This book helps students listen for gist and specific information, to make inferences and to progress to content-based activities. Building Skills for Understanding is the low-intermediate level of the Active Listening series. By activating students' knowledge of a topic before they listen, the text gives them a frame of reference to make intelligent predictions about what they will hear. Students learn to listen through a careful balance of activities, including listening for gist, listening for specific information, and making inferences.
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Building Skills for Understanding is the low-intermediate level of the Active Listening series. By activating students' knowledge of a topic before they listen, the text gives them a frame of reference to make intelligent predictions about what they will hear. Students learn to listen through a careful balance of activities, including listening for gist, listening for specific information, and making inferences.
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In English, when you don't understand something, you should ask. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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In English, when you don't understand something, you should ask. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Loch Ness, James Dean, World Trade Expo New!
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- English Language (Opus Books) by Logan Pearsall Smith in Front Matter
- The Book of Lists by David Wallechinsky in Front Matter
- The Supervisor's Big Book of Answers by Paula J. MacLean on page 25
- Teaching English as a Foreign or Second Language: A Teacher Self-development and Methodology Guide by Jerry G. Gebhard on page 165
- TOEFL Exam Success in Only 6 Steps (Skill Builders (Learningexpress)) by LearningExpress Editors in Back Matter
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