Oxford Echoes A Course in Listening and Speaking for Class 8

Echoes: A Course in Listening and Speaking is a ten- level English course focused on everyday communicative functions.

K. Rajeevan , Shefali Ray , Prakriti Srivastava , Surabhi Bharati

Based on the interactive approach, the course aims to develop the listening- speaking skills of the learners in a graded manner. Across the course, students learn to use language for a variety of purposes. It provides successful learning outcomes, in order to train students to use English for academic, social, and career purposes in the global sphere. The course prepares learners for the Assessment of Speaking and Listening (ASL) Skills conducted by the CBSE as part of summative assessment.

• Focus on language functions in a graded way
• Grammar based syllabus for a sound foundation
• Use of animations to introduce communicative functions
• Focus on all aspects of speaking accurately
• Activities facilitating interaction through group work and pair work
• Task types modelled on ASL