Developing Listening Skills

Contains transcripts and answer keys for all the student exercises and the recorded conversations and passages presented in Developing listening skills 1, the first volume of the three-volume listening course set designed for intermediate or higher-level English language students, with content and difficulty appropriate for high school and university students.

The second edition of Developing Listening Skills expands with full color graphics, newly revised topically based listening passages, and enhanced listening activities. This series is suitable for both the classroom and self-study. Throughout the series, Developing Listening Skills progresses from easy to more challenging exercises in order to help facilitate listening comprehension. The exercises combine listening with reading, speaking, and writing tasks to reinforce retention of high-frequency vocabulary and phrases.

Listening is harder than it looks- but it's the difference between business success and failure. Nothing causes bad decisions in organizations as often as poor listening. But Bernard Ferrari, adviser to some of the nation's most influential executives, believes that such missteps can be avoided and that the skills and habits of good listening can be developed and mastered. He offers a step-by-step process that will help readers become active listeners, able to shape and focus any conversation. Ferrari reveals how to turn a tin ear into a platinum ear. His practical insights include: Good listening is hard work, not a passive activity Good listening means asking questions, challenging all assumptions, and understanding the context of every interaction Good listening results in a new clarity of focus, greater efficiency, and an increased likelihood of making better decisions Good listening can be the difference between a long career and a short one

As an essential part of communicative competence, listening is a skill which deserves equal treatment with the other basic skills of speaking, reading, and writing. Second Language Listening combines up-to-date listening theory with case studies of actual pedagogical practice. The authors describe current models of listening theory and exemplify each with a textbook task. They address the role of technology in teaching listening, questioning techniques, and testing. Second Language Listening is designed to be used with both pre-service and in-service teachers who are involved in the teaching of listening or the design of pedagogic materials for listening.

Contains transcripts and answer keys for all the student exercises and the recorded conversations and passages presented in Developing listening skills 2, the second volume of the three-volume listening course set designed for intermediate or higher-level English language students, with content and difficulty appropriate for high school and university students.