Learning to listen book 2

lerning to listen

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Contents

Scope and Sequence

Introduction to the Student

Introduction to the Teacher

Scope and Sequence

and personality traits

‘Talking about your

Dates, invitations, gifts

Talking about health problems and remedies

Spending time at the mall

Talking about movies

regular past tense verbs

Identifying different features of movies Identifying likes and dislikes

Distinguishing stressed words in

sentences

Identifying preferences

Identifying location

Identifying time

Distinguishing between different ways

of expressing amounts of money

Identifying clothes Identifying opinion and advice Distinguishing between /s/, /z/, and /tz/

in plural nouns

Activities that can be

done away from home:

sightseeing, water sports,

group tours

Web site addresses

Discussing apartment problems, rental costs

Communication electronics: fax, cells, pagers, laptops, e-mail

Cell phone technology,

text messaging

Occupations, earnings, length of service

Skills

Identifying comparisons Identifying cause and effect Distinguishing between the sounds // and /iy/

Identifying activities around town Identifying sequence and places Distinguishing between the sounds of she’s and he’s

Identifying places and services in a hotel Distinguishing between singular and plural nouns

Identifying holiday activities Identifying Web addresses Distinguishing between contracted

% and plural -s

Identifying problems Distinguishing between ordinal and cardinal numbers

Identifying ways of communicating Identifying preferences

Distinguishing between can and cant Identifying numbers and messages Identifying location

Distinguishing between sounds for affirming and negating

Identifying likes and dislikes Identifying periods of time Distinguishing confirmation and

uncertainty through intonation

Introduction to the Student

‘This series will help you become more confident about the listening you do both inside and outside the classroom

With these books you will:

+ learn to listen appropriately

+ learn to understand correctly

+ learn to make more sense of what you hear

You will hear a variety of sources such as conversations,

messages, radio broadcasts, and other forms of real English, and you will learn to listen both for detail and for the general meaning

As students you want to feel confident in real-life situations when you are speaking English Through this series you will hear what real English speakers say in everyday situations, such as meeting strangers or planning a celebration, and learn to understand the words they use

‘This series prepares you to react appropriately to the people you meet by helping you to make sense of the meaning behind the words they use You will learn about the influences of a speaker's mood, location, and background on the language she

or he uses

You will gain confidence in listening and responding to

everyday situations in English You'll be able to react to the personalities of the people you meet, understand the words they use, and make sense of what you hear.

Introduction to the Teacher

‘This three-book listening series helps make every minute of

the classroom experience as rich as the real world The topic:

the activities, the personalities, the beliefs, and the accents

reflect the variety in the world around us In the series,

students meet different people, discuss different things, have

different attitudes, and have different reactions

‘To make the listening experience as authentic as possible, the series presents listening challenges from a variety of sources: dialogs, recorded messages, monologues, radio broadcasts, reviews, public service announcements, and weather

Students need to be actively involved in the process of

learning to listen and listening to learn, because this makes learning much more effective This is achieved by asking them

to listen for a purpose, read the clues about speakers’ mood,

intention and background, and making students aware of the process they use in their own native language to make

linguistic input comprehensible

Students wish to react and express themselves appropriately

in real-life situations, For that reason, all three books show how people react and cope in everyday situations — and they

do so in a way that shows their personality, character, and

attitude By listening to, observing, and judging people in these contexts, students will learn that they too are able to express their personality when they speak English — a major

step in becoming proficient in English.

3] what's going on?

Look at the picture and complete the chart

=) What's your character?

Listen and number the Chinese signs

3) what's your sign?

Listen and circle the correct Chinese sign Then listen again

and write the year of birth

WHR} bo you think I'm smart?

Listen and number the pictures Then listen again and match

the speaker's trait with the picture

1 Generous [] Romantie (J Intelligent C Funny

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Train your ear

When we ask questions, we don’t always use words such as when, what, who, do, did Sometimes we use intonation to

change a statement to a question

A statement has falling intonation:

Mary was born in 1982 A question has rising intonation:

Mary was born in 1982?

Listen and put a question mark (?) or a period (.) at the end

5 Sandra was born in 1984

6 He's friendly and romantic

Listen and write if the people are the same (S) or different (D) Then listen again and write the missing word

I think things will turn out

Im + but not stupid

i, Try to be more

j They don't you

k, I'm not interested in

Test yourself

Listen and circle the answer that matches the picture

Listen and circle the best response

en to the conversation and to the question that follows

Circle the best answer

5 (A) Dog 6 (A) They're both positive

(B) Sheep (B) They're both opposites

THRE) Your turn

Write your personal information Then ask two people for

their information Are you the same or different? Use: When

were you born? What are three of your characteristics? What

are three of your friend's characteristics?

