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Book ISBN: 9781877074189
Size: A4 Paperback with audio CD
Level: Intermediate Age group: school age students to adult
Other: Self study: Yes Answers: Yes
Audio CD available: Yes (included with this book) Teacher’s book available: Yes
Skills practised: Idioms & everyday expressions, spelling, grammar, pronunciation, reading, writing, dictionary use, learn about conventions of spoken English in business & social situations and learn strategies for improving listening skills and overcoming pronunciation problems.
Other features: Language reviews, Reference lists of everyday expressions, Phonemic Chart
Table of contents Understanding Spoken English – One – Book with Audio CD
GLOSSARY OF LANGUAGE TERMS 6 – 7
UNIT 1 STARTING SOMETHING NEW 8 – 18
Conversation with ‘everyday’ expressions 10
Focus on Spoken Language: 15 – 18
A) Spoken words and syllables
B) Contracted words in spoken English
C) Developing awareness of the stress patterns of English
D) Names and syllables
E) Stress in sentences
Reference Page – Understanding the stress patterns of English 19
UNIT 2 TALKING ABOUT THE FAMILY 20 – 29
Conversation with ‘everyday’ expressions 22
Focus on Spoken Language: 27 – 29
A) Question tags in conversational speech
B) Hearing and pronouncing syllables correctly
C) Hearing and using correct stress in words
UNIT 3 TALKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE 30 – 39
Conversation with ‘everyday’ expressions 32
Focus on Spoken Language: 37 – 39
A) Using pronouns
B) Pronouns – pronunciation and spelling
C) Changing the topic during a conversation
D) Giving an opinion
LANGUAGE REVIEW ONE – Units 1 – 3 40 – 41
UNIT 4 TALKING ABOUT SHOPPING 42 – 52
Conversation with ‘everyday’ expressions 44
Focus on Spoken Language: 49 – 52
A) Question tags – revision
B) Using intonation to communicate meaning
C) Developing awareness of ‘weak forms’ in spoken English
D) The linking of words in connected speech
Reference Page – Connected speech 53
UNIT 5 TALKING ABOUT HEALTH AND SICKNESS 54 – 63
Conversation with ‘everyday’ expressions 56
Focus on Spoken Language: 61 – 63
A) Some intonation patterns of English
B) Incomplete sentences in spoken English
C) Phrasal verbs
D) Stages in a medical consultation
UNIT 6 WORRYING ABOUT MONEY 64 – 73
Conversation with ‘everyday’ expressions 66 Focus on Spoken Language: 71 – 73
A) Giving feedback
B) Giving reasons – Justifying actions and opinions
C) Making suggestions
D) Agreeing and disagreeing politely
LANGUAGE REVIEW TWO – Units 4 – 6 74 – 75
UNIT 7 TALKING ABOUT PLACES AND PREFERENCES 76 – 85
Conversation with ‘everyday’ expressions 78
Focus on Spoken Language: 83 – 85
A) Using intonation to check meaning
B) Talking about preferences
C) Ellipsis – leaving words out in short replies
UNIT 8 MAKING AN ARRANGEMENT BY TELEPHONE 86 – 95
Conversation with ‘everyday’ expressions 88
Focus on Spoken Language: 93 – 95
A) Stages in a phone request for service
B) Checking information given on the telephone
C) Using polite language when requesting service
D) Pronunciation of words ending with ‘ed’
UNIT 9 AT A SOCIAL GATHERING 96 – 106
Conversation with ‘everyday’ expressions 98
Focus on Spoken Language: 103 -106
A) Making small talk – appropriate topics
B) Starting a conversation and keeping it going
C) Revision – Using ‘question tags’ to begin a conversation
D) Phrasal verbs – a note on correct word order
LANGUAGE REVIEW THREE – Unit 7 – 9 108 – 109
Answers to exercises and crosswords 110 – 121
Reference Lists – everyday expressions with definitions 122 – 130
Reference Page – Some pronunciation differences between varieties of English 131
Phonemic Chart of English Sounds 132
