SITUATIONAL ENGLISH - Listen to Everyday Situations in English and Practise What You Need to Say - Self-study Edition

Oct 13, 2026

Situational English: Listen to Everyday Situations in English and Practise What You Need to Say (Self-study Edition) is a structured self-learning guide built around practical spoken scenarios. It provides instructions for listening practice, repeating model answers, and recording oneself to improve stress, rhythm, and intonation. The book covers everyday contexts such as travelling, tourism, hotels, restaurants, pubs, shopping, services, hosting and being a guest, work, meetings, and language classes, with additional conversation-focused units and vocabulary support.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages68

Reading Time2 h 51 min

AccessFree to download

Instructions for Self-Study

Recording Yourself

Notes

Unit 1 - Travelling

Trains

Buses

Cars

yV3dS 8 N3ISI7 # SITUATIONALENGLISH Listen to Everyday Situations in Englishand Practise What You Need to SaySELF-STUDY EDITIONPaul HancockSkills for Life Professional Development Centre CumbriaReference CopyNOT TO BE REMOVED https://archive.org/details/situationalengli0000unse_uOd9 PEAK d ISTEN & SITUATIONALENGLISH Listen to Everyday Situations in Englishand Practise What You Need to Say SELF-STUDY EDITION Paul Hancock LISTEN AND SPEAK PUBLICATIONS | Part One | | | | --- | --- | --- | | | | Page | | INSTRUCTIONS FOR SELF-STUDY | | 1 | | 1.TRAVELLING:
Trains | | 3 | | Buses | | 4 | | Cars | | 4 | | 2.BEING A TOURIST | | 5 | | 3.THE HOTEL | | 7 | | 4.THE RESTAURANT | | 9 | | 5.THE PUB | | 11 | | 6.SHOPPING: | Getting Served/Deciding | 13 | | | The Clothes Shop | 14 | | | The Bookshop | 15 | | | The Photo Shop | 15 | | | Paying /Problems | 16 | | 7.SERVICES: | The Post Office | 17 | | | The Bank | 17 | | | The Ticket Agency | 18 | | | The Hairdressers | 18 | | 8.BEING A GUEST: | Visiting | 19 | | | Having Dinner | 20 | | | Staying With People | 21 | | 9.BEING A HOST | | 22 | | 10.WORK | | 25 | | 11.MEETINGS | | 27 | | 12.THE LANGUAGE CLASS | | 29 | Part Two Page 1.MEETING PEOPLE 31 2.GOODBYES 33 3.MAKING CONVERSATION 35 4.TELEPHONING 37 5.BUSINESS TELEPHONING: Answering40Making Contact41Arranging a Meeting42Problems43Writing it Down44 6.HELPING AND THANKING45 7.PLANNING FREE TIME47 8.REQUESTS AND RESPONSES49 9.SOCIAL NEWS51 10.APOLOGISING54 11.SHORT REMARKS55 12.ADVICE57 13.SOCIAL COMMENTS57 14.BEING TACTFUL58 15.HEALTH58VOCABULARY59 # Instructions for Self-Study At first you can use the book to help you understand the situations and read/remember the answers. As soon as possible you should try to practise the situations without looking at the book | Press 'Play'and listen to the situation.Trv to sav the answer or read it from the book
Don't worry if there isn't enough time to do this at first -press 'Pause'until you are ready
to hear the answer.Listen to the answer and repeat it.Aqain,if vou can't do this quickly enough
at first,press 'Pause'so that vou have more time before the next situation begins
The more you practise,the easier it will be to remember the answers and say them more quickly | | --- | The CD or cassette qives vou enouah time to remember the answer and sav it quite quickly the first time and just enough time to repeat it at natural speed the second time. This gives you practice at responding quickly,just as in real lite,and at speaking fluently in the.way thatnative speakers speak and understand.It also means that when you can answer quickly enough and playthe CD or cassette without pauses,you won't have to wait a long time to hear the answer or next situation. ## Recording Yourself If you have a cassette machine with a microphone (or another cassette machine if you are listening to thesituations on cassette),you could record yourself saying the answers. Play the situations on a CD or cassette player through the loudspeaker,so that the microphone on theother cassette will record what you hear.The microphone will also record your voice when you speak.You can then play back the recording to listen to your own pronunciation and intonation. ## Notes 1.The main stress in each answer is shown by a dot(.).This is usually the most important information.Try to imitate the stress and rhythm of the native speaker on the recording. | It is important to practise linking words in pronunciation.
The basic rule is:when a word ends with a
consonant sound e.g.could look
have and the next word begins with a
(but not 'one',which begins with a ‘w'sound),
of
vowel sound e.g.at
in
these words are linked together and sound like one word in natural sp

FAQs

How should the self-study practice sessions be done with the audio?

Listen to each situation, try to say the answer (or read it), then listen to the model answer and repeat it. Use Play and Pause so you can hear the answer clearly and practise at a comfortable pace until you can respond quickly without waiting for the next cue.

What does the stress dot (.) indicate in the answers?

The dot shows the main stress in each answer, usually the most important information. Learners are instructed to imitate the stress and rhythm of the native speaker from the recording.

How can linking words help speaking fluency in this book?

The book explains that when a word ends with a consonant sound and the next word starts with a vowel sound, the words are linked and sound like one unit in natural speech. Practising these links makes it easier to speak more fluently.

What is the purpose of Recording Yourself?

Learners can record their own answers using a cassette setup with a microphone. They then replay the recording to evaluate pronunciation and intonation against the models.

Oct 13, 2026

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