TY - BOOK AU - Helgesen, Marc ; AU - Brown, Steven ; TI - Active listening : introducing skills for understanding : student's book SN - 0521398819 U1 - 428.34 PY - 1995/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Listening -- Study and teaching. KW - English language -- Comprehension KW - North America N2 - This book helps students listen for gist and specific information, to make inferences and to progress to content-based activities. Introducing Skills for Understanding is the high-beginning level of the Active Listening series. By activating students' knowledge of a topic before they listen, the text gives them a frame of reference to make intelligent predictions about what they will hear. Students learn to listen through a careful balance of activities, including listening for gist, listening for specific information, and making inferences ER -