Drayah picked up an international series (Let's talk) which are published by Cambridge University to be taught at our conversation courses.
The popular speaking and listening text let's talk has now been thoroughly revised. A lower level and upper level have been added to provide a complete three-level series. This course in American English is designed to develop oral communication skills. Aimed at high-beginning to high-intermediate learners of English, each level consists of 16 four-page thematic units divided into two-page lessons. The let's talk series includes interesting and innovative topics that encourage students to express their feelings, ideas, and opinions.
Major features
- Pair and group work activities encourage students to share ideas.
- Stimulating themes engage students and generate lively conversations.
- Frequent language support facilities communication.
- Natural recordings offer authentic listening experiences.
- Vocabulary-building exercises prepare students for a topic.
- Task-based listening activities focus student listening.
- Thought-provoking newspaper and amazing articles stimulate discussion.
- Information-gap activities provide additional speaking practice.
Let's talk series are about communication listening to and understanding other people's ideas, and about sharing your ideas with your fellow students.
Be brave. Mistakes are an important part of learning. You will make progress, even if you sometimes make a mistake. Your partners and teacher will correct the mistakes that prevent you from communicating effectively.
There are 16 units in each book each containing two lessons. The lessons include these activities:
Pair work and group work In these activities to can express your ideas and hear the ideas of other students in the class. There are many pair and group work exercises in the book so you will have plenty of speaking practice.
Listening exercises In real life it is necessary to listen carefully in order to under stand new information. Each listening exercises in let's talk 1 is accompanied by tasks for you to do as you listen. There are charts to fill in, notes to take, questions to answer, and matching exercises where you choose the right picture for each recording. You can discuss your reaction to the recordings in the pair or group work activities that follow most listening.
Communication tasks In most units there is a communication task for you to do with a partner or group. Sometimes you will look at photos and decide on a story for the photos. At other times you will share information with a partner or partners. Related communication tasks are on different pages at the back of the book so that you can't read each other's information. The instructions in the lessons tell you which task to look at.