Tuning In: Listening and Speaking in the Real World

Tuning In offers intermediate students a unique opportunity to explore different listening genres from a variety of real-world sources. Authentic listening selections - including commercials, folk songs, oral histories, and call-in radio shows - provide a rich context for developing language skills.

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Features

• Engaging listening segments allow students to explore timeless themes such as love, volunteering, and childhood memories.
• Pre-listening activities help focus students on the theme and vocabulary, while post-listening exercises provide practice with language functions, pronunciation, grammar, and critical thinking.
• Listening for Inference activities encourage students to infer the speaker's meaning, listen for attitudes and feelings through the tone of voice, and interpret context. 
• Unit wrap-up activities allow students to compare and contrast the three listening selections, analyze the linguistic components of each genre, and create a text of their own.