Value Pack Listening Power 1 Student Book with Classroom Audio CD

by Rogers, Bruce; Zemach, Dorothy

• ISBN13: 9780132626491
• ISBN10: 0132626497
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2011-01-14
• 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;1features#xA0;three distinct parts designed to be used concurrently. Language Focusteaches essential and sometimes difficult to understand language structures such as Wh-questions, Yes/No and alternative questions, contractions, numbers and letters, and time expressions. Comprehension Focuspresents skills for understanding the topic, listening for the main ideas and details, and making inferences. Activities to help students apply the skills follow the presentation. 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 Wh- Questions

Unit 2    Understanding Yes/No and Alternative Questions

Unit 3    Understanding Contractions

Unit 4    Understanding Numbers and Letters

Unit 5    Understanding Time Expressions

 

 

Part 2    Comprehension Focus

 

Building Skills

    Unit 1    Listening for Main Ideas and Details

    Unit 2    Making Inferences

 

Applying Skills

    Unit 3    Lucky Numbers

    Unit 4    A Very Unusual Animal

    Unit 5    Happy Birthday to You!

    Unit 6    The World of Fashion

 

 

Part 3    Listening for Pleasure

 

Unit 1    Television

Unit 2    Two Folktales