Cleary, Chris. <br/><br/>
Communication Spotlight :  Speaking Strategies and Listening Skills, High Beginner /  
Chris Cleary. 
 - 2nd ed.  
 - San Francisco :  ABAX ELT Publishers,  2013. 
 - 143 p. :  ill. ;  30 cm.   + 1 CD. 
 - Communication Spotlight .
<br/><br/>"Communication Spotlight: Speaking Strategies and Listening Skills, Pre-Intermediate is the third book in the four-level Communication Spotlight series. These are two-skill, speaking and listening texts aimed at adult and young adult, elementary through intermediate level learners of American English. (CEFR A1 through B2) Speaking: Communication Spotlight introduces students to the strategies of speaking: the strategies we use to confirm or clarify what we're saying and what we're hearing, the strategies we use to show interest in and to maintain and develop conversations, the strategies we use that help with fluency and the strategies we may use to compensate for a lack of language - in sum, the strategies that work to give students control in communicative situations, strategies which help students use their existing English skill set with greater finesse. Listening: Communication Spotlight helps students to develop a critically important ear for English. Each unit features a Spotlight on Listening section which draws student attention to natural English as it is actually spoken. Students are given many practice opportunities to listen to and comprehend extended texts of natural English. Listening and Speaking Accuracy: A new feature, Spotlight on Memory, has students concentrate on the structure at the heart of each unit, and in doing so, helps students extend their short-term memory capacities. Vocabulary: Communication Spotlight includes a vocabulary notes section for students to record and review new words, fostering learner autonomy. 30-40 hours of classroom material. 15 units on topics of everyday interest." (Book Cover) TABLE OF CONTENTS: UNIT 0: What's your name?  Theme/Topic Area: Looking over the course  Listening Features: Linking  Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: classroom English, asking questions UNIT 1: I like action movies  Theme/Topic Area: Talking about likes and dislikes  Listening Features: Sentence stress  Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: asking for repetition UNIT 2: How much is that?<br/>     <br/>      Theme/Topic Area: Fluency with money and prices  Listening Features: Weak vowels  Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: asking questions UNIT 3: Is that your cousin?  Theme/Topic Area: Describing your family  Listening Features: Sentence stress  Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: repeating key information UNIT 4: How was your weekend?  Theme/Topic Area: Talking about things you did  Listening Features: Disappearing  Speaking Strategies: Involvement: asking questions UNIT 5: What do you do?<br/>       Theme/Topic Area: Describing occupations  Listening Features: Sentence stress  Speaking Strategies: Clarification: using examples UNIT 6: I get to work at eight<br/>     Theme/Topic Area: Describing your daily routines  Listening Features: Weak vowels  Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: repeating key information UNIT 7: It's in front of the lamp  Theme/Topic Area: Describing location, objects in a room  Listening Features: Guessing meaning through patterns  Speaking Strategies: Shadowing REVIEW 1 UNIT 8: I liked science in school  Theme/Topic Area: Talking about school subjects you liked  Listening Features: Blended sounds  Speaking Strategies: Paraphrasing UNIT 9: It's easy to make!<br/>      Theme/Topic Area: Giving instructions, describing how to cook  Listening Features: Weak vowels  Speaking Strategies: Compensation: asking for help & circumlocution UNIT 10: What are you doing?  Theme/Topic Area: Describing current actions  Listening Features: Sentence stress  Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: repetition & paraphrasing UNIT 11: What are you going to do?<br/>       Theme/Topic Area: Talking about the future  Listening Features: Casual English: gonna  Speaking Strategies: Involvement: asking questions UNIT 12: It's red in the middle<br/>     <br/>       Theme/Topic Area: Describing foods, fruits and vegetables  Listening Features: Sentence stress  Speaking Strategies: Compensation: asking for help & circumlocution UNIT 13: How long is it?  Theme/Topic Area: Fluency with large numbers  Listening Features: Understanding tone groups  Speaking Strategies: Management: hesitation devices, thinking sounds UNIT 14: Turn right at the lights<br/>     <br/>       Theme/Topic Area: Giving directions describing neighborhoods  Listening Features: Vowel - vowel intrusion  Speaking Strategies: Shadowing UNIT 15: What time does class start?<br/>       Theme/Topic Area: Asking for information  Listening Features: Blended sounds  Speaking Strategies: Asking about meaning REVIEW 2<br/><br/>  Theme/Topic Area: Review<br/>  Listening Features: Review<br/>  Speaking Strategies: Review Split Task Resources Scripts Vocabulary Notes 
<br/><br/> Intended for English language learners at the level A2 (CEFR). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781896942650 (Student Book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Studying and teaching<br/>English language--Speaking and Listening--Foreign Speakers<br/>English language--Audio aid --Speaking and Listening <br/>English language--Problems and exercises<br/>A2 (CEFR).<br/>High Beginner.