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Unread Mar 30th, 2008, 07:33 pm
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... and come to think of it, the Headway Series is terrible for this ... 'In this unit, we will listen to an audio clip of the British Prime Minister discussing fish and chips...'
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... and come to think of it, the Headway Series is terrible for this ... 'In this unit, we will listen to an audio clip of the British Prime Minister discussing fish and chips...'
I'm not headway's biggest fan but I wouldn't say their listenings are so biased. In fact, I'd say half of the listenings in the Intermediate book I'm using at the moment are non-native speakers, a lot of Americans and the rest British (English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh).

What is interesting though is no matter where the non-native speaker is from, the students understand them better than the native speakers. Curious.
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