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This book provides practical advice for teachers who work with large,
mixed-ability classes. It offers a wide variety of activities to develop
student motivation, interest, participation and responsibility.
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This is the third edition of the one of the founding titles of the CHLT
series. The book features many of the original games but has also been
fully revised to include new games for the ELT classroom. The structure of
the book has also been revised so that the games are now grouped in a more
teacher-friendly format where teachers can search based on language and
skill criteria rather than just game type.
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This book provides a range of ready-to-use materials and practical
guidance for teachers who are looking for ways to make their language
teaching less detached, and more centred on the individual learner.
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Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners is a selection of short
activities organized around six themes which reflect the content covered
in young learner English exams and the curriculum in most primary
mainstream classrooms: Animals, Journeys, Fantasy and adventure, The world
around us, Healthy bodies, and About me. Activities are organized by
topic and by level to make it easy to find appropriate activities for
students. They encourage meaningful language use and real communication
appropriate to primary learners. Each activity also contains guidance and
information on preparation, procedure, language focus, skills focus and
thinking focus. Activities can be used flexibly in any order at any point
in a teaching programme. In addition, the design of the activities allows
teachers to adapt and apply the ideas to other themes.
This book will be of interest to both novice and experienced teachers
who need a resource of enjoyable, achievable and motivating activities for
the young learner classroom.
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Working with Images contains over 75 practical teaching ideas for the
language classroom. Activities involve the use of both low-tech and
high-tech images and are suitable for a very wide variety of teaching
contexts: young learners and adults; specialised and general English;
richly- or minimally-equipped classrooms. Activities can be used in any
order, at any point in a course. In addition, the design of the activities
allows teachers to adapt and apply the ideas to other topics.
The accompanying CD-ROM contains a bank of images, ready for immediate
classroom use.
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Teaching Listening Comprehension is about developing listening
comprehension skills in the language classroom. In Part I, some essential
background issues are dealt with. The author defines the characteristics
of real-life listening, analyses the problems encountered by language
learners, and discusses the considerations involved in planning successful
classroom listening practice. Part II contains a wide variety of exercise
types. The activities range in level from elementary to advanced and
illustrate techniques appropriate for both adults and children. The
exercises can be used as they stand or they can serve as models for
teachers who wish to design their own materials.
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This is a practical guide to designing and using oral tests of language
ability. It is for teachers, testers, course designers and educational
planners. The organisation follows the sequence of stages in which a new
testing programme would logically be carried out. It takes the reader
through the testing process, giving practical examples and discussing the
issues involved at each stage. Testing Spoken Language removes testing
from the realm of the specialist and presents it as an integral part of a
language learning programme. It describes the range of test-types and
discusses their suitability for different aims and resources; lists over
fifty oral test techniques and variations, with comments on each;
integrates the marking system into the process of test design; and
provides suggestions for monitoring and improving a test once it is in
use.
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This is a practical guide to communication activities in the language
classroom, suitable for use with students from elementary to advanced
level. Part I contains instructions for over 100 different exercises,
including interviews, guessing games, jigsaw tasks, problem solving,
values clarification techniques, mime, role play and story telling. For
each activity, notes are also provided on the linguistic and educational
aims, the level, organisation, time and preparation required. Part II
contains the accompanying worksheets, which can be copied, making many of
the activities instantly available for use in class. A comprehensive table
of activities and an index are included for ease of reference.
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This lively collection of more than 100 classroom activities provides
teachers with engaging ways to incorporate extensive reading into their
classrooms. The creative and fun speaking, listening, role-play, reading,
writing, and vocabulary activities, all linking reading to the rest of the
curriculum, are suitable for students of all ages and levels. Teachers
will find this handbook a valuable resource not just for reading courses,
but for all types of language courses.
