English for Life Listening B1

Collins English for Life: Listening will help you to improve your understanding of English as spoken by a range of speakers for whom it is a first or second language.

English for Life Listening B1

Ian Badger

Tổng hợp Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

2013

Abstract

Collins English for Life: Listening will help you to improve your understanding of English as spoken by a range of speakers for whom it is a first or second language.

You can use Listening

• as a self-study course

• as supplementary material on a general English course.

Listening aims to develop your awareness and sensitivity to different speakers of English. As yoư listen to the recordings, you will note vvhich speakers are easier to fo!low and notice why this is thecase: speed, clear accent, lack of complex vocabulary and idiom, straightforward use of grammar.As you develop your avvareness of features which make speakers easy to understand, you will gain more avvareness of your own English and take steps to ensure that you become a clearer speaker.

Introduction:

Section 1 - VVhere are you from?

. Unit 1 Your family {English, American)

. Unit 2 Your home town {American, English)

. Unit 3 Your country (A/ewZea/and, Ch/nese)

. Unit 4 Housing and accommodation {English, Indian)

. Unit 5 Adapting to local customs Ụndian, English, American)

Section 2 - Where are you going?

. Unit 6 Tourist information (South Aừican, English, Scottish)

. Unit 7 Hotel information {American)

. Unit 8 staying in a hotel {Australian, Scottish)

Section 3 - What do you need to know?