Tuning In : Listening and Speaking in the Real World /
Carol Numrich.
- White Plains, NY : Pearson Education, 2006.
- viii, 168 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 2 sound discs (4 3/4) in.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Tuning In offers intermediate students a unique opportunity to explore different listening genres from a variety of real-world sources. Authentic listening selections, including commercials, folk songs, oral histories, and call-in radio shows, provide a rich context for developing language skills. Engaging listening segments allow students to explore timeless themes such as love, volunteering, and childhood memories. Pre-listening activities help focus students on the theme and vocabulary while post-listening exercises provide practice with language functions, pronunciation, grammar, and critical thinking. Listening for Inference activities encourage students to infer the speaker's meaning, listen for attitudes and feelings through tone of voice, and interpret context. Unit wrap-up activities allow students to compare and contrast the three listening selections, analyze the linguistic components of each genre, and create a text of their own." (Book Cover) CONTENTS: Unit 1 SELLING A DREAM (Genre: Radio Ads) Grammar: -ing/-ed Adjectives Function: Expressing Doubt Pronunciation: Plurals and Past Tense Endings Unit 2 PETS (Genre: Call-in Radio Shows) Grammar: Compound Adjectives Function: Asking for Advice/Information Pronunciation: Compound Nouns Unit 3 BOYHOOD MEMORIES (Genre: Monologues) Grammar: Would for Repeated Action in the Past Function: Interrupting Pronunciation: Thought Groups Unit 4 SAFETY (Genre: Government Messages) Grammar: Imperative Mood Function: Emphasizing a Point Pronunciation: Can and Can't Unit 5 LOVE (Genre: Songs) Grammar: Double Comparatives Function: Acknowledging Another Person's Point of View Pronunciation: /ay/ /iy/ /I/ Unit 6 VOLUNTEERING (Genre: Public Service Announcements) Grammar: Modals of Obligation Function: Persuading Pronunciation: Listing Intonation Unit 7 LIFE LESSONS (Genre: Storytelling) Grammar: Past Perfect Tense Function: Time Order Pronunciation: Diphthongs Unit 8 COOKING TIPS (Genre: Interviews) Grammar: Real (Factual) Conditional Function: Giving Step-by-Step Instructions Pronunciation: Reduced Words Unit 9 WOMEN AND WAR (Genre: Oral Histories) Grammar: Direct or Quoted Speech Function: Involving Your Listener Pronunciation: -ed Endings Unit 10 SEASONS (Genre: Poetry) Grammar: Gerunds Function: Using Metaphor Pronunciation: Prepositions Information Gap Activities Audioscript
A listening/speaking textbook designed for low-intermediate students.