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Includes free audio for the entire book! 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.

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Nina Weinstein received a Master of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in Teaching English as a Second Language/Applied Linguistics. She has written twenty-one English textbooks, many on listening comprehension, and she was the first person to write a book on reduced forms, a crucial area of natural listening comprehension. She has trained teachers at major universities, and she teaches English to learners at companies such as Toyota Motor Sales, Mitsubishi, Microsoft, and others. ""Whaddaya Say?"" is always step 1.

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