Download or read book Conversation & Listening - Book 1 - Blended Learning Edition written by Nik Peachey and published by PeacheyPublications Ltd. This book was released on with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the first 10 lessons from our Conversation & Listening series. These lessons have been developed to help young adult students who are stuck at the low to mid-intermediate plateau to develop both their listening and spoken fluency. Each of the 10 units represents around 120 mins of learning materials. Pedagogical approach The series contains lessons on a wide range of topics that encourage students to respond to the materials in a personal and authentic way. The pedagogical approach to the use of the materials draws on a more student-centred and humanistic understanding of the way language skills are learned and developed. Blended learning The blended learning activities that are included in each unit are intended to extend the students learning and help to develop their learner independence. The activities can be used at the discretion of the teacher either in a flipped way to prepare students for the lessons or to consolidate and extend what students have learned during the lessons. These activities have been developed to help students develop their writing skills, activate their vocabulary, improve their pronunciation and further develop their listening skills. Each unit contains at least 5 interactive activities that students can do either on their computer or mobile device. Examples: Writing activity: https://bit.ly/mp-writing Summarising activity: https://bit.ly/ath-video-sum Vocabulary activity: https://bit.ly/dm-vocab Listening close activity: https://bit.ly/mov-close Dictation activity: http://bit.ly/athlete-dict Pronunciation check: https://bit.ly/mov-pron-check (Google Chrome users only) Physical and virtual classroom use The materials have been designed to be use- friendly for both the physical and the virtual classroom with audio files built into the slides and a wide range of materials that students can scan onto mobile devices to make listening or role play type activities easier to manage. Topics Unit 1 - Study skills and habits Unit 2 - Mobile phone and social media use Unit 3 - Dream homes and houses Unit 4 - Holidays and travel Unit 5 - Music and playing an instrument Unit 6 - Shopping and clothes styles Unit 7 - Sport and exercise Unit 8 - Films and going to the cinema Unit 9 - Interviews and talking about ourselves Unit 10 - Describing products and making presentations