Learning to listen student book 1 full plus CDs

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Making sense of spoken English
Lin Lougheed
Student Book 1

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Text © Lin Lougheed 2003

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Contents
Scope and Sequence

4

Introduction to the Student

6

Introduction to the Teacher

7

1 First Day

8

2 All About You

12

3 At the Internet Cafe

16

4 Let's Go

20

Review 1

24

5 What Time Is It?

26

6 Describing Yourself

30

7 How Will I Know You?

34

8 What's on TV?

38

Review 2

9 Planning Your Day

42
44

10 Free Time

48

11 Let's Eat

52

12 At Home

56

Review 3

60

13 Sunny or Cloudy?

62

14 On the Block

66

15 Downtown

70

16 Let's Celebrate

74

Review 4

78


Scope and Sequence
Unit
1

2

First Day

All About You

Topi-c

Skills

Registering for class

Identifying first and family names

Introducing yourself

Distinguishing between formal and

Nicknames

informal tones

Data forms

Identifying personal information

E-mail

Distinguishing e-mail and Internet
symbols

3

At the Internet Cafe

Break activities

Identifying actions and prices

Internet Cafe

Distinguishing between amounts

Computers

4

Let's Go

Transportation

Identifying travel and transportation
information

Distinguishing between different
pronunciations

Review 1
5

What Time Is It?

Talking about time

Identifying time and appointments

Changing schedules

Distinguishing between dates and times

Dates
6

7

Describing Yourself

Describing yourself

Identifying characteristics and habits

Giving physical

Distinguishing between difficult

descriptions

pronunciations

How Will I Know You? Identifying people
Talking about clothes

Identifying physical descriptions and
locations
Distinguishing between /1/ and /r/

8

What's on TV?

Watching TV

Identifying different types of TV program
Distinguishing question and statement
intonation

Review 2

4


Unit
9

Planning Your Day

Topic

Skills

Daily activities

Identifying pastimes and schedules

Planning your day

Distinguishing between different word
.

stress
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Free Time

Hobbies and other
leisure activities

Identifying likes and dislikes
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Let's Eat

Discussing food and

Identifying preferences for food

meals

Identifying between negative and
affirmative statements

12

At Home

Describing your home

Identifying location in the home

Furniture

Distinguishing between the prepositions
on and in

Review 3
13

Sunny or Cloudy?

Weather

Identifying weather and statistics

Clothing

Distinguishing between different ways of
expressing the weather

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On the Block

Discussing activities and Identifying everyday activities and
amenities on your block

location in town

Talking about urban

Distinguishing unstressed words in a

settings

sentence

Talking about services
in town
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Downtown

Downtown businesses

Identifying directions and location

Locations of landmarks

Distinguishing between tenses

Directions
16 Let's Celebrate

Celebrating holidays

Identifying holiday events

Family traditions

Distinguishing between bored and
enthusiastic attitudes

Review 4

5


Introduction to the Student
This series will help you become more confident about the
listening you do both inside and outside the classroom.
With these books you will:
•

learn to listen appropriately

•

learn to understand correctly

•

learn to make more sense of what you hear.

You will hear a variety of sources such as conversations,
messages, radio broadcasts, and other forms of real English,
and you will learn to listen both for detail and for the general
meamng.
As students you want to feel confident in real-life situations
when you are speaking E nglish. Through this series you will·
hear what real E nglish speakers say in everyday situations,
such as meeting strangers or planning a celebration, and
learn to understand the words they use.

This series prepares you to react appropriately to the people
you m eet by helping you to make sense of the meaning behind
the words they use. You will learn about the influences of a
speaker's mood, location, and b ackground on the language she
or he uses.
You will gain confidence in listening and responding to
everyday situations in E nglish. You'll be able to react to the
personalities of the people you meet, understand the words
they use, and make sense of what you hear.

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Introduction to the Teacher
This three-book listening series helps make every minute of
the classroom experience as rich as the real world. The topics,
the activities, the personalities, the beliefs, and the accents
reflect the variety in the world around us. In the series,
students meet different people, discuss different things, have
different attitudes, and have different reactions.
To m ake the listening experience as authentic as possible, the
series presents listening challenges from a variety of sources:
dialogs, recorded messages, monologues, radio broadcasts,
reviews, p ublic service announcements, and weather
announcements.
In these books students tackle real-world tasks that prepare
the m for the kind of listening they will do outside the
classroom : listening for different purposes, making inferences,
personalizing the experience, and m aking assumptions and
predictions.

