<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Audiocassettes are available for this book.  to order.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B><I><B>Whaddaya Say?,</B></I> </B>2nd edition, by Nina Weinstein, helps intermediate to high-intermediate students understand English as it is really spoken.  This easy-to-use listening program familiarizes students with the rapid speech commonly used in everyday life. In particular, the book introduces students to the most common reduced forms – such as *gonna (“going to” + verb), *wanna (natural speed pronunciation for “want to”), and *hafta (“have to”) – fully contextualized in conversations that are both practical and entertaining. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Using language students encounter in everyday situations, <I><B><I>Whaddaya Say?</I> </B></I>explains the most common pronunciation changes that occur when English speakers talk at a natural speed. This allows all students to improve their comprehension of spoken English, both inside and outside the classroom.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Each of the text's 30 lessons includes an audio segment that introduces new reduced forms, followed by comprehension questions and practice questions.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">The book also includes short listening tests for extra practice and self-assessment.</P>