Active Listening 3 Student's Book with Self-study Audio CD

by Steve Brown , Dorolyn Smith

• ISBN13: 9780521678216
• ISBN10: 0521678218
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Multimedia
• Copyright: 2006-09-11
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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 3 is intended for intermediate to high-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.

Table of Contents

Plan of the book	iv
Acknowledgments	vi
Author acknowledgments	vii
To the teacher	viii
Before you begin Getting ready to listen and learn	2	(76)
Unit 1 What do you say first?	6	(4)
Unit 2 Sights and sounds	10	(4)
Unit 3 Dating	14	(4)
Unit 4 Communication and culture	18	(4)
Russia: Information and an authentic student interview	22	(18)
Unit 5 The Internet	24	(4)
Unit 6 Superstitions	28	(4)
Unit 7 Manners	32	(4)
Unit 8 Natural health	36	(4)
Ireland: Information and an authentic student interview	40	(18)
Unit 9 Science trivia	42	(4)
Unit 10 Advertising	46	(4)
Unit 11 Study abroad	50	(4)
Unit 12 How things work	54	(4)
Brazil: Information and an authentic student interview	58	(18)
Unit 13 Personality traits	60	(4)
Unit 14 Values	64	(4)
Unit 15 Good business	68	(4)
Unit 16 Unsolved mysteries	72	(4)
The Philippines: Information and an authentic student interview	76	(2)
Appendix	78	(6)
Trivia game	78	(1)
Answer key	79	(1)
Activation: A speaking and listening game	80	(2)
Listening tips	82	(2)
Self-study units, answer key, and track listing	84