Listening and Speaking

Starting Skills in English Listening and Speaking Part B Teacher's Book Starting Skills in English is specially designed for false beginners and remedial learners. It is divided into two parts, A and B. Students can enter the course at A or B level. Each part provides at least 150 hours' tuition. The whole course, therefore, provides at least 300 hours' tuition. There are three books in each part: Listening and Speaking, Reading and Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar. It is assumed that most users of the course will teach the books in this order, although it is not essential. The majority of the material in the third book could be set as self-study. Starting Skills in English Listening and Speaking: In Part B, students learn how to hear and say 200 key words in isolation and context from the following knowledge areas: * Education * Daily Life * Work and Business * Science and Nature * The Physical World * Culture and Civilization * Technology * Art and Literature * Sports and Leisure * Nutrition and Health Students also learn to: * ask about jobs; * ask about regular events - usually, ever, often; * ask about the weather; * compare notes - names and numbers; * compare two things; * find important words that are often at the end of a sentence; * guess meanings, pronunciation, spelling; * start a conversation; * identify multi-syllable words from the strong sound; * predict the next subject; * predict the next word or phrase; * talk about likes or dislikes; * talk about quantity; * talk about regular events - frequency adverbs; * talk about the weather; * understand the value of and, but, or; * use ago; * use drawings and diagrams; * make and answer questions; * improve their pronunciation; * stress long words; * talk about possibilities, likes and dislikes; * talk about containers; * identify questions; * use the correct short form; * predict the structure of a talk; * listen and react; * give examples and lists; * recognize change of subject; and * guess the pronunciation of vowels. This material is aimed at students with an IELTS level of 3.0. The exit level of this course is equivalent to an approximate TOEFL score of 400. Starting Skills in English Part A Listening and Speaking is also available. There are linked courses in Reading and Writing and Vocabulary and Grammar. See the Skills in English website at skillsinenglish.com for additional materials and help. Key Features * Listening texts a maximum of 400 words * Speaking tasks are short paragraphs * Teacher's Book containing a full answer key, language and culture notes, methodology notes and transcript of listening material * Allows beginners immediate access to study of academic English skills * Available as three books - Listening and Speaking, Reading and Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar - at two levels * Ideal for false beginners, i.e., students who have not achieved their full potential in English at school Accompanying Course Book, audio, Student Test Pack and Teacher Test Booklet also available.