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    Fifty Ways to Practice Listening: Tips for ESL/EFL Students
    Fifty Ways to Practice Listening: Tips for ESL/EFL Students
    Fifty Ways to Practice Listening: Tips for ESL/EFL Students
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    Fifty Ways to Practice Listening: Tips for ESL/EFL Students

    By Lida R. Baker

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    Expanded and updated for 2023!

    You will learn 50 ways to practice and improve listening in English. By applying these methods, you will improve your comprehension and your confidence. Areas covered include

    • Strategies
    • Devices
    • Media
    • Fun and Games
    • Academic

    You do not need to be living in an English-speaking country or be currently taking an English class to use this book. However, students who are already in a class can also use this book to improve their listening more quickly and easily.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWayzgoose Press
    Release dateDec 6, 2012
    ISBN9781301936816
    Fifty Ways to Practice Listening: Tips for ESL/EFL Students
    Author

    Lida R. Baker

    Lida R. Baker has been a teacher, author, and editor in the field of English as a Second Language for over 30 years. She taught for 25 years in the intensive English program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension. Her first book, Interactions 2: A Listening/Speaking Skills Text was published in 1985 and is now in its 6th edition. Since 1985 she has written many more student books, teacher’s guides, and online practice exercises. Ms. Baker is a member of the TESOL International Association and was recently chair of the Materials Writers Interest Section. She lives in Los Angeles, California. Her many interests (besides ESL) include choral singing, swimming, folk dancing, reading, and gardening.

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