Contents
Introduction
Learning outcomes
1 Introducing the course
2 Predicting content
2.1 Listening to introductions
2.2 Anticipating, listening out for and practising unfamiliar sounds
3 Using knowledge of your own language
3.1 Recognising cognates
3.2. Pronouncing cognates
4 Using cultural knowledge
4.1 Happiness and contentment
4.2 Body language
5 Using subtitles
5.1 Interlingual subtitles
5.2 Intralingual subtitles
6 Coping with unfamiliar language
6.1 Recognising idiomatic language
6.2 Using transcripts
7 Deducing meaning
7.1 Understanding the gist
7.2 Listening for detail
7.3 Recognising native speaker techniques
Conclusion
Take the next step
Acknowledgements
Solutions