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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