Contributors
Neil J. Anderson, Maureen Snow Andrade, Julian Bamford, Andy Barfield,
R. Jeffrey Blair, Eric Bray, Anne Burns, Karen Irene Burrell, Taehee Choi,
Averil Coxhead, Richard R. Day, Tony-René Donnes, Beatrice Dupuy, Simon
Evans, Thomas S. C. Farrell, Carol Foye, Patrick Fulmer, Marc Helgesen,
Claire Hitosugi, Midori T. Iwano, George M. Jacobs, Magda Kalinowska, Ken
Kanatani, Jean Kirschenmann, Eva F. K. Lai, Le Nguyen Minh Tho, Jana
Harper Makaafi, Mizuno Kunitaro, Paul Nation, Nguyen Thai An, Bill
Pellowe, Donna Prather, Philip Prowse, Patricia Reiss, Willy A, Renandya,
Thomas N. Robb, Victoria Rodrigo, Ken Schmidt, Anthony Silva, Jeremy
Taylor, Penny Ur, Janet Watson, Christine Winskowski, Yamanaka Junko,
Vivienne Yu
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English365 is a three-level course in Business and general English. The
Personal Study Book contains: - Better language learning - ideas on how to
learn English more effectively - Practice exercises - one page of
self-study exercises per unit of the Student's Book for additional
practice - a full answer key to the exercises - a complete transcript of
the contents of the Personal Study Book Audio CD. The Personal Study
Book Audio CD contains: - Listening units - exercises to reinforce work
done in the Student's Book - Pronunciation work - recordings from the
Student's Book to provide further practice.
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English365 is a three-level course in Business and general English. The
Personal Study Book contains: - Better language learning - ideas on how to
learn English more effectively - Practice exercises - one page of
self-study exercises per unit of the Student's Book for additional
practice - a full answer key to the exercises - a complete transcript of
the contents of the Personal Study Book Audio CD. The Personal Study
Book Audio CD contains: - Listening units - exercises to reinforce work
done in the Student's Book - Pronunciation and Social English dialogues -
recordings from the Student's Book to provide further practice.
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English365 is a three-level course in Business and general English. The
Personal Study Book contains: - Better language learning - ideas on how to
learn English more effectively - Practice exercises - one page of
self-study exercises per unit of the Student's Book for additional
practice - a full answer key to the exercises - a complete transcript of
the contents of the Personal Study Book Audio CD. The Personal Study
Book Audio CD contains: - Listening units - exercises to reinforce work
done in the Student's Book - Pronunciation and Social English dialogues -
recordings from the Student's Book to provide further practice.
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This book provides practical advice for teachers who work with large,
mixed-ability classes. It offers a wide variety of activities to develop
student motivation, interest, participation and responsibility.
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Imagine That! explores new ways to enliven your classroom by opening 'the
mind's eye, ear and heart' with over 70 motivating activities that help
your students learn more effectively. Using more of their inner resources,
students will find greater personal meaning in the classroom experience.
Imagine That! presents a clear introduction to mental imagery, stressing
its importance for our cognitive processes in general and for better
language learning. A brief review of relevant research provides a
background for the many practical ideas about using imagery in secondary
and adult ELT classrooms described in this book. All the language skills
are addressed. The book comes with a multimedia CD-ROM with worksheets,
artwork, music, and recordings of parts of the activities. It can be used
on a computer with Power Point and with a CD player.
The activities can be adapted and used for all level of students from
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The first in the family of best-selling vocabulary reference and practice
books from elementary to advanced level. Vocabulary is clearly presented
and contextualized on left-hand pages with practice activities on facing
right-hand pages. This top-selling vocabulary book is now available with a
CD-ROM offering hundreds of completely new exercises. The CD-ROM has a
built-in dictionary with full definitions and example sentences of key
vocabulary. Students can listen to audio recordings, create their own
tests and make personal notes within the dictionary.
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The second in the family of best-selling vocabulary reference and practice
books from elementary to advanced level. Vocabulary is clearly presented
and contextualized on left-hand pages with practice activities on facing
right-hand pages. This top-selling vocabulary book is now available with a
CD-ROM offering hundreds of completely new exercises. The CD-ROM has a
built-in dictionary with full definitions and example sentences of key
vocabulary. Students can listen to audio recordings, create their own
tests and make personal notes within the dictionary.
