Take On Listening
Listening and Speaking Strategies
Burt Gabler and Nadia F. Scholnick
High Beginning to high Intermediate
Take On Listening is a two-book listening/speaking series developed
for adults studying English in academic or adult education
programs.
The series is designed for students at the
low-to-mid level of language acquisition who have not yet
developed the basic language communication skills necessary to
successfully process material heavy with unfamiliar information
or subject matter. Thus, intensive listening skill training and
extensive conversation and speaking practice are carried out
within a context of topics realistic and familiar to the
students.
Both student books provide a framework
through which increasingly complex information and culturally
enriching knowledge are spiraled. Exercises and activities
overlap, thus ensuring that past language encounters are
reinforced while new material is introduced.
Features
Seven specific listening attack strategies
are covered:
• Using
what you already know;
• Scanning
for the main idea;
• Scanning
for the main points;
• Making
inferences (intelligent guesses);
• Scanning
for specific pieces of information;
• Using
context clues; and
• Using
structure and intonation clues.
Audio Program Cassettes (5)
Audio Program Cassettes (5)
