Graduate English Listening and Speaking Course 1. Imported Edition: Teacher's Reference Book

Author: (USA) Gabore, (USA) Scholnik, Editors
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: The "Graduate English Listening and Speaking Course (Import Edition)" emphasizes listening strategies and micro-skill training while cultivating students' speaking and writing abilities through extensive exercises. The course consists of two volumes. In both volumes, micro-skill training is introduced first through various exercises, helping students truly understand their significance and role in improving listening skills.
The first volume focuses on training around 7 micro-skill areas. The second volume further spirals the training of these 7 micro-skills while adding two more advanced ones: "Scanning for Background Information" and "Revising Assumptions." It is worth noting that this course integrates common and practical scenarios, with each chapter centered around a specific theme for listening exercises. These themes are broad and realistic, covering both daily-life topics (e.g., supermarkets, hobbies, travel) and subjects of great concern to students (e.g., career choices, personal dilemmas, interviews, future careers).
Since this course is designed for students learning English as a foreign language, it not only introduces foreign contexts to help students understand cultural customs in English-speaking countries but also guides them to compare and discuss based on their own realities. This approach not only gives students something to talk about but also makes the material relatable. Another feature of this course is its rich variety of exercises, all centered on practice. Instead of theoretical explanations, the course uses extensive exercises to help students master micro-skills effectively, achieving the goal of "learning by doing."
Thus, this course can be said to be one that focuses on listening skill training as its core, comprehensively developing students' overall English proficiency, which is fundamentally different from many of the purely listening-focused courses currently in use. The exercises come in various forms, including individual tasks, pair work, and group activities. Most exercises are open-ended, requiring students to actively provide answers, making the learning and practice process more engaging and student-centered.
The course is rich in content, practical, and challenging, making it suitable for graduate students with intermediate to advanced English proficiency. It can be used in conjunction with other skill-focused courses or as a standalone textbook. The complete set includes a student workbook, an instructor's manual, listening cassettes, and an MP3 disc, offering great convenience in use.