Students need to b e actively involved in the process of
learning to listen and listening to learn, because this m akes
learning much more effective. This is achieved by asking them
to listen for a purpose, read the clues about speakers' mood,
intention and b ackground, and making students aware of the
process they use in their own native language to make
linguistic input comprehensible.
Students wish to react and express themselves appropriately
in real-life situations. For that reason, all three books show
how people react and cope in everyday situations - and they
do so in a way that sh.ows their personality, character, and
attitude. By listening to, observing, and judging people in
these contexts , students will learn that they too are able to
express their p ersonality when they speak E nglish- a m ajor
step in becoming proficient in E nglish.

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First Day

1

What's going on?

These students are registering by last name for a class.
Check (V') the column they should be in.

1. Kevin Tang

2. Dallas Hillwood
3. Cindy White
4. Mai Linh
5. Betty Sanchez

6. David Crandall

2

A-H

1-R

8-Z

D
D
D
D
D
D

D
D
D
D
D
D

D

D
D
D
D
D

Who's who?

Listen and check (V') the correct name.
1.

2.

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D
D
D
D

Jessica Noh

3.

Jessica Knowe
Kevin Dang
Kevin Tang

4.

D
D
D
D

Lane Morgan
Morgan Lane
Carol Drexter
Carl Dexter


3

Checking name s

Listen and check (V") who is in the class today. Then listen
again and correct the spelling of their names.

In class
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Correction

Name

Hi rok.o

Hiroki Aoki

Aok.i

Hillwood Dallas
Lee Toon
Linh Mai
Picot Cora
Sandor Silvas
.

4

Who are you?

Listen and complete the cards with people's names.
Conversation 1

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Conversation 3

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Conversation 4

Conversation 2

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5

What's your nickname?

Listen and match the names with the correct nicknames.

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Sandor

Betty

Dallas

Cindy

Cynthia

Sunny

Elizabeth

Big D

Train your ear

Listen to the four conversations and number the pictures.
a.

c.

b.

d.

Listen to the conversations again. Is the language formal or
informal? Check (.!) the right column.
formal

1.0
2. D
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informal

D
D

formal
3.

4.

D
D

informal

D
D


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Test yourself

Listen and circle the answer that matches the picture.
1. (A) (B) (C)

2. (A) (B) (C)

Listen and circle the best response.
3. (A) (B) (C)

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4. (A) (B) (C)

Listen to the conversation and to the question that follows.
Circle the best answers.
5. (A) Mark and Lee.

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6. (A) Bob.

(B) Lee and Wong.

(B) Sleepy.

(C) Mark and Wong.

(C) Red.

Your turn

Speak to three people and complete the chart below with
their information. Use: What's yo ur fi rst/last name? How do
you spell it? What's you r n ickname?

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Fir�t

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All About You

Full Name

____

(1)

____

FIRST NAME

Mark

Mr.

(3)

3498

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P.

West

(2)

LAST NAME
Grand

Canton

Drive

Detroit

State/Province I Zip Code
____

____

Telephone

1

48 2 o 1

MI

(4) USA
(5)

m
_

313-554-7 645

What's going on?

The teacher is writing personal information on the board.
Complete the form with the words in the box.
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E-mail Address

Country

Middle Initial

Title

Address

Occupation

Who's the teacher talking to?

Listen and circle the correct title. Then listen again and
check (V") what is discussed.
Title

Last Name

1. Mr./Mrs.

Brown

2. Ms./Mr.

Dart

3. Mr./Ms.

Lima

4. Mrs./Mr.

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Occupation

E-mail
Address

Fernandes
--

5. Ms./Mr.

First Name

King

-

Address

Zip Code


Where do you I ive?

Listen and correct the written information. See the example.
1.

2.

3.

Name:

John Spenver

Address:

9-4-06 Ma5on L-ane

Name:

fe_te.r

TrcM\
1\ive.rside.. Drive.

Address:

17:51

Name:

HC..r-r-y R�;on

Address: 5' oow

4.

5.

Narne:

Jo'?e...ph �e...rr\ar\de...'?

Address:

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&re...e...rl

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Name:

AI.Con Roc..d

Where are you from?

Listen and put B next to the country where people were born
and V next to the country they are visiting.
Then listen again and write how long they have visited for.
See the example.
1. Van Lee
'furkey
England
Vietnam

V

I

we.e.k

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5. Roberto Carrera

2. Fen Wu
United States

4. Joseph Peres
Argentina
Brazil
Japan

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Mexico

China

Hong Kong

Japan

Spain

3. Marc Tirard
Italy
Korea

France
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Train your ear

Even symbols have sounds. These are some common symbols
found in e-mail and on the Internet.

