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English in the real world is constantly evolving, and learners need to move with it. But sometimes the English you can learn from your coursebook just isn’t enough for real life. Being able to understand English as it is really spoken will give you the confidence to succeed in any English-speaking environment. Using a wide range of authentic, unscripted recordings of everyday people from around the world, Collins Listening (B2+) will help you to feel confident and prepared for anything.

> Hear the language people really use when they are speaking
> CD with over 40 authentic recordings in a wide variety of scenarios
> Useful tips to increase your understanding of tone, slang and context

Units are divided into the following themes:
• Life

To improve your listening skills, you need to hear real conversations. That’s why Collins Listening is based entirely on 50 authentic everyday interactions to help you understand what is said to you, whatever the circumstances.

From buying a mobile phone to asking for directions, joining a gym to understanding transport announcements, Listening will help you understand what is said to you in real life situations and make sure everything you learn is useful.

• Twenty 4-page units with exercises and vocabulary work to help you understand differences in pronunciation and vocabulary
• Authentic recordings of both native and non-native speakers of English, covering a wide variety of accents from around the world
• Recordings include face-to-face conve

To improve your listening skills, you need to hear real conversations. That’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 • Where they live • Work, studies and career • Life in a town, city or another country • Sharing a house • Music and sport • Travel and tourism •

Collins Listening (A2) includes:
• Twenty units with a clear design in full colour.
• Authentic recordings of both native and non-native speakers of English, covering a wide variety of

Real Lives, Real Listening will teach students vital skills they need to listen more effectively to English, however it is spoken. Through authentic recordings the course exposes students to the grammatical structures and lexis which are used most frequently in spoken English throughout the world.

• MP3 CD with authentic interviews featuring native and non-native speakers of English
• detailed comprehension and practice exercises
• includes information on simplification, linking, elision and weak forms
• teacher’s notes and answer keys available at www.collinselt.com

Real Lives, Real Listening will boost students’ confidence and raise their awareness of the differences between spoken and written English. Created by Sheila Thorn of The Li

The Culture View DVD pack contains a DVD and a CD-ROM. Each DVD pack offers 12 films and covers six topics with a documentary and a drama sketch for each topic. Six drama sketches of everyday situations and six cultural documentaries showing life in Britain. Each CD-ROM provides photocopiable worksheets for the DVD material.

Topics: Music, Landscape, Media, Animals, Literature, Language

The Culture View DVD pack contains a DVD and a CD-ROM. Each DVD pack offers 12 films and covers six topics with a documentary and a drama sketch for each topic. Six drama sketches of everyday situations and six cultural documentaries showing life in Britain. Each CD-ROM provides photocopiable worksheets for the DVD material.

Topics: Home, Transport, Food, Appearance, Sport, School

GREAT BRITISH THINGS TO MAKE AND DO is filled with brilliant but simple things for children to create, paint and try out for every occasion - from birthday parties to Easter and everything in between. Using everyday items and following simple step-by-step instructions, children can make easy-peasy party bunting, go on a thoroughly British treasure hunt, create pop-up cards for Mum and Dad and much more - all themed around the British Isles.

The dictionary contains 36 themes, each fully illustrated with fun and engaging scenarios. Three characters, Ben, Daisy and Keekee the monkey, guide the children through their daily lives and introduce them to the 300 English words young children need to learn.

There are songs and games for every theme for children to engage with. Collins First English Words aims to make learning English fun.

First English Words has won the title ‘Best entry for young readers’ at the English-Speaking Union (ESU) English Language Book Awards 2012.

Encourage a love for learning English and capture the imagination of children. Through fun and engaging activities, young learners can practise the English words they need to learn with the help of Ben, Daisy and Keekee the monkey.

• Covers the first English words children need to learn
• Words grouped into themes
• Fun, varied and engaging activities, written specifically to help young children develop their skills of analysis and improve their linguistic awareness
• Beautiful illustrations
• Plenty of space for children to practise their writing and drawing skills
• Notes for parents and teachers

Collins First English Words Activity Book 1 can be used independently or alongside the beautifully-illustrated dictionary, Collins

- For mixed ability classes;

- To allow a return to a popular topic with more challenging material.

- For mixed ability classes;

- To allow a return to a popular topic with more challenging material.