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NorthStar Listening and Speaking Advanced w/CD

Autor Sherry Preiss
en Limba Engleză Mixed media product – 4 aug 2003
What is special about the third edition?
  • New themes andupdated content and a variety of text genres including literature, lectures and an extensive use of authentic reading and listening sections, challenge students intellectually and prepare them for academic life
  • Enhanced focus on academic skills such as inferencing, synthesising, note-taking and test-taking and more purposeful integration of critical thinking, help students develop strategies for success in the classroom and on standardised tests
  • In the Reading and Writing strand, a new fully-integrated writing section leads students step-by-step through a meaningful academic writing assignment
  • In the Listening and Speaking strand, a structured approach leads students to organise and produce an integrated oral presentation, debate, interview or role play
  • Full colour pages andgraphic organisers foster student engagement and make the content and activities come alive
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780131439115
ISBN-10: 0131439111
Pagini: 271
Dimensiuni: 204 x 254 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:2Nouă
Editura: Pearson Education
Colecția Pearson Education
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States

Cuprins

Scope and Sequence
 
Unit 1               The Internet and Other Addictions
            Theme: Advertising
            Listening One: Interview with an Internet Addiction Counselor
                An interview with a psychologist
            Listening Two: Time to Do Everything Except Think
                An interview with a commentator
            Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, definitions, idiomatic expressions, word forms
            Grammar: Web statements: expressing unreality
 
Unit 2               Celebration, Florida: Disney’s Utopia
                        Theme: Utopian Movements
                        Listening One: The Celebration Experiment
                            An interview with a scholar of American Studies
                        Listening Two: Living in Celebration
                            An interview with a resident journalist
                        Vocabulary: Context clues, definitions, synonyms, analogies
                        Grammar: Noun clauses after verbs of urgency
 
Unit 3               The Bold and the Bashful
                        Theme: Personality
                        Listening One: American Are Getting Shyer
                            An interview with a professor of psychology
                        Listening Two: The Pollyanna Syndrome
                            A commentary
            Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, synonyms, idiomatic expressions, vocabulary classification
                        Grammar: Identifying and nonidentifying adjective clauses
 
Unit 4               The Tipping Point
                        Theme: Trends
                        Listening One: The Tipping Point
                            An interview with the author
                        Listening Two: Tipping Points in Fighting Crime
                            More excerpts from the interview
                        Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, synonyms, metaphors
                        Grammar: Adverb clauses of result
 
Unit 5               Feng Shui: Ancient Wisdom Travels West
                        Theme: Cross-cultural Insights
                        Listening One: Interview with a Feng Shui Expert
                            A conversation with Kirsten Lagatree
                        Listening Two: Feng Shui in the Newsroom
                            The expert redesigns a space
                        Vocabulary: Word definitions, synonyms, context clues, word forms
                        Grammar: Spoken discourse connectors
         
Unit 6               Spiritual Renewal
                        Theme: Religion
                        Listening One: The Religious Tradition of Fasting
                            A news report
                        Listening Two: Describing Monastic Life
                            An interview with an admirer
                        Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, synonyms
                        Grammar: Count and non-count nouns and their quantifiers
 
Unit 7               Workplace Privacy
                        Theme: Business
                        Listening One: Interview on Workplace Surveillance
                            Interviews with workplace specialists
                        Listening Two: Managers and Employees Speak Out about Workplace Privacy
    Two opposing points of view
            Vocabulary: Context clues, definitions, synonyms
            Grammar: Verb + gerund — two forms, two meanings
 
Unit 8               Warriors without Weapons
                        Theme: The Military
                        Listening One: Warriors without Weapon
                            An interview with a scholar of the Geneva Convention
                        Listening Two: Michael’s Ignatieff’s Views on War
                            More excerpts from the interview
                        Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, definitions, confusing pairs
                        Grammar: Direct and indirect speech
 
Unit 9               Boosting Brain Power through the Arts
                        Theme: The Arts
                        Listening One: Does Music Enhance Math Skills?
                            A news report
                        Listening Two: Music, Art, and the Brain
                            An interview with a science journalist
            Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, definitions, idiomatic expressions, vocabulary  classification, figurative and literal usage
                        Grammar: The Passive voice and the passive causative
 
Unit 10             Television and Freedom of Expression
                        Theme: First Amendment Issues
                        Listening One: Interview with Newsweek Entertainment Editor
                            A radio interview
                        Listening Two: Interview with Former Chairman of MPAA Ratings Board
                            A radio interview
            Vocabulary: Context clues, synonyms, word definitions, idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs
            Grammar: Modals: degrees of certainty
 
Student Activities
Grammar Book References
Audioscript
The Phonetic Alphabet
 

Caracteristici

Features and Benefits
  • F: New and updated high-interest topics.
  • B: Motivate students to express their own points of view.
  • F: Expanded vocabulary and pronunciation practice.
  • B: Ensures greater language proficiency.
  • F: Grammar correlation chart.
  • B: Links NorthStar to two leading grammar series: Focus on Grammar and the Azar Grammar series.
  • F: Outstanding instructional resources including a teacher’s manual with achievement tests, process writing activity books, audio recordings of the main reading and listening sections, a new video program, and Web activities.
  • B: Facilitate teacher preparation and enhance students’ engagement with the material.