they activate their prior knowledge of a topic. Student's Book 2 is intended for low-intermediate to intermediate students. The Student's Book offers 16 task-based units, each built around an engaging topic. Through a careful balance of activities, students learn to listen for main ideas, to listen for details, and to listen and make inferences. Prelistening schema-building activities help students build vocabulary, and listen-again activities provide additional skills practice. A full page of optional speaking activities with pronunciation practice is provided in each unit. Expansion units, with authentic student interviews, offer rich cultural material and provide review. A free Self-Study Audio CD is also included in every Student's Book. |
