Skills for Study Level 2 Teacher's Book - Cambridge University Press

Unit 4Art, creativity and designPart AUnderstanding spoken informationThe aim of this lesson is for students to improve their listening skills in lecturesthrough:• coping with distractions• detecting a speaker’s level of certainty• listening critically.1 Coping with distractions1a Students rate different distractors.1b Students think of other distractors.1c Group discussion2 Detecting a speaker’s level of certainty2aAnswersMore certaintyThis proves that …… definitely …It is clear that …It is not true.… obviously …In fact …Room for doubtThis suggests that …Perhaps …It tends to …The evidence indicates that …It may not always be the case.It seems to …2b Students check their answers with a partner.2c Student discussion2dAnswers4.1Speaker 11 Effectiveness of HAMs overall?HAMs are clearly only effective when matched to certainproduct types.2 Bower and Landreth 2001a) HAMs = good for: luxury goods, cars, holidaysb) NAMs = good for: furniture polish, ordinary foodUnit 4 Part A ∙ Understanding spoken information 106