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The third in the family of best-selling vocabulary reference and practice
books from elementary to advanced level. Vocabulary is clearly presented
and contextualised on left-hand pages with practice activities on facing
right-hand pages. This top-selling vocabulary book is now available with a
CD-ROM offering hundreds of completely new exercises. The CD-ROM has a
built-in dictionary with full definitions and example sentences of key
vocabulary. Students can listen to audio recordings, create their own
tests and make personal notes within the dictionary.
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The perfect choice for advanced-level students wanting to build their
vocabulary skills. English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced includes over 2,000
new words and expressions which are presented and practised in typical
contexts appropriate to this level. The accompanying CD-ROM provides
interesting and enjoyable exercises to further challenge the learner, as
well as extra listening practice and help with pronunciation. The book is
informed by the Cambridge International Corpus to ensure that the
vocabulary selected is useful and up to date. A test book is also
available for extra practice. Ideal for self study or classroom use. |
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First published in 1988, Grammar Practice Activities is a language
teaching classic. This revised version combines tried and tested
activities with up-to-date content including a brand new CD-ROM. This is
an invaluable resource for any teacher who wishes to combine grammar
teaching with a broadly communicative methodology. The book contains a
collection of imaginative and interesting grammar practice activities
suitable for a wide range of levels and ages. Clear teaching notes
accompany each activity ensuring they are easy to use. In addition, the
accompanying CD-ROM provides print-ready photocopiable worksheets which
can be put to immediate use in the classroom.
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The fully revised edition of this 'classic' helps teachers give their
learners the tools they need to express themselves through a range of
stimulating drama contexts. This completely revised edition of the classic
title Drama Techniques provides:
•150 ideas for interesting and productive fluency practice
•a large selection of drama-based techniques which focus learners'
attention on communicative tasks or activities
•techniques suitable for all levels
•clear instructions for the teacher
•advice on how to use the techniques in the classroom
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The CELTA Course is the only CELTA preparation course endorsed by
Cambridge ESOL. It provides full coverage of the CELTA syllabus in a
ready-to-use course.
The CELTA Course is divided into user-friendly sections:
• Input sessions (40 units on 'The learners and their contexts',
'Classroom teaching', 'Language awareness', and 'Professional
development')
• Teaching practice
• Classroom observation
• Written assignments and tutorials
• 'Resource file'
The Trainee Book includes a range of material to be used in input
sessions, helpful advice about the course, and a wealth of useful
reference material. The Trainer's Manual includes suggestions on how to
best use the material with trainees, as well as help and advice on how to
prepare trainees for teaching practice, lesson observations, written
assessment and tutorials. |
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The CELTA Course is the only CELTA preparation course endorsed by
Cambridge ESOL. It provides full coverage of the CELTA syllabus in a
ready-to-use course.
The CELTA Course is divided into user-friendly sections:
• Input sessions (40 units on 'The learners and their contexts',
'Classroom teaching', 'Language awareness', and 'Professional
development')
• Teaching practice
• Classroom observation
• Written assignments and tutorials
• 'Resource file'
The Trainee Book includes a range of material to be used in input
sessions, helpful advice about the course, and a wealth of useful
reference material. The Trainer's Manual includes suggestions on how to
best use the material with trainees, as well as help and advice on how to
prepare trainees for teaching practice, lesson observations, written
assessment and tutorials. |
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This is THE teacher training course for teachers and trainee teachers
preparing for the Cambridge ESOL 'Teaching Knowledge Test' or other
initial teacher training qualifications. There are no formal entry
requirements for the TKT, however candidates are advised to have at least
an intermediate level of English (PET/IELTS band score of 4.0/B1). The
Student's Book may be used by candidates studying alone, or as part of an
organised training programme. The Training Activities are designed to be
used by teacher trainers with their class of trainees.
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A complete basic course in English phonetics and phonology which combines
academic material with practical exercises, both written and recorded.
