TY - BOOK AU - Brown, Steven. AU - Smith, Dorolyn. TI - Active Listening 3 / SN - 9780521678216 (Student Book) PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Pronunciation KW - Problems and exercises KW - Studying and teaching KW - Audio aid N1 - Includes appendix, answer key and listening tips. A free Self-Study Audio CD is also included in every Student's Book; "Active Listening, Second Edition is a fully updated and revised edition of the popular three-level listening series for adult and young adult learners of North American English. Each level offers students 16 engaging, task-based units, each built around a topic, function, or grammatical theme. Grounded in the theory that learners are more successful listeners when they activate their prior knowledge of a topic, the series gives students a frame of reference to make predictions about what they will hear. Through a careful balance of activities, students learn to listen for main ideas, to listen for details, and to listen and make inferences" (Book Cover).; TABLE OF CONTENTS ; Unit 1: What do you say first? ; Listening tasks ; 1 A good first impression ; 2 Keep the conversation going ; Speaking ; We have a lot in common : Practicing conversation patterns with classmates ; Pronunciation; Intonation of questions ; Unit 2: Sights and sounds ; Listening tasks ; 1 The five senses ; 2 The smell of money ; Speaking ; Sales sense : Designing a product that appeals to the senses ; Pronunciation ; Vowel sounds ; Unit 3: Dating ; Listening tasks ; 1 Which way is best? ; 2 How did they meet? ; Speaking; My best match : Sharing information about what is important in a partner ; Pronunciation ; Intonation of lists ; Unit 4: Communication and culture ; Listening tasks ; 1 I just don't understand ; 2 It's our style ; Speaking; Good communication : sharing tips for good communication ; Pronunciation; /t/ in shouldn't ; Expansion 1: Russia: Information and an authentic student interview ; Unit 5: The Internet ; Listening tasks ; 1 Great site! ; 2 The growth of the Internet ; Speaking ; My homepage : Designing a homepage ; Pronunciation; Linked sounds ; Unit 6: Superstitions ; Listening tasks ; 1 Around the world ; 2 The real meaning ; Speaking ; Are you superstitious? : Playing a board game ; Pronunciation; Regular rhythm of stressed words ; Unit 7: Manners ; Listening tasks ; 1 It drives me crazy! ; 2 Mind your manners ; Speaking ; It really bothers me : Sharing situations that drive you crazy ; Pronunciation; Emphasis to express strong emotion ; Unit 8: Natural health ; Listening tasks ; 1 Reflexology ; 2 Staying healthy ; Speaking; A day at my spa : Designing a spa schedule ; Pronunciation ; Intonation of thought groups ; Expansion 2: Ireland: Information and an authentic student interview ; Unit 9: Science trivia ; Listening tasks ; 1 Fact or fiction? ; 2 The northern lights ; Speaking; Trivia game : Playing a trivia game ; Pronunciation; /th/ sounds ; Unit 10: Advertising ; Listening tasks ; 1 What's in a name? ; 2 Lost in translation ; Speaking; It's a great product : Creating a script for a TV or radio ad ; Pronunciation ; Vowel sounds followed by r ; Unit 11: Study abroad ; Listening tasks ; 1 A place to live ; 2 Choosing a school ; Speaking; The perfect school : Designing a brochure for an English school ; Pronunciation; Intonation of tag questions ; Unit 12: How things work ; Listening tasks ; 1 Electronic devices ; 2 How a vending machine works ; Speaking; Here are the steps! : Describing how things work ; Pronunciation ; Reduction of is and are in rapid speech ; Expansion 3: Brazil: Information and an authentic student interview ; Unit 13: Personality traits ; Listening tasks ; 1 It's in my blood ; 2 The Chinese zodiac ; Speaking; My personality traits : Sharing personality traits ; Pronunciation; Stressed syllables ; Unit 14: Values ; Listening tasks ; 1 Difficult decisions ; 2 Who's right? ; Speaking; Values game : Playing a board game ; Pronunciation ; Unreleased p, b, t, d, k, and g when followed by another consonant ; Unit 15: Good business ; Listening tasks ; 1 The secret to success ; 2 A success story ; Speaking ; Company principles : Creating a company's guiding business principles ; Pronunciation ; Reduction of to ; Unit 16 Unsolved mysteries ; Listening tasks ; 1 Strange stories ; 2 Crop circles ; Speaking; Believe it or not! : Creating a TV news story about a mysterious event ; Pronunciation ; Emphasis of transition expressions ; Expansion 4: The Philippines: Information and an authentic student interview UR - http://www.cambridge.org/us/cambridgeenglish/catalog/skills/active-listening-2nd-edition/active-listening-3-2nd-edition-students-book-self-study-audio-cd?isbn=9780521678216&&format=WW ER -