@
•

-

means

at
means underscore
means dot

/
•
•

means

hyphen
means forward slash
means colon

Listen to the e-mail and Internet addresses. Write the symbols
you hear. See the example.

@

1.

6

•

4.

_
_
_

2.

__
_

5.

__
_

3.

__

_

6.

__
_

E-mail or telephone?

Listen and check (V') how people like to be contacted. Then
listen again and correct the wrong information.
1.

•••••••
••••••••
ma
Alfred Li
0
0

E-mail:

Telephone:

net.bz
lima@yupi.
340
(55 071) 345-3

•••••••

••••••••

Joseph Wu
0 E-mail:

0 Telephone: [886 02) 369-7556
4.

2.

Dallas Hill
wood
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E-mail: dallas-hill
wood@n

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3.

aa.com
Telephone: (J 71
4) 330-4893

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E-mail:

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xm.fpt.vn
nguyen-duc@h

Telephone:

21
(84 04) 657-33


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Test yourself

Listen and circle the answer that matches the picture.
2. (A) (B) (C)

1. (A) (B) (C)

Listen and circle the best response.
4. (A) (B) (C)

3. (A) (B) (C)

Listen to the conversation and to the question that follows.
Circle the best answer.
5. (A) Her title.

6. (A) Reading e-mails.

(B) Her husband's name.

(B) Writing letters.

(C) Her correct address.

(C) Talking on the phone.

Your turn

Complete your own personal information form.
Full Name:

Full Name:
TITLE

FIRST NAME

MIDDLE INITIAL

LAST NAME

TITLE

FIRST NAME

Address:

Address:

City:

City:

State/Province I Zip Code:

State/Province I Zip Code:

Country:

Country:

E-mail Address:

E-mail Address:

Teleph�e:

Telephone:

MIDDLE INITIAL

LAST NAME

Ask your partner for information from her/his form.
Use: What's you r . . . ? What's your phone num ber?
15


At the Internet Cafe

1

What's going on?

Look at the picture and complete the sentences. Use: talking,
w a i ting, checking, ordering, reading.

1. Two people are

their e-mail.
the newspaper.

2. One man at a table is
3. A customer is

4. Several people are
5. One woman at a table is

2

coffee.
in line.
to her friends.

H ow much?

Listen and circle the price you hear.
1. Two bottles of water cost $2 I $4.
2. With $3 I $4, you can buy water and a cup of coffee.
3. A sandwich and a cup of coffee cost $6 I $7.

4. I only have $1 I $2. I'll have a cup of tea.
5. I'll have coffee, a sandwich and a piece of cake. That's $9 I $10.
6. We'll have two pieces of pie and two cups of tea. Here's $8 I $10.

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Train your ear

Numbers 13- 19 have a different stress from numbers 30, 40, 50, etc.
Listen to the examples:
•

•

thirteen

The stress is on the second syllable.

thirty

The stress is on the first syllable.

•

•

Listen and circle the numbers you hear.

4

1. a. 100 I 120 million gallons

2. a. 150 I 115 cups

b. 16 I 60 million gallons

b. 40 I 14 cups

c. 19 I 90 million gallons

c. 13 I 30 bottles

Who's taking a b reak?

Listen and number the pictures. Then listen again and circle
the correct number of minutes.
a.

c.

10

15

20

30

minutes

10

15

20

30

minutes

10

15

20

30

minutes

10

15

20

30

minutes

b.

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5

H ow much?

Listen and write the missing numbers.

Internet cafe
Large

Small

$3
$ (2a)

Coffee
Tea
Soft Drinks
Bottled UJater

or
or

$ (1)
$3.50

$2
$ (2b)
a minute

Computer Time (3)
Uoice-Ouer-1 nternet

a minute

(4)

Pay up

Listen and number the receipts. Then listen again and
complete the missing numbers.
a. Receipt

6

min

c. Receipt

__

Voice-Over-Internet

1

__

coffee

$4.00
$4.00

@.50

$3.00

TOTAL

TOTAL

$3.00

Amount

$

Change

Amount

Paid

_

Paid

$

__

$

__

$

Change

_

...___.,.��
b. Receipt

d. Receipt

__

1

bottled water

1

small

tea

TOTAL
Amount
Change

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18

Paid

$2.00

10

__

min Computer

time

$2.00

@.30

$3.00

$4.00

TOTAL

$3.00

$

Amount

__

$_

Change

Paid

$

_

$_

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Test yourself

Listen and circle the answer that matches the picture.
1. (A) (B) (C)

2. (A) (B) (C)

Listen and circle the best response.
3. (A) (B) (C)

4. (A) (B) (C)

Listen to the conversation and to the question that follows.
Circle the best answer.
5. (A) Pay more than $5.

