Listening Power 3 (Student Book and Classroom Audio CD)
This Value Pack consists of theListening Power 3Student Book and theListening Power 3Classroom Audio CD.   Listening Poweris a new three-book series with a targeted approach to teaching the listening skills that students need inside and outside the classroom and on standardized tests such as the TOEFL and TOEIC. Listening Power 3features four distinct parts designed to be used concurrently.Language Focusteaches essential and sometimes difficult advanced-level skills such as reduced forms, patterns of intonation, and idiomatic expressions.Comprehension Focuspresents skills for understanding main ideas, supporting ideas, and details; making inferences, distinguishing facts and opinions; and recognizing organizational patterns. Activities to help students apply the skills follow the presentation.Note-Taking Skillsteaches students how to identify important words and information. This section also presents helpful techniques such as use of abbreviations, symbols, and formatting.Listening for Pleasureuses interesting audio material from movies, TV, radio, and recorded storytelling to help students understand the more subtle meaning communicated through tone of voice, sentence stress, and reduced forms.