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Overview

Perhaps the most difficult and frustrating challenge of learning a new language is understanding fast speech. WHADDAYA SAY? systematically teaches high-beginning to high-intermediate English learners how to improve their comprehension of fast speech. It has helped tens of thousands of students since the first edition was published in 1982. And now, the new third edition includes QR codes embedded in the text for instant access to the audio tracks, making it easier to use than ever! WHADDAYA SAY? introduces the most common pronunciation changes that occur in fast speech, contextualizes these changes in practical and entertaining conversations, and presents language students encounter in everyday life situations. In addition, this book includes10 review tests at the end of the book and includes six helpful appendices full of tips, strategies, rules, and answer keys. WHADDAYA SAY? is the ideal resource for improving students’ listening confidence and abilities to comprehend naturally spoken English

Author Biography

Patrick Moran has worked with second language teachers worldwide in a variety of contexts, including Peace Corps training, refugee resettlement training, cultural exchange orientation, and graduate degree studies at the SIT Graduate Institute in Brattleboro, VT, USA. He is the creator of Lexicarry: Pictures for Learning Languages and Faces: Characters in Search of Authors.

Reviews

“The Hopes and Dreams series is highly recommended… as an excellent example of controlled vocabulary with a low-Lexile level and a glossary, relevant content about immigration, and engaging storytelling by the author, Tana Reiff.” – Helaine W. Marshall, PhD, Professor of Education and Director of Language Education Programs, Long Island University – Hudson Campus