Intermediate Listening Comprehension Understanding and Recalling Spoken English

by Dunkel, Patricia A.; Lim, Phyllis L.

• ISBN13: 9780838448380
• ISBN10: 0838448380
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-10-06
• Publisher: Heinle ELT

Summary

This text is designed to familiarize students with the major rhetorical patterns of formal, spoken English.
-- Focuses on major rhetorical patterns (chronological, process, definition/classification, compare/contrast, and causal analysis)
-- Lectures from across the curriculum (history, science, anthropology, American studies, language arts)
-- Carefully sequenced progression of activities
-- Spiralled rhetorical patterns, vocabulary, and structures
-- Integrated speaking practice

Table of Contents

TO THE TEACHER	v-viii	(3)
UNIT ONE FOCUS ON Chronology	1	(18)
CHAPTER 1 Napoleon: From Schoolboy to Emperor	2-6	(4)
CHAPTER 2 Pompeii: Destroyed, Forgotten, and Found	7-11	(4)
CHAPTER 3 Harriet Tubman: A Conductor on the Underground Railroad	12-18	(6)
UNIT TWO FOCUS ON Process	19	(18)
CHAPTER 1 Jet Propulsion: How It Works in Principle	20-25	(5)
CHAPTER 2 Language: How Children Acquire Theirs	26-30	(4)
CHAPTER 3 Hydroponic Aquaculture: How One System Works	31-36	(5)
UNIT THREE FOCUS ON Classification/Definition	37	(32)
CHAPTER 1 The News Media: Print Media and Electronic Media	38-43	(5)
CHAPTER 2 A Tidal Wave: What Is It? What Causes It? How Can We Predict It?	44-48	(4)
CHAPTER 3 Acid Rain: A Growing Hazard to the Environment	49-55	(6)
CHAPTER 4 Levels of Language Usage: Formal and Informal	56-60	(4)
CHAPTER 5 Power: The Kinds People Use and Abuse	61-68	(7)
UNIT FOUR FOCUS ON Comparison/Contrast	69	(22)
CHAPTER 1 Asian and African Elephants: Similarities and Differences	70-74	(4)
CHAPTER 2 Lincoln and Kennedy: Similar Destinies	75-81	(6)
CHAPTER 3 The Titanic and the Andrea Doria: Tragedies at Sea	82-90	(8)
UNIT FIVE FOCUS ON Causal Analysis	91	(16)
CHAPTER 1 The American Civil War: Why It Happened	92-98	(6)
CHAPTER 2 Dinosaurs: Why They Disappeared	99-106	(7)
SCRIPTS AND ANSWERS KEYS	107-176	(69)