Listening Power 2

by Bohlke, David; Rogers, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780136114253
• ISBN10: 0136114253
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-06
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL

Summary

#xA0; Listening Poweris a new three-book series with a targeted approach to teaching the listening skills that students need inside and outside the classroom and on standardized tests such as the TOEFL and TOEIC. #xA0; Listening Power#xA0;2features four distinct parts designed to be used concurrently. Language Focusteaches essential and sometimes difficult to understand language structures such as questions, numbers, reduced forms, homonyms, and sentence stress. Comprehension Focuspresents skills for understanding main ideas and details, making inferences,#xA0;and understanding sequence. Activities to help students apply the skills follow the presentation. Note-Taking Skillsteaches students how to identify important words and information. This section also presents helpful techniques such as use of abbreviations, symbols, and formatting. Listening for Pleasureuses interesting audio material from movies, TV, radio, and recorded storytelling to help students understand the more subtle meaning communicated through tone of voice, sentence stress, and reduced forms.

Table of Contents

 

Part 1    Language Focus

 

Unit 1    Understanding Questions

Unit 2    Understanding Numbers

Unit 3    Understanding Reduced Forms

Unit 4    Understanding Homonyms

Unit 5    Understanding Sentence Stress

 

 

Part 2    Comprehension Focus

 

Building Skills

    Unit 1    Understanding Main Ideas and Details

    Unit 2    Making Inferences

    Unit 3    Understanding Sequence

 

Applying Skills

    Unit 5    The Problem with Eyewitnesses

    Unit 6    The Whale's Tale

    Unit 7    Art in the Fields

 

 

Part 3    Note-Taking Skills

 

Building Skills

    Unit 1    Omitting Unnecessary Words

    Unit 3    Using Abbreviations

    Unit 3    Using Symbols

    Unit 4    Determining What's Important

 

Applying Skills

    Unit 5    Evaluating Your Notes

    Unit 6    Note-Taking Practice

 

 

Part 4    Listening for Pleasure

 

Unit 1    A TV Game Show

Unit 2    Urban Legends