English for Life. Skills: Listening, A2 - Chris Flint, Jamie Flockhart

Shortlisted at HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH ENGLISH LANGUAGE BOOK AWARDS 2013 Develop key listening skills and become more confident when listening to English however it is spoken. To improve your listening skills you need to hear real conversations. That rsquo s why Collins Listening A2 is based entirely on 20 authentic recordings. It will help you understand what is said to you in a variety of situations and make sure everything you learn is useful. Practise listening to real English in a range of accents by native and non-native speakers. Hear people talking about Family bull Where they live bull Work studies and career bull Life in a town city or another country bull Sharing a house bull Music and sport bull Travel and tourism bull Collins Listening A2 includes bull Twenty units with a clear design in full colour. bull Authentic downloadable audio recordings of both native and non-native speakers of English covering a wide variety of accents from around the world. bull Appendices containing detailed advice targeting specific listening skills. bull Mini-dictionary with definitions of the most difficult words in each unit taken from the Collins COBUILD dictionary. bull Answer key. Collins Listening A2 is part of the English for Life series. It is suitable for self-study and classroom use and can help towards Cambridge ESOL KET exam preparation. Suitable for pre-intermediate learners of English CEF level A2 . The English for Life series uses authentic material from the Collins Corpus. The 4. 5-billion-word Collins Corpus is the world rsquo s largest database of the English language and is updated every month.