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Niste
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 Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:34 am Post subject: Can anyone recommend... |
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...a book to improve listening skills at intermediate level and above ? Something for adults, general, non-academic & non-business is what I'm after. For some reason, I can cover other skills by adapting authentic stuff, but when I need to be organised enough to record radio things or people's voices, it just doesn't happen. Thus my students' across-the-board failure last year in the listening bit of CELS last year...So something ready-made is the answer. Lots of stuff on the market, but which of it is any good ?
Any suggestions appreciated. |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:29 pm Post subject: Re: Can anyone recommend... |
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| Niste wrote: |
...a book to improve listening skills at intermediate level and above ? Something for adults, general, non-academic & non-business is what I'm after. For some reason, I can cover other skills by adapting authentic stuff, but when I need to be organised enough to record radio things or people's voices, it just doesn't happen. Thus my students' across-the-board failure last year in the listening bit of CELS last year...So something ready-made is the answer. Lots of stuff on the market, but which of it is any good ?
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I really don't know of any listening stuff which really works other than recording you own stuff. Listening lectures really work, first get them to take notes, then point out what parts they should have written down. Also telephone conversations with each other back to back, either they both have a script with gaps to fill, or they have roll cards, are good warmers.
Songs are fantastic for improving listening, putting the lines in the correct order, and gap fills work. But for intense listening I can only recommend recording some stuff yourself.
(BBC prime have 'shorts' from their holiday programmes, these are really good listening excersises if you're clever with the questions) |
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dmb
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| There is a series by MacMillan Heinemann called Skills Plus(Listening and Speaking) Quite useful. Also ADAPT listenings from cutting Edge, Headway, etc. |
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Niste
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| Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:12 am Post subject: |
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| Cheers to both of you for that. I have just used my dictaphone. Some people prefer a Nokia, but there you go... |
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dmb
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| I've been having a bit of a clearout today and I came across Longman's intermediate TOEFL practice. It has on it short conversations and longer dialogues. although the subjects are academic they can be quite useful for listening for gist and specific info. |
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