High Beginner – Split A
Text & Audio CD
ISBN 978-1-896942-23-0 ¥2,050
High Beginner – Split B
Text & Audio CD
ISBN 978-1-896942-24-7 ¥2,050
Communication Spotlight
by Alastair Graham-Marr
Series Editor:
Chris Cleary
Level:
The series is aimed at high beginner
students. (Approx. TOEIC Range: 285 - 375)
Sample Units | Introduction to book |
Teacher's Notes | Answer Key | Audio Sample | Homework Scripts | answer
key and homework scripts are password protected. Please email ABAX for
access.
Communication Spotlight Series
Full versions - Unit 0 + 18 units
Starter • High Beginner • Pre-Intermediate
Split versions A / B - Unit 0 + 9 units
Starter A/B • High Beginner A/B • Pre-Intermediate A/B
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Key Features:
Spotlight on Listening: A look into
the skills and strategies of listening, how English is naturally pronounced
in streams of connected discourse, using your world knowledge to get to
meaning
Spotlight on Speaking: A focus on
how second language speakers can better use strategies to communicate
their message
Spotlight on Memory: A focus on short
term memory, with an eye to stretching it.
Communication Spotlight is designed to draw student
attention to important aspects of English while practicing and using the
language. It is designed to give students the means to control their communication.
As such, the book is loaded with pair work and group work
to give the students maximum opportunity to practice their English.
A focus on form within a communicative
framework.
Focuses on:
- Conversation management
- Compensation strategies
- Involvement strategies
- Confirmation strategies
- Using knowledge of sentence patterns for inference
- Using knowledge of discourse patterns for inference
- Understanding weak vowels
- Understanding disappearing sounds
- Understanding linking sounds
- Understanding blended sounds
All within a communicative framework, chock-a-block of speaking activities
to get your students talking right away.
Students are presented with discrete strategies and skills in each unit,
then given the opportunity to practice and experiement with the language.
Communication Spotlight: Giving Students Control over their Language!
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