¥2 Around the World

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What's going on?

Put the number of the country on the map Then write the

correct nationality next to each country

Listen and circle the correct country

1 Morocco / Portugal 4

2 Brazil / Mexico 5

3 China / Korea

Brazil / Portugal Egypt / Morocco

TE} where are you from?

Listen and circle the correct country in columns 1 and 2 Then

listen again and in column 3 circle the language they speak

_ 4 Where did you go?

Listen and number the maps Then listen again and check (/)

the country or countries that each person visited

m1 Train your ear

When words have more than one syllable, one of the syllables

is stressed Listen to the examples:

co Mo-roc-co typ-tian

Now listen and draw a dot (+) over the syllable that is

stressed in each word

_ 6 Any place is fine

Listen and circle the noun or adjective

Listen to the conversation and to the question that follows

Circle the best answer

MEA) Your turn

Use the map in Activity 1 Choose a country Give your

partner clues, one at a time, and ask your partner to guess

the name of the country Use: It's north of Mexico The people

there speak English and some people speak Spanish There are

about 300 million people

Country X

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= Happy Birthday

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What's going on?

Circle the activities you see in the picture What do you do to celebrate your birthday? Add some activities to the list

1 sing Happy Birthday 7 eat ice cream

2 blow out candles 8 eat cake

3 give presents 9 play games

4 decorate with balloons 10

6 wear birthday hats

'What do you do?

Listen and number the events in the order they happen

Happy Birthday | candles presents

mm Train your ear

When spoken, some ordinal numbers can be confused Listen

to the example:

It's my ninetieth birthday It's my birthday on the nineteenth

Listen to people talk about their birthdays and circle the

correct number

1 16th / 60th 3 15th / 50th

9 4th/ 14th 4, 17th / 70th

You shouldn't have

Listen and check (7) what the person received

ze Can you come to my party?

Listen and number the invitations Then listen again and

write the missing information

Please celebrate this Special Ce Youle invited for dinner Ni ở

Hope +0 see you there Bring your hottest

a

80 years with Jane Please come to my birthday

When: Saturday the — rarty on Saturday the —

Listen and check (V) if the guests are coming or not Then

listen again and correct any mistakes on the list

Listen to the conversation and to the question that follows

Circle the best answer

a) Your turn

Complete the chart with your answers and then ask three

people about their birthdays

› When is your birthday? How do you celebrate it?

À w„

Person | Person 2 Person 3

l4 How Are You Feeling?

Look at the picture and match the health problem with the person

1 toothache 4, broken arm

3 broken leg 6. sunburn

RR) Ss What's the cure?

Listen and match the health problem with the cure See the example

1 a headache a put on a bandage

3 a sunburn e take aspirin

4 a broken leg 4 put on cream

5 acut on an arm e take cough syrup

6 a toothache £ take aspirin

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mm Train your ear

Words can have one or more syllables Listen to the examples:

help (one syllable)

bro-ken (two syllables)

pharm-a-cist (three syllables)

Listen and circle how many syllables you hear

WR] what's the matter?

Listen and number each pair of people

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The best remedy

Listen and number the pictures Then listen again and match

the picture with the correct remedies

Can you see this?

Listen to people doing eye-tests and cross out the letters they

miss Then listen again and write the letters the patient saw

Listen to the conversation and to the question that follows

Choose the best answer

5 (A) She put on a cast 6 (A) Some aspirin

(B) She fell off her bicycle (B) Playing soccer

(C) She broke her arm (C) His ankle

m8 Your turn

With your partner, take turns being “doctor” / “patient” Write

each of the problems on a piece of paper, and turn them

upside down Pick one, and tell the “doctor” about your

problem and listen to the remedies suggested Use: What’s the

problem? When did it start? You should take ., You must .,

You have to

Review 1

IS tellme about your friend

Listen to people describe their friends Circle when they were born and their nationality Then listen again and check (/) the characteristics you hear

Listen to the conversation and to the question that follows

Circle the best answer

9 (A) He can’t cough 10 (A) She's English

(B) He can’t stop coughing (B) She's French

(©) He feels cold (C) She’s Canadian

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Bart the mall

WD] what's going on?

Write the words under the store in which you would find these products and add some more of your own

pants magazine novel cellphone hamburger greeting card jacket dictionary phone batteries cookbook noodles joystiek video game

Video Game Bookstore Food Wireless Clothing

Store Court Store Store

TR) what do you see?

Listen to the statements about the picture above Circle the correct answer

1 yes / no 3 yes/no 5 yes/no

2 yes / no 4 yes / no 6 yes / no

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TRE] where will they go?

