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Business Books

Listen to an interview with a business book author on his latest publication.
See or print the audioscript and do an activity on paper (pdf 18 Kb)

Try the following online language activities.
Vocabulary: pre-listening task - match some key expressions to their definitions
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Comprehension: are these sentences true or false?
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Language work: focus on spoken English
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At 30 Mar 2009 10:40 Admin wrote:

Dear Yukio, Thanks for your comments. We shall investigate the request you have made. I'm afraid that as our materials have already been prepared in advance, we may not be able to provide you with the kind of practice you require before your exam. You make a point that taking notes while listening is not the same as simply answering a true or false question, I agree with you. I have a suggestion for you, why don't you try to note down the reasons why a question is true or false - this could give you practice of a kind more similar to the exam type you request. Good luck in any case! Admin

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At 24 Mar 2009 14:35 Yukio wrote:

Thanks for replying. In my opinion if the Questions are like the ones we have in IGCSE English As A Second Language (Extended Listening Paper 4) then the answers to those type of questions can be given because those questions are not open-ended. And i dont say that you stop helping those people whose level of english is not too high. But you should also help us too. Actually my exams are approaching and so i need practice in Answering questions so i would be grateful if you just add an extra activity of Question/Answers. Thanks

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At 23 Mar 2009 10:55 LEP Admin wrote:

Hello Yukio, The problem is that we cannot give answers to open-ended questions and perhaps we are aiming at also helping people whose level is not quite as high as yours. Have confidence in yourself. If you feel you understand when you listen and if you see you were right when you later check against the audioscript, then you have understood! That's great!

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At 21 Mar 2009 11:37 Yukio wrote:

I have said this so many times before also but unfortunately i have to say this again because my request is still not considered. The activity on paper is still very easy because its either True/False or Fill in the blanks. Now i am requesting the Admins that please please for God Sake the next activity should be Question/Answers because it is the best way we can test our listening. Because writing a whole sentence much more difficult then just writing True/False. And this podcast is here so that we can improve our listening and test it too. And your Audio is just brilliant while activity is very easy so plzzzzzzzzz consider my request. Because now i am losing hope :-( Thanks

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