Biersenbach-Lucas, Sigrun
Next Generation Grammar 4 / Sigrun Biersenbach-Lucas and Donette Brantner-Artenie. - White Plains, NY : Pearson Education, 2013. - xix, 215 p. : ill. ; 27 cm - Next Generation Grammar .
"C1"--cover. Includes index.
"Next Generation Grammar seamlessly blends course work and online content to optimize instruction and provide a 21st century learning experience that will engage and motivate learners. At its heart, Next Generation Grammar is a comprehensive grammar course that prepares students to communicate accurately in both writing and speaking. The grammar points are presented naturally, through a variety of high-interest reading texts followed by extensive practice and application. Each new grammar point is practiced using all four skills, with extra emphasis on grammar for writing. This task-centered approach allows immediate feedback on learning outcomes so students can track their own progress." (Welcome to Next Generation Grammar ,p. iii) CONTENTS Unit 1 BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMY Chapter 1 Business in Economic Hard Times
Simple past and past progressive -- Modals of advisability and suggestion Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Increasing Sales in a Recession — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
My English Lab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension -- Grammar Plus 1 and 2 -- Listen for It, Sounding Natural -- Linking Grammar to Writing -- Diagnostic Test Chapter 2 Marketing Company Logos
Simple past and present perfect -- Noun clauses with the subjunctive
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Warmer, Fuzzier: The Refreshed Logo — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension -- Grammar Plus 1 and 2 -- Listen for It, Sounding Natural -- Linking Grammar to Writing -- Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 2 PSYCHOLOGY AND PERSONALITY Chapter 3 Winning and Losing
Adjectives and adverbs — Adjectives clauses with subject relative pronouns Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Winners and Losers — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension -- Grammar Plus 1 and 2 -- Listen for It, Sounding Natural -- Linking Grammar to Writing -- Diagnostic Test Chapter 4 Traits of Successful People
Adjective clauses with object relative pronouns — Reducing adjective clauses to adjective phrases
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: The Qualities of Successful People — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension -- Grammar Plus 1 and 2 -- Listen for It, Sounding Natural -- Linking Grammar to Writing -- Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 3 SOCIETY, CONFLICT, AND JUSTICE Chapter 5 Conflict Resolution
Noun clauses as subjects, objects, and complements — Gerunds and infinitives as objects
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Lessons from the Playground — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension -- Grammar Plus 1 and 2 -- Listen for It, Sounding Natural -- Linking Grammar to Writing -- Diagnostic Test Chapter 6 Alternative Forms of Justice Quantifiers — Connecting Structures for comparison and contrast
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: A Jury of Their Peers: Teen Courts Help Communities Get Smart about Being Tough — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension -- Grammar Plus 1 and 2 -- Listen for It, Sounding Natural -- Linking Grammar to Writing -- Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 4 THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA Chapter 7 The Digital Gap
Equatives — Comparatives and comparative clauses — Degree complements
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Old and Young Use Internet Differently — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 8 Digital Footprints
Present and future unreal conditionals — Reported Speech
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Trends in Online Reputation Management — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 5 PLANNING PUBLIC SPACES Chapter 9 The Role of Public Spaces in Communities
Stative passives — Adjective clauses with where, when, and why — Adjective clauses with quantifiers
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Great Public Spaces — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 10 The Role of Public Spaces on Campuses
Subject-verb agreement — Dynamic passives
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Library Examines Space, Socialization — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 6 PUBLIC HEALTH: PANDEMICS Chapter 11 Current Virus Threats
Coordinating conjunctions — Adverbial time clauses and time phrases
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Pandemic Challenges of Today — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 12 The Flu Pandemic of 1918
Past perfect and past perfect progressive — Past unreal conditionals
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: The Great Pandemic — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 7 ERADICATING POVERTY Chapter 13 Empowering Women
Connecting structures of cause / reason — Conjunctive adverbs of effect
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Empowering Women to Eradicate Poverty — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 14 Fair Trade
Articles — Parallel structures
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Fair-Trade Chocolate — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 8 ANTHROPOLOGY — BODY ART Chapter 15 Body Art in the Workplace
Modals and phrasal expressions: Degrees of necessity — Causatives
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Young Workers Have Something Up Their Sleeve — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 16 Cultural Identity through Body Art
Expressing purpose with infinitives: Using for and so that — Conjunctive adverbs of exemplification, emphasis, and clarification
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Cultural Expression through Body Art — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 9 COMMUNITY SERVICE Chapter 17 Professionals Making a Difference
Gerunds as objects of prepositions — Reducing adverbial phrases of cause / reason
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Engineering without Borders — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 18 Youth Making a Difference
Gerunds and infinitives as subjects and subject complements — Interaction of verb tenses: Time frame shifts
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Mixing Sweat with Earth — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 10 THE ENVIRONMENT Chapter 19 When Predators Disappear
Infinitives as noun and adjective complements — Pronoun agreement and reference
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Nature Out of Balance — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 20 Vanishing Islands
Future time — Modals of prediction and certainty
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: The Uncertain Future of Island Nations — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! Appendices
A Irregular Verbs
B Verbs and adjectives followed by the subjunctive
C Verbs followed by gerunds and infinitives
D Common noncount nouns
E Tense and place / time shifts
F Common stative passive + preposition combinations
G Common intransitive verbs
H Common noun + preposition + gerund, and adjective + preposition + gerund combinations
I Abstract nouns
J Adjectives commonly followed by infinitives Index
9780132760577 (Student Book)
English language--Grammar--Study and teaching.
