Basic Conversation Strategies: Learning the Art of Interactive Listening and Conversing [Paperback]

Basic Conversation Strategiesis a prequel to the intermediate-levelConversation Strategies. One significant difference is thatBasic Conversation Strategieshas an important listening component.Conversation is, after all, not just speaking; it also involves listening, and a major part of theapproach in this book includes training learners to be good listeners.

There are three components to this material. The Student Workbook contains everything students will needto do the exercises, except the material they need to listen and respond to. This material is availableas Downloadable Audio. The Student Workbook does not contain printed versions of the listening inputbecause real conversation is not accompanied with sub-titles or closed captions. The printed version ofthe listening input is available in the free Teacher’ s Edition, which is an essential component ofBasic Conversation Strategies. The Teacher’ s Edition contains the entire StudentWorkbook and the complete scripts of all the listening input, plus teaching notes and suggestions, aswell as feedback and evaluation forms. The audio has 67 listening exercises containing six types ofexercises: 1) Listen and Fill-In, 2) Circle, 3) Choose, 4) Repeat, 5) Respond, and 6) Write.

Features*Free accompanying AUDIO program, available to download fromhttps://www.prolingualearning.com/or to stream onhttps://www.youtube.com/@ProLinguaLearningAudioThe Teacher’ s Edition and Student Workbook are available for free athttps://www.prolingualearning.com/and includes full scripts, teaching notes, feedback tools, and evaluation formsStrong listening-first approach that emphasizes conversation as both speaking and listeningExplicit training in listening comprehension to build more effective conversational interactionSimilar TitlesConversation StratlC'