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From Monday to Thursday institutions throughout the UK record
the BBC Radio 4 News at 10am. Meanwhile I write three levels
of intensive listening exercises with comprehensive answersheets
which I guarantee to e-mail to customers by 12.30pm the same
day.
For more information about the BBC Radio 4 News service,
please click here
This 10-minute programme from the BBC World Service is an
excellent source of Business English listening materials.
It contains all the latest business news and regularly features
interviews with non-native speakers or English. I provide
a variety of exercises at intermediate + level and comprehensive
answersheets to accompany the programme, together with a full
transcript of the interviews and in-depth reports.
For more information about the BBC World Business News
service, please click here
Over the past five years I have been collecting interviews
and group conversations with a huge number of native and non-native
English speakers in order to produce my series of Real Lives,
Real Listening books.
The titles of the first three volumes are My Family, A Typical
Day and A Place I Know Well. The first three books, all at
Foundation Level (KET/PET and Skills for Life Entry Levels
1 and 2), were piloted extensively over the winter of 2005-2006
and were published in summer 2006.
The next three volumes of My Family, A Typical Day and A
Place I Know Well at Intermediate Level (FCE/CAE and Skills
for Life Entry Level 3 and Level 1) were piloted extensively
over the winter of 2008-2009 and were published in spring
2009.
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These are the first authentic listening books aimed
at elementary and intermediate-level learners
to feature 100% unscripted listening passages. |
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The main focus of each book is on listening training
and not testing. |
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Each book contains recordings of speakers with a wide
variety of accents. |
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| For more information on
the Real Lives, Real Listening series, please
click here |
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