Task Category: C01

An effective study exercise to improve your listening skills is to listen and read the transcript at the same time. It will help you recognise how…

First, listen to this section from Charlton’s interview: Next, listen to the section as many times as you like and fill in the missing words:

Download worksheet (it may be useful to print it out) Listen again and read the script at the same time. Now cross out (delete) ALL…

Listen & Read 🎧 Along with the strategies we saw in the last lesson, there are some simple things you can do when you don’t…

What can we take away from this lesson? Well, first and foremost, we have learned that even native speakers find it difficult tounderstand each other.…

A survey carried out for the EU on how funding is allocated for intra-EU projects revealed that many managers said they preferred not to deal…

Did you get these points? If you want to check, listen once more and read the transcript: I = Interviewer  S = Sarah Baxter I…

Listen again and write down the tactics Sarah uses for understanding Mark and her advice to her international colleagues.

We are now going to listen to one of Mark’s American colleagues, Sarah Baxter from Chicago, talking about the problems she has understanding Mark. Listen…

Take a few minutes to think about what this means. Write your thoughts down if you like.

Did you get all the three points Mark mentioned? Now listen and read the transcript at the same time I’ve been working here now for…

We are going to listen to a guy called Mark Davies. He works for an international company in London. Mark has quite a strong Essex…

Think about your own language > Let’s think about English now > > Think about these questions and write down your ideas.