6. (A) Coffee and bottled water.

(B) Check his e-mail.

(B) Coffee and a soft drink.

(C) Buy a computer.

(C) Just coffee.

Your turn

Complete the chart, then ask two people for their
information. Use: Do you use e-ma i l ? Do you check it a t
work or a t home? What's your e-m a i l address?
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Yow- A.�r

Per$ot.. I

Per$ot.. 2

LA$e.

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Let's Go

1

What's going on?

Write these words in the correct categories.
car

airport

rider on foot
bike

fly

plane

get off

take

People

2

drive

boat

motorbike

passenger
get in
park

visitor

Transportation

Listen and number the boxes.
b.
c.

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D
D
D

bus

d.

bike

e.

car

f.

D
D
D

train station

train

bus

taxi

get out

tourist

H ow are you going?

a.

get on

on foot
taxi
train

Action

Location

3

What are you talking about?

Listen and number the pictures.

4

a.

c.

b.

d.

Are you going by train?

Listen and circle the correct phrase.
1. on foot I by bus

4. by train I by plane

2. by car I by bus

5. by boat I by bicycle

3. by bike I by car

6. by train I by bicycle

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5

Train your ear

Sometimes it is hard to hear the difference between on and
off, or in and out. Listen to the example:

She's getting off the bus. She 's getting on the bus.
Listen and circle the correct word.

6

1. They're getting on I off the plane.

5. He's getting on I off the bus.

2. She's getting on I off the train.

6. He's getting in I out of the car.

3. He's getting on I off the plane.

7. They're getting on I off the train.

4. She's getting on I off the bus.

8. He's getting in I out of the car.

Now where?

Listen and number the pictures. Then listen again and write
the numbers for Track, Exit, Bus No. and Ga te.
a.

b.

d.

To GATE

+

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Test yourself

Listen and circle the answer that matches the picture.
1. (A) (B) (C)

2. (A) (B) (C)

Listen and circle the best response.
3. (A) (B) (C)

4. (A) (B) (C)

Listen to the conversation and to the question that follows.
Circle the best answer.
5. (A) M-14.

6. (A) Riding a bike.

(B) M-40.

(B) Taking a walk.

(C) N-40.

(C) Riding in a car.

Your turn

Complete the chart, then ask three people for their
information. Use: How are you go ing . . . ?

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Review 1
Check ov er yo ur ID

Listen and correct these
ID cards.
1.

Hsiao

Mr. Eddie
Address
2nd

Floor, No. 6 , Lane

Shuang Chen St.

42

3.

City
Taipei
.
State/Provmce I Zip Code
E-mail Address

Taiwan

Telephone

2 -596-2 1 34

Country

Occupation

Dr.
Bruno
Add ress

116

Ave nida
Preside
nte,

City

R.io de

Lawyer

430

Janeiro

State/Pro
vince I Z
ip Code
Coun try
OI03I0
7.ooo
Brazil
E -mail A
ddress
balvari
Tele pho
no_dial
ne
din.net
.b r
2
39-686
Occupati
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2.

Studen
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Witte
de W i
thstr
City

a at 4
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S ta te/P
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Coun t
Code
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3012
BR
E-mail
Nethe
Addres
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Telep h
Pdm.da
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Occup
020ation
411-0
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St. SW

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State/Provmce I Zip Code
Country

E-mail Address

USA

DC 2 00 2 7 -1432

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Conversation review

Listen and circle the answer that matches the picture.
1. (A) (B) (C)

3. (A) (B) (C)

2. (A) (B) (C)

4. (A) (B) (C)

Listen and circle the best response.
5. (A) (B) (C)
6. (A) (B) (C)

7. (A) (B) (C)
8. (A) (B) (C)

Listen to the conversation and to the question that follows.
Circle the best answer.
9. (A) Buying a computer.

10. (A) 6:42

(B) Going to school.

(B) 4:42

(C) Checking their e-mail.

(C) 2:42

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