Listen and number the pictures

mm Where did we park the car?

Listen and number the car the people are looking for

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am Train your ear

The -ed at the end of the past tense is pronounced in three ways Listen to

the examples:

It! stopped /d/ stayed /hd/ repeated

Listen to the word pronounced at the end of each conversation and check

(V) the sound that you hear

RG come shopping with me

Listen to Tom and Louise and number the stores in the order that they

visited them

‘Then listen again and check (Y) the things that they bought

Tom Louise boots

socks = =

jazz CDs —

classical CDs magazine = book =

sweater

watch picture frame — donuts =

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Listen to the conversation and to the question that follows

Circle the best answer

5 (A) Her watch stopped 6 (A) In four minutes

(B) She doesn't have time (B) In twenty minutes

(©) She's late for a meeting (©) In thirty minutes

TR Your turn

What are the names of some of the stores in your mall? Which

ones are your favorites? Compare your list with that of other

TK at the Movies

SH wnar: going on?

Put the letters from the pictures next to the correct words

1. _ director 5. special effect

2 popeorn 6. computer animation

4. _ soundtrack 8 _ computer animators

TP) what are they talking about?

Listen and number each topic

a [] animated movies 4 [J soundtrack

b [] Chinese movies © [] western movies

c C] special effects £ EJ popcorn

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TERE) what movie aid they see?

Listen and number the posters

TR] what dia you like about the movie?

Listen and check (V) what was liked in each movie Then listen again and check (/) if the speakers would recommend the movie

C humor

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mE Train your ear

Words are stressed in a sentence to make sure people understand important information Listen to the examples:

°

I think the next show starts at six p.m

°

No, what time is the first show?

Listen and draw (+) over the word that is stressed

What time is the first show?

How much does a ticket cost?

It costs ten dollars

1 like action movies

You liked Skywalkers on Mars?

The special effects were fantastic

I'm going to buy the CD

Listen to the conversation and to the question that follows

Circle the best answer

5 (A) 5:00 6 (A) The story

(B) 6:00 (B) The special effects

ma Your turn

Answer the questions below and then ask your partner

Write two questions of your own

You Your partner

How often do you go to the movies?

What kind of movies do you like best?

Who is your favorite actor or actress?

What was the last movie you saw?

What was the best movie you saw this year?

NI What's going on?

Match the word with the picture

1. today's specials

2. _ menu

3. waiter

4, customer 5. grilled

6. fried

=) What are the specials today?

Listen and circle two of the items that are Today’s Specials

RE) what do you want to eat?

Listen to the order and write the correct table number in the box

Bntráes

cnieren OOOO steak OOOO rich OOOO rere crops OO00

OOOO sarees OOOO

mm Train your ear

There are different ways to express amounts of money and percentage figures, See the examples

$13.75 thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents

thirteen seventy-five

$107.32 one hundred and seven dollars and thirty-two cents

one-oh-seven thirty-two

8.5% eight and a half percent

eight point five percent

Listen and write the amounts you hear

Food total Food total Food total

Tip Tip Tip Tip

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WRG Where's the café?

Listen and number the phrases Then listen again and put the

phrases in the right spaces

across the street from

b [] between

e [] next to

d [Jon the corner of

e the café across the street from the diner

f, the café the bank

g the café Main and Elm streets

h the café the điner and bank

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Listen to the conversation and to the question that follows

Circle the best answer

5 (A) at 12:30 6 (A) Hamburgers

(B) at 1:00 (B) Italian food

(©) at 1:30, (C) Seafood

WE) Your turn

With two other people, take turns talking about your favorite

restaurant Complete the chart

You Person | Person 2

4 What Are You Wearing?

TD what's going on?

Look at the picture and match the clothes with the person

1 backward baseballl cap 9 ripped jeans

2, three earrings in one ear 10 tattoo

5 long-sleeved shirt 13 black leather boots

6. sunglasses 14, red sneakers

7 striped blouse 15 high heels

8 nose ring

TP) what are you wearing?

Listen and circle the clothing that you hear

short-sleeved shirt / long-sleeved shirt black shoes / brown shoes

red skirt / red shirt low heels / high heels blue jeans / blue pants ripped T-shirt / striped shirt

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TEN whet day's it on?

The -s at the end of plural words is pronounced in three

ways Listen to the examples:

boots /s/ rings /z/ purses hz/

Listen to the words and check (/) the sound you hear

Listen and circle the correct clothes Then listen again

Do the people put on or take off the clothes? Circle the

correct verb

1.(A) blue shoes 2.(A) jacket 3 (A) striped sweater

(B) black shoes (B) jeans (B) plain-colored sweater put on / take off put on / take off put on / take off

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