Since the publication of the first edition in 1983, this course has
established itself as the most practical, comprehensive text in the field
and become widely used in many parts of the world in universities and
other institutions of higher education. It is used by both native and
non-native speakers alike, and is suitable for those training to teach
English as well as those studying the language at an advanced level. This
new edition takes into account recent developments in the teaching of
phonology. It includes updated references, fuller coverage of intonation,
and a new chapter on different varieties of English with illustrative
recorded material. English Phonetics and Phonology bridges the gap between
simple pronunciation handbooks and technical phonetics and phonology
textbooks. It presents the basic factual material and crucial theoretical
issues in a practical and readable way. At the end of each chapter there
are notes giving information on further reading, discussion of the more
challenging issues, written exercises and, where appropriate, suggestions
for teachers. In addition the audio CDs include recorded exercises for
every chapter which are particularly helpful for non-native speakers. A
full answer key is available at the back of the book. Additional exercises
and other supporting material are available online.
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Teaching Grammar Creatively is a practical new resource book that offers a
variety of lessons and activities for everyday use in English language
classes. It aims to stimulate students' imagination, humour and creativity
and increase the effectiveness of grammar practice. The book offers more
than 50 complete lessons covering a wide range of grammar structures,
learner levels, and age groups. Each lesson is divided into two main
sections: Language Awareness Activities and Creative Grammar Practice.
The Language Awareness Activities are designed to introduce and provide
initial practice of items that may still be unfamiliar to students. The
Creative Grammar Practice section provides ideas for a deeper and more
personalised familiarisation with these items, always with an element of
individual creativity. Each lesson ends with the creation of a learner
text - a permanent and original record of the grammar, in the form of a
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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.
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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 1 is intended for beginning-level 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.
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English365 is a three-level course in Business and general English.
English365 is for and about professionals in a wide range of working
environments, from traditional business contexts to the public and
voluntary sectors. Reflecting this, the Student's Books include
specially-commissioned interviews with real working people from a variety
og different backgrounds including a PA from Rolls Royce (Level 1), an
editor for The Ecologist magazine (Level 2) and the Executive Director of
the Japan Committee for UNICEF (Level 3).
The Student's Books provide a supportive learning environment with an
emphasis on communicative language practice in targeted work and social
contexts. Each of the 30 units provides at least 90 minutes' classroom
teaching material.
They also include a grammar reference section and a full answer key and
tapescript of the recordings. |
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Multiple Intelligences in EFL gives a brief overview of the latest
research into multiple intelligences relevant for EFL. It shows how you
can enrich your own teaching by systematically activating other
intelligences in your language lessons and demonstrates what you can do so
that more students feel 'addressed' in your class. This book will help you
to appreciate otherwise hidden strengths in your students and provide fun
lessons through over 70 clear and easy-to-follow 'teaching recipes'.
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The book outlines the major areas of listening research in an accessible
manner and provides language teachers with guidelines to design and
develop suitable listening tests for their students.
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This volume presents a framework that expands the traditional concept of a
vocabulary test to cover a range of procedures for assessing the
vocabulary knowledge of second language learners. Reviews
'This is a weighty book in a weighty series: the authoritative
Cambridge Language Assessment series.' EL Gazette, 2001
'The book's great strength must lie in the competence with which it
summarises research into vocabulary acquisition and research. Read's book
is both timely and well-designed, and provides an accessible framework for
discussion of aspects of vocabulary knowledge.' ELT Journal |
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Writing is one of the central skills a student must master. Why should
they be tested? How should they be tested? What tasks should be used? The
answers to these questions are provided by this book, which examines the
theory behind the practice of assessing a student's writing abilities.
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Speaking is a central yet complex area of language acquisition. The
assessment of this crucial skill is equally complex. This book takes
teachers and language testers through the research on the assessment of
speaking as well as through current tests of speaking. The book then
guides language testers through the stages of test tasks, rating practices
and design.
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In this book the author builds a comprehensive framework for the
assessment of young language learners in both foreign language and second
language learning situations. She begins by considering why we need a
special book on young learner assessment, and describes the nature of
young learner language learning. The assessment approach is task-based and
is centred around tasks and techniques suitable for young learners, with
particular emphasis on classroom assessment. Oral language assessment, and
reading and writing assessment are addressed in separate chapters, as is
the large-scale testing of young learners. Underpinned by sound theory,
the book is full of practical guidelines, and draws on examples of
assessment contexts, issues and practices from around the world. Assessing
Young Language Learners was winner of the Kenneth W Mildenberger Prize in
2006. Contents
1 A special case for young learner language assessment 2 Young learners
and language learning 3 Research into the assessment of young language
learners 4 Assessing language use through tasks 5 Classroom assessment of
language use 6 Assessing oral language 7 Assessing reading and writing 8
Evaluating young learners' performance and progress 9 Testing young
language learners through large-scale tests 10 The way forward |
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This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the
assessment of reading in a foreign or second language.
