Recognizing situations. Recognizing sounds. Unlocking meaning. A 3-part series. For lower level ESL/EFL. Used in summer programs and other introductory ESL/EFL courses for international students.
Teaching English as it is actually spoken Top-Up gives students practice in drawing meaning from naturally spoken English in two ways: using their knowledge of the world and of the language to guess what's coming next, and using their knowledge of how English is actually structured as a sound.
Whaddaya Say? is the result of 25 years of research on reduced forms. Since 1981, it has helped thousands of students around the world understand English as it is really spoken. This easy-to-use listening book introduces students to the most common reduced forms of spoken English for going to, want to, have to, and more - fully contextualized in conversations that are both practical and entertaining. Each of the text's 30 lessons include a auto segment that introduces new reduced forms, followed by comprehension questions and practice exercises.
A straightforward primer on the theory and teaching of pronunciation, this text offers detailed analysis and teaching techniques for vowels, consonants, stress and intonation, and the features of fluent speech.
The How to…series offers practical teaching ideas within a clear, theoretical framework. An audio CD with spoken examples of sounds, words and phrases from the book puts the theories examined into a clear context.