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Sound Advice Book: Basis For Listening, A (Am. Eng. ; Int) 2nd Ed
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Description: Sound Advice, Second Edition helps students understand rapid, relaxed English, starting at the word and sentence levels and expanding to short conversations. The text/audiocassette combination helps students develop their own strategies for understanding language as it is spoken and exposes them to a variety of listening phenomena essential for comprehension of authentic, natural spee...
Description: Sound Advice, Second Edition helps students understand rapid, relaxed English, starting at the word and sentence levels and expanding to short conversations. The text/audiocassette combination helps students develop their own strategies for understanding language as it is spoken and exposes them to a variety of listening phenomena essential for comprehension of authentic, natural speech.
Table of Contents
PART I Understanding the Basics
Chapter 1 Reductions
Syllable Stress
Ellipsis
Function words
More Ellipsis: Dropping Initial Words
going to, want to, have to
Reductions for and/or
Chapter 2 Introduction to Linking
Linking with Vowels
Linking Identical Consonants
Chapter 3 Special Sound Changes
The Flap
-ty/-teen
-nt Reduction
The Glottal Stop
Can/Can’t
of
Linking of with Vowels
Chapter 4 Silent h
Function Words Beginning with h
Questions Beginning with have/has
Pronoun Summary
PART II Building on the Basics
Chapter 5 Advanced Linking
Linking Similar Consonants
Linking with —ed Endings
Assimilation with y
Chapter 6 Focus on Function Words
Listening for Unstressed Words
a/an
our/are/or
Chapter 7 Contractions
Negative Contractions
Common Contractions with Personal Pronouns
Contractions with “wh” Words
Other Contractions with will
The “s” contraction
Contractions with it/that
Chapter 8 Endings and Beginnings
-s/-es Endings
-en Ending
Adjective Endings
Prefixes
Comparative and Superlative Endings
PART III Advanced Listening Concepts
Chapter 9 Grammar Challenges I
Understanding Tag Questions
Infinitives (to + verb) and Gerunds (verb + -ing)
Negative Comparisons
Talking To vs. Talking About
Chapter 10 Grammar Challenges II
Past Tense Modal Reductions
Expressing Conditions with Should and Had
Chapter 11 Special Aspects of Intonation and Stress
Statements as Questions
Tag Endings
Contrastive Stress
Indicating Surprise with Yes/No Questions
Using Rhetorical Questions to Show Sarcasm
PART IV TOEFL Practice
Chapter 12 TOEFL Practice 1
Chapter 13 TOEFL Practice II
Chapter 14 TOEFL Practice III
Appendix
Tapescript
Answer Key
Copyright ©2000-2002 Pearson Education Ltd. All
Table of Contents
PART I Understanding the Basics
Chapter 1 Reductions
Syllable Stress
Ellipsis
Function words
More Ellipsis: Dropping Initial Words
going to, want to, have to
Reductions for and/or
Chapter 2 Introduction to Linking
Linking with Vowels
Linking Identical Consonants
Chapter 3 Special Sound Changes
The Flap
-ty/-teen
-nt Reduction
The Glottal Stop
Can/Can’t
of
Linking of with Vowels
Chapter 4 Silent h
Function Words Beginning with h
Questions Beginning with have/has
Pronoun Summary
PART II Building on the Basics
Chapter 5 Advanced Linking
Linking Similar Consonants
Linking with —ed Endings
Assimilation with y
Chapter 6 Focus on Function Words
Listening for Unstressed Words
a/an
our/are/or
Chapter 7 Contractions
Negative Contractions
Common Contractions with Personal Pronouns
Contractions with “wh” Words
Other Contractions with will
The “s” contraction
Contractions with it/that
Chapter 8 Endings and Beginnings
-s/-es Endings
-en Ending
Adjective Endings
Prefixes
Comparative and Superlative Endings
PART III Advanced Listening Concepts
Chapter 9 Grammar Challenges I
Understanding Tag Questions
Infinitives (to + verb) and Gerunds (verb + -ing)
Negative Comparisons
Talking To vs. Talking About
Chapter 10 Grammar Challenges II
Past Tense Modal Reductions
Expressing Conditions with Should and Had
Chapter 11 Special Aspects of Intonation and Stress
Statements as Questions
Tag Endings
Contrastive Stress
Indicating Surprise with Yes/No Questions
Using Rhetorical Questions to Show Sarcasm
PART IV TOEFL Practice
Chapter 12 TOEFL Practice 1
Chapter 13 TOEFL Practice II
Chapter 14 TOEFL Practice III
Appendix
Tapescript
Answer Key
Copyright ©2000-2002 Pearson Education Ltd. All
