Economic and business texts in english. A reading and listening toolbox

Index: Part 1: Reading comprehension techniques: Introduction - A Reading Toolbox - Instructions for use - Section one: Reading techniques - Speed reading - Skimming - Textual Structure - Paragraph - Topic Sentence - Functional Paragraphing - The Title - Scanning - Textual Cohesion - Keywords - Cohesive devices - Further reading tasks - Vocabulary - Modal verbs - Section two: Journalistic texts and textbook extracts - Text 1 - Text 2 - Text 3 - Text 4 - Section three: practical applications - Text 1 - Speed reading - Task 1 - Skimming - Task 1 - Task 2 - Task 3 - Task 4 - Scanning - Task 1 - Task 2 - Task 3 - Task 4 - Task 5 - Further reading tasks - Task 1 - Task 2 - Task 3 - Text 2 - Speed reading - Task 1 - Skimming - Task 1 - Task 2 - Task 3 - Task 4 - Scanning - Task 1 - Task 2 - Task 3 - Task 4 - Task 5 - Further reading tasks - Task 1 - Task 2 - Task 3 - Text 3 - Speed reading - Task 1 - Skimming - Task 1 - Task 2 - Task 3 - Task 4 - Scanning - Task 1 - Task 2 - Task 3 - Task 4 - Task 5 - Further reading tasks - Task 1 - Task 2 - Task 3 - Text 4 - Speed reading - 8.1.1. Task 1 - 8.2. Skimming - 8.2.1. Task 1 - 8.2.2. Task 2 - 8.2.3. Task 3 - 8.2.4. Task 4 - 8.3. Scanning - 8.3.1. Task 1 - 8.3.2. Task 2 - 8.3.3. Task 3 - 8.3.4. Task 4 - 8.3.5. Task 5 - 8.4. Further reading tasks - 8.4.1. Task 1 - 8.4.2. Task 2 - 8.4.3. Task 3 - Section four: facsimile speed reading tests - Text 1 - 5.5. Vocabulary - 5.6. Reading comprehension - Text 2 - 6.5. Vocabulary - 6.6. Reading comprehension - Text 3 - 7.5. Vocabulary - 7.6. Reading comprehension - Text 4 - 8.5. Vocabulary - 8.6. Reading comprehension - Supplementary facsimile speed reading test - Text 5 - 9.5. Vocabulary - 9.6. Reading comprehension Index: Part 2: introduction - The aim of this toolbox - Bibliography - Section One: Basic elements that influence spoken English in 'connected speech' - Word stress - Sentence stress - Rhythm - Word linking - Intonation - Section Two: Listening strategies: how to listen - making predictions - listening for general gist - listening for specific information - intensive listening - inferencing/recognising words in context - identifying redundancy - revising assumptions - Section three: Listening Task 1: audio text - exercises practising listening strategies - Listening Task 2: audio text - exercises practising listening strategies - Section Four : Useful tips for the 'prova intermedia' - Listening Task 3: Fac-simile of the prova intermedia - audio text - multiple-choice comprehension questions - Listening Task 3: Fac-simile of the prova intermedia - audio text - multiple-choice comprehension questions - Conclusions: how to continue to study autonomously - how to use Internet for self-study - Appendix: transcript of audio texts - Answer keys - English phonetics table