Progressive Skills: Listening & Speaking Level 4 Do you need English in your studies? Then you need Progressive Skills: Listening and Speaking Level 4 Listening skills include: * note-taking, using scientific numbering * using lecture handouts effectively * understanding a speaker"s arguments * understanding concessions * recognizing start / end of digressions Speaking skills include: * clarifying issues in a discussion * raising / dealing with an objection * expressing and dealing with uncertainty * summarizing * referring to research Topics include: Geography and the modern world: Geography and development, Geography and water problems Communication: Communicating far and wide, Communication aids Media and advertising: The case against television, The hidden persuaders Living life to the full: Life systems, A sporting life The past, present and future of food: Agriculture through history, Interfering with nature? Did you know? Progressive Skills books are also available in combined, four-skill editions, with added Portfolio materials: Progressive Skills in English Level 1, Progressive Skills in English Level 2, Progressive Skills in English Level 3 and Progressive Skills in English Level 4.