Kenny, Tom <br/><br/>
Listening Advantage 1 / 
Tom Kenny, Tamami Wada. 
 - Boston :  Thomson Heinle ;  2008. 
 - 80 p. :  col. ill. ;  28 cm. +  1 student audio CD (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) 
 - Listening Advantage .
<br/><br/> Includes Practice Tests. Audio files are available for download on the Publisher's Student Companion Website. 
<br/><br/>"This new four-level, strategies-based course is designed to improve listening skills through the use of activities and topics that are meaningful to students' lives.<br/> Features:<br/>  Realistic listening passages include social conversations, transactional dialogues, broadcasts, and announcements.<br/>  12 easy-to-teach four-page units make Listening Advantage ideal for short courses.<br/>  "Language Focus" sections raise students' awareness of key grammatical and functional patterns.<br/>   "Conversation Strategy" sections build active listening strategies such as responding appropriately, showing interest/surprise, and clarifying when you don't understand.<br/>  Catch It! sections show learners how to break speech down into chunks and listen for stress, intonation, and pronunciation cues.<br/>  Mid-Book and Final Practice Tests familiarize students with common standardized test formats.<br/>  Self-study audio CD with accompanying exercises provides additional homework or language lab practice." (Book Cover)<br/> CONTENTS:<br/>  Scope and Sequence<br/>  Introduction<br/>  Useful Expressions<br/> DAILY LIFE<br/> Unit 1 Names and Addresses<br/>  Lesson A How do you spell that?<br/>  Lesson B What's your e-mail address?<br/>  Language/Strategy: Basic Phrases; Showing you're listening<br/>  Catch it! Spelling out words<br/> Unit 2 Numbers<br/>  Lesson A Can I have your number?<br/>  Lesson B I'm free on the 14th at 7 o'clock.<br/>  Language/Strategy: Requesting information; Repeating<br/>  Catch it! Syllable stress<br/> Unit 3 Going Places<br/>  Lesson A How do you get there?<br/>  Lesson B What do you do after school?<br/>  Language/Strategy: Adverbs of frequency; Showing understanding<br/>  Catch it! Syllable stress<br/> PLACES AND THINGS<br/> Unit 4 Locations<br/>  Lesson A Where is it?<br/>  Lesson B How do you get there?<br/>  Language/Strategy: Prepositional phrases; Clarifying directions<br/>  Catch it! Weak forms of prepositions<br/> Unit 5 Likes and Dislikes<br/>  Lesson A What's your favorite?<br/>  Lesson B Good idea!<br/>  Language/Strategy: Rejoinders; Showing agreement and disagreement<br/>  Catch it! Weak forms of would you / do you + like<br/> Unit 6 My Stuff<br/>  Lesson A Nice shirt!<br/>  Lesson B How much?<br/>  Language/Strategy: Giving and receiving compliments; Reacting to prices<br/>  Catch it! Reduced pronouns<br/> PEOPLE I KNOW<br/> Unit 7 Home Life<br/>  Lesson A My dad's a salesman.<br/>  Lesson B Wow, you have a lot of CDs!<br/>  Language/Strategy: Yes/no questions; Introducing a question with "So, ..."<br/>  Catch it! Intonation for questions<br/> Unit 8 Classmates<br/>  Lesson A What's he look like?<br/>  Lesson B Is that in fashion?<br/>  Language/Strategy: Comparing people; Repeating the question<br/>  Catch it! Breaking sentences into chunks<br/> Unit 9 Best Friends<br/>  Lesson A Chuck's a really cool guy!<br/>  Lesson B What's she like?<br/>  Language/Strategy: like/enjoy + verb; Getting time to think<br/>  Catch it! The sound /the/<br/> HOPES AND DREAMS<br/> Unit 10 Holidays<br/>  Lesson A Let's go!<br/>  Lesson B I really like winter!<br/>  Language/Strategy: Inviting; Returning a question<br/>  Catch it! What/How about you?<br/> Unit 11 Dating<br/>  Lesson A What kind of guy?<br/>  Lesson B How about dinner and a movie<br/>  Language/Strategy: Accepting and refusing invitations; Making suggestions<br/>  Catch it! Can vs. can't<br/> Unit 12 My Future<br/>  Lesson A I want to be a TV star!<br/>  Lesson You get three wishes!<br/>  Language/Strategy: Hope/want + to...; Showing excitement<br/>  Catch it! Reduced forms of want to and going to<br/> Practice Test 2<br/> Introduction to the Self-Study Units<br/> Self-Study Units 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781424001750 (text with audio CD) 1424001757 (text with audio CD) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Spoken English--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>Listening--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>Listening.<br/>Beginners.