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Teachers and writers describe the approaches and techniques they have
incorporated into their own teaching. The paperback edition is designed to
help classroom teachers make language classes more participatory and
communication oriented. A distinguished group of innovative teachers and
writers describe, in a collection of essays, the approaches and techniques
they have incorporated into their own teaching.
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This new edition surveys the major approaches and methods in language
teaching. The paperback second edition is an extensive revision of the
first edition of this successful text. Like the first edition, it surveys
the major approaches and methods in language teaching, such as grammar
translation, audiolingualism, communicative language teaching, and the
natural approach. The text examines each approach and method in terms of
its theory of language and language learning, goals, syllabus, teaching
activities, teacher and learner roles, materials, and classroom
techniques. In addition to the approaches and methods covered in the first
edition, this edition includes new chapters on topics such as whole
language, multiple intelligences, neurolinguistic programming,
competency-based language teaching, cooperative language learning,
content-based instruction, task-based language teaching, and the
Post-Methods Era. Teachers and teachers-in-training will discover that
this second edition is a comprehensive survey and analysis of the major
and minor teaching methods used around the world. The book seeks not only
to clarify the assumptions behind these methods and their similarities and
differences, but also to help teachers explore their own beliefs and
practices in language teaching.
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This practical guide can be used by teachers who wish to develop their
professional expertise by investigating their own teaching in a systematic
and organised way. It is also invaluable for teachers or trainee teachers
who have to produce a professional project or dissertation as part of a
training programme. This will help teachers to design and implement a
research project which is derived from their normal practice, with results
which should be of direct relevance to them. It is user-friendly and
includes: - exemplar articles and extracts which show how the research
techniques can be implemented - 'Personal review' sections which help
readers to think about the ideas being discussed and relate them to their
own situation - commentaries which follow up issues raised in the
'Personal review' sections - chapter summaries - a glossary of all
technical terms.
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Language Test Construction and Evaluation describes the process of
language test construction clearly and comprehensively. Each chapter deals
with one stage of the test construction process; from drafting initial
test specifications, to reporting test scores, test validation and
washback. In addition, current practice in the examining of English as a
Foreign Language by different examining boards is reviewed in order to
compare testing principles with present test practice. The focus is on the
practical: it does not assume a statistical background but explains and
demystifies the procedures and concepts that are relevant to the
construction and evaluation of language tests. Language Test Construction
and Evaluation will provide an invaluable reference for anyone who wishes
to understand how language tests are, and should be, constructed.
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Teaching Children English focuses on an activity-based approach to
teaching young learners aged seven years and over. It examines the
educational and linguistic needs of children and provides an overview of
appropriate classroom techniques. It highlights the importance of
effective classroom management and organisation and supports teachers in
the management of classroom resources. It provides extensive practice in
lesson planning in terms of language aims. There are ten chapters each
dealing with a specific aspect of teaching methodology and classroom
practice. Each chapter has a theme-based approach for the task content and
includes stories, rhymes, songs, practical tasks and language tasks.
Methodology and classroom practice issues are related to these themes -
examples include festivals, animals, storytelling and measuring.
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This book challenges the orthodox approach to the teaching of second
language listening, which is based upon the asking and answering of
comprehension questions. It critically examines the practices and
assumptions associated with this approach, and suggests ways of revising
them. The book’s central argument is that a preoccupation with the
notion of 'comprehension' has led teachers to focus upon the product of
listening, in the form of answers to questions, ignoring the listening
process itself.
The author provides an informed account of the psychological processes
which make up the skill of listening, and analyses the characteristics of
the speech signal from which listeners have to construct a message.
Drawing upon this information, the book proposes a radical alternative to
the comprehension approach and provides for intensive small-scale practice
in aspects of listening that are perceptually or cognitively demanding for
the learner.
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