Students often find listening the most difficult skill to master even if their level of English is high. Teachers need a collection of authentic listenings on motivating, relevant topics as supplementary practice for students. In this title, each listening is fully exploited, saving teachers research and preparation time.

This 96-page resource book contains a motivating range of communicative activities based around authentic and semi-authentic listenings. Topics range from Mobile Phones, Moral Dilemmas and Addictions to Finding the Perfect Partner and Football Hooliganism. Activities are indexed by topic, function and listening skill. They are ideal for providing supplementary listening practice with a direct focus on teenage issues. Each activity is supported by comprehensive teaching notes with pre- and post-listening suggestions. Full transcripts are provided.

When first learning English, students often find listening the most difficult skill to master. Teachers in UK language schools need a varied collection of listenings on motivating, relevant topics as supplementary practice for students. Each listening is fully exploited, saving teachers research and preparation time.

The first thing a class of students gathered together from all over the world will need to do is speak to each other in English! Activities that structure communicative activities are key in the programme of English course run in the UK.

Here is a practical tool for teaching communication in the language classroom, suitable for use with students from elementary to advanced level. The book contains instructions for over 100 different participatory exercises. For each activity, notes are provided for organization, time, and preparation. A comprehensive table of activities and an index also are included. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Teachers at UK language schools need to teach all four skills in an integrated, contextualised way. This book provides motivating projects aimed at teenagers with concise teaching notes to cut down on teacher preparation time. Teachers will see real improvement in students' receptive and productive skills.

A Syllabus for Listening: Decoding is for teachers, teacher trainers, textbook and course book authors in English language teaching (ELT). This book will help you add a decoding dimension to all your listening activities, which means that your students will be better prepared for real-world spontaneous speech encounters. If you are designing a listening course, or writing listening exercises for a course book, this is essential reading. There are four parts. Decoding and Perceptionpresents key ideas which are essential to understanding why the teaching and learning of listening needs to be improved. A Critique of Training, Theory and Practice presents a critical analysis of conventional approaches to listening in teacher training and the ELT classroom. A Syllabus for Listening presents specific items for the syllabus, including word clusters, streamlining processes and, crucially, ear-training. Education, Tools and Activities describes innovative classroom activities for teaching decoding: exploiting recordings and classroom language, using pen-and-paper prompts, together with the voices of teachers and learners. Sound files are available for download from www.speechinaction.com My teaching of listening has changed utterly. Happy teacher. Happy students. It's fabulous. Jane Hadcock, Teacher, Essex Integration. To inspire ELT, another original book from a pioneer of teaching listening. Alice Henderson, Associate Professor of English, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France Interesting and challenging ideas that will stir up your views on listening. Martin Hewings, author of English Pronunciation in Use: Advanced. The product of years of scholarship and research - this is a triumph! Sheila Thorn, founder of The Listening Business, author of Real Lives, Real Listening.

This book contains a variety of reading texts, activities and games on every aspect of London life - sightseeing, travel, sport, shopping, museums, galleries and, of course, on Londoners themselves. The texts are aimed at young teenagers learning English. Each activity provides structured language and vocabulary practice, with suggestions for discussion and follow-up pairwork and groupwork. Topics cover areas as diverse as Hamley's Toy Shop, Cockney Rhyming Slang, Party in the Park and London Football Clubs as well as the more historical side of London : Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and the Tower of London. A free poster-sized map of the capital also comes with Timesaver London ! with accompanying ideas for class exploitation.

A photocopiable resouce book for busy teachers, 'Timesaver Games' contains dozens of time-saving and motivating activities for immediate use in the classroom. 'Timesaver Games' enables you to help your students consolidate mewly acquired language whilst having fun with puzzles. All the activities in 'Timesaver Games' have been tried, tested and enjoyed by students and teachers alike. They are suitable for use in all teaching situations - including mixed ability classes - or they can be given as homework tasks.