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Just Listening and Speaking Upper Intermediate

  


Author(s):  Jeremy Harmer    Carol Lethaby  
Publisher:   Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780462007464

 
Note: The information below shows topics in the book that are also in the database. It does not represent a complete and accurate list of the book contents. Check publishers'resources where available for an accurate table of contents.
Listening 1 - Money advice
 
Listening 2 - Telling a joke
 
Listening 3 - What photographs remind us of
 
Listening 4 - Combination pictures
 
Listening 5 - A story about wolves
 
Listening 6 - Things people do for fun
 
Listening 7 - Leisure centre
 
Listening 8 - The radio lecture
 
Listening 9 - The paranormal
 
Listening 10 - The driving lesson
 
Listening 11 - What people like to eat
 
Listening 12 - Northern sky
 
Listening 13 - Diana's story
 
Listening 14 - Gladiator
 
Listening 15 - White teeth
 
Listening 16 - Crime doesn't pay!
 
Listening 17 - Storyteller
 
Listening 18 - In an art museum
 
Speaking 1 - Reading aloud
 
Speaking 2 - Taking part
 
Speaking 3 - On your own
 
Speaking 4 - Speaking and writing
 

Listening 1 - Money advice

Page 8 - 9

(1) Listening : personal financial adviser gives a student budgeting advice
(2) Focus on words and phrases from the script

skills:
money
 
Page 8 - 9

Fiancial adviser gives budgeting advice to a student.

functions:
advice / suggestions
 
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Listening 2 - Telling a joke

Page 10 - 11

Listening: Long (funny?) story.

skills:
humour / comedy
 
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Listening 3 - What photographs remind us of

Page 12 - 13

Four pictures (3 of them abroad), four speakers.
Match picture with speaker.

Vocabulary matching activity - disparate words and phrases.

skills:
biography
skills:
children / childhood
skills:
travel / holidays
 
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Listening 4 - Combination pictures

Page 14 - 15

Interview with photographer who uses darkroom techniques to combine negatives into a single image.

Talks about technique, his preference for film over digital and selling pictures.

skills:
photography
 
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Listening 5 - A story about wolves

Page 16 - 17

Extract from Little House on the Prairie

skills:
books
 
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Listening 6 - Things people do for fun

Page 18 - 19

Pictures of five leisure activities, five people. Guess, listen, match pictures.

Exercises on vocab / phrases from the scripts.

skills:
leisure activities
 
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Listening 7 - Leisure centre

Page 20 - 21

Recorded telephone information about a leisure centre : opening times, facilities etc.

functions:
giving / understanding information
skills:
leisure activities
skills:
sports
 
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Listening 8 - The radio lecture

Page 22 - 23

Short radio lecture on behaviourism.

skills:
learning
 
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Listening 9 - The paranormal

Page 26 - 27

Dialogue with couple arguing about the possibility of paranormal phenomena.

functions:
arguing
skills:
paranormal
 
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Listening 10 - The driving lesson

Page 28 - 29
listening   written exercise   

(Humorous?) monologue with driving instructor giving (foreigner?) a driving lesson.
Car parts vocab.
Driving vocab ('release the handbrake' etc.)

vocabulary:
cars / driving
skills:
cars / driving
 
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Listening 11 - What people like to eat

Page 30 - 31
listening   written exercise   

Five people talk about the kind of restaurants they like.

skills:
eating out / restaurants
 
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Listening 12 - Northern sky

Page 32 - 33
listening   song   

Song :Northern Sky by Nick Drake.

skills:
music
skills:
romance / relationships
 
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Listening 13 - Diana's story

Page 34 - 35

Interview with Diana Hayden (1997 Miss World).

skills:
biography
skills:
career stories
skills:
celebrity
skills:
fashion
 
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Listening 14 - Gladiator

Page 37 - 38

Extract from the soundtrack of the movie Gladiator (2000. Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe.)

skills:
films
skills:
history - ancient
 
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Listening 15 - White teeth

Page 39 - 40

Extract from the book White Teeth by Zadie Smith.

skills:
books
skills:
family
 
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Listening 16 - Crime doesn't pay!

Page 42 - 43

News-style reports of crimes that went wrong. (Humorous?).

Some crime / court related vocab.

vocabulary:
crime
skills:
crime
 
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Listening 17 - Storyteller

Page 44 - 45

Interview with professional storyteller Jan Blake.

skills:
career stories
skills:
entertainment
 
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Listening 18 - In an art museum

Page 47 - 48
listening   

Soundtrack for self-guided tour of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Includes (1) short biography of Van Gogh and
(2) descriptions of two exhibits - self portraits.

skills:
art
skills:
biography
skills:
career stories
functions:
describing pictures
 
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Speaking 1 - Reading aloud

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Speaking 2 - Taking part

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Speaking 3 - On your own

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Speaking 4 - Speaking and writing

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