Publisher's Synopsis
Starting Skills in English Listening and Speaking Part A Teacher's Book
Starting Skills in English is specially designed for false beginners and remedial learners. It is divided into two parts, A and B. Students can enter the course at A or B level. Each part provides at least 150 hours' tuition. The whole course, therefore, provides at least 300 hours' tuition.
There are three books in each part: Listening and Speaking, Reading and Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar. It is assumed that most users of the course will teach the books in this order, although it is not essential. The majority of the material in the third book, Vocabulary and Grammar, could be set as self-study.
Starting Skills in English Listening and Speaking: In Part A students learn how to hear and say 200 key words in isolation and context from the following knowledge areas:
- Education
- Daily Life
- Work and Business
- Science and Nature
- The Physical World
- Culture and Civilization
- Technology
- Art and Literature
- Sports and Leisure
- Nutrition and Health
Students will also learn to:
- ask about abilities;
- hear and say key sounds in English;
- ask about new words;
- define objects;
- describe objects - colour and size;
- describe places;
- hear and say key questions;
- identify key factual information in speech;
- introduce yourself;
- listen for examples;
- predict information in a talk;
- predict the next word or phrase in a sentence;
- talk about bar charts and pie charts;
- talk about facts in the past;
- talk about yourself; and
- understand classroom instructions.
This material is aimed at students with an IELTS level of 2.0. The exit level of this course is equivalent to an approximate TOEFL score of 250. Starting Skills in English Part B Listening and Speaking is also available. There are linked courses in Reading and Writing and Vocabulary and Grammar. See the Skills in English website at skillsinenglish.com for additional materials and help.
Key Features
- Listening texts a maximum of 400 words
- Speaking tasks are short paragraphs
- Teacher's Book containing a full answer key, language and culture notes, methodology notes and transcript of listening material
- Allows beginners immediate access to study of academic English skills
- Available as three books - Listening and Speaking, Reading and Writing, Vocabulary and Grammar - at two levels
- Ideal for false beginners, i.e., students who have not achieved their full potential in English at school
Accompanying Course Book, audio, Student Test Pack and Teacher Test Booklet also available.