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
Next Generation Grammar 4 / Sigrun Biersenbach-Lucas and Donette Brantner-Artenie. - White Plains, NY : Pearson Education, 2013. - xix, 215 p. : ill. ; 27 cm - Next Generation Grammar .
"C1"--cover. Includes index.
"Next Generation Grammar seamlessly blends course work and online content to optimize instruction and provide a 21st century learning experience that will engage and motivate learners. At its heart, Next Generation Grammar is a comprehensive grammar course that prepares students to communicate accurately in both writing and speaking. The grammar points are presented naturally, through a variety of high-interest reading texts followed by extensive practice and application. Each new grammar point is practiced using all four skills, with extra emphasis on grammar for writing. This task-centered approach allows immediate feedback on learning outcomes so students can track their own progress." (Welcome to Next Generation Grammar ,p. iii) CONTENTS Unit 1 BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMY Chapter 1 Business in Economic Hard Times
Simple past and past progressive -- Modals of advisability and suggestion Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Increasing Sales in a Recession — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
My English Lab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension -- Grammar Plus 1 and 2 -- Listen for It, Sounding Natural -- Linking Grammar to Writing -- Diagnostic Test Chapter 2 Marketing Company Logos
Simple past and present perfect -- Noun clauses with the subjunctive
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Warmer, Fuzzier: The Refreshed Logo — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension -- Grammar Plus 1 and 2 -- Listen for It, Sounding Natural -- Linking Grammar to Writing -- Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 2 PSYCHOLOGY AND PERSONALITY Chapter 3 Winning and Losing
Adjectives and adverbs — Adjectives clauses with subject relative pronouns Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Winners and Losers — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension -- Grammar Plus 1 and 2 -- Listen for It, Sounding Natural -- Linking Grammar to Writing -- Diagnostic Test Chapter 4 Traits of Successful People
Adjective clauses with object relative pronouns — Reducing adjective clauses to adjective phrases
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: The Qualities of Successful People — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension -- Grammar Plus 1 and 2 -- Listen for It, Sounding Natural -- Linking Grammar to Writing -- Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 3 SOCIETY, CONFLICT, AND JUSTICE Chapter 5 Conflict Resolution
Noun clauses as subjects, objects, and complements — Gerunds and infinitives as objects
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Lessons from the Playground — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension -- Grammar Plus 1 and 2 -- Listen for It, Sounding Natural -- Linking Grammar to Writing -- Diagnostic Test Chapter 6 Alternative Forms of Justice Quantifiers — Connecting Structures for comparison and contrast
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: A Jury of Their Peers: Teen Courts Help Communities Get Smart about Being Tough — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension -- Grammar Plus 1 and 2 -- Listen for It, Sounding Natural -- Linking Grammar to Writing -- Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 4 THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA Chapter 7 The Digital Gap
Equatives — Comparatives and comparative clauses — Degree complements
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Old and Young Use Internet Differently — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 8 Digital Footprints
Present and future unreal conditionals — Reported Speech
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Trends in Online Reputation Management — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 5 PLANNING PUBLIC SPACES Chapter 9 The Role of Public Spaces in Communities
Stative passives — Adjective clauses with where, when, and why — Adjective clauses with quantifiers
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Great Public Spaces — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 10 The Role of Public Spaces on Campuses
Subject-verb agreement — Dynamic passives
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Library Examines Space, Socialization — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 6 PUBLIC HEALTH: PANDEMICS Chapter 11 Current Virus Threats
Coordinating conjunctions — Adverbial time clauses and time phrases
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Pandemic Challenges of Today — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 12 The Flu Pandemic of 1918
Past perfect and past perfect progressive — Past unreal conditionals
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: The Great Pandemic — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 7 ERADICATING POVERTY Chapter 13 Empowering Women
Connecting structures of cause / reason — Conjunctive adverbs of effect
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Empowering Women to Eradicate Poverty — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 14 Fair Trade
Articles — Parallel structures
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Fair-Trade Chocolate — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 8 ANTHROPOLOGY — BODY ART Chapter 15 Body Art in the Workplace
Modals and phrasal expressions: Degrees of necessity — Causatives
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Young Workers Have Something Up Their Sleeve — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 16 Cultural Identity through Body Art
Expressing purpose with infinitives: Using for and so that — Conjunctive adverbs of exemplification, emphasis, and clarification
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Cultural Expression through Body Art — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 9 COMMUNITY SERVICE Chapter 17 Professionals Making a Difference
Gerunds as objects of prepositions — Reducing adverbial phrases of cause / reason
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Engineering without Borders — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 18 Youth Making a Difference
Gerunds and infinitives as subjects and subject complements — Interaction of verb tenses: Time frame shifts
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Mixing Sweat with Earth — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! UNIT 10 THE ENVIRONMENT Chapter 19 When Predators Disappear
Infinitives as noun and adjective complements — Pronoun agreement and reference
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: Nature Out of Balance — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Chapter 20 Vanishing Islands
Future time — Modals of prediction and certainty
Student Book Outcomes: Getting Started — Reading: The Uncertain Future of Island Nations — Grammar Focus 1 and 2 — Listening, Speaking, and Writing
MyEnglishLab: Vocabulary Check + Reading Comprehension — Grammar Plus 1 and 2 — Listen for It, Sounding Natural — Linking Grammar to Writing — Diagnostic Test Unit Assessments
(Student Book) Grammar Summary — Self-Assessment — Unit Project
(MyEnglishLab) Grammar Summary — Unit Test — Search It! Appendices
A Irregular Verbs
B Verbs and adjectives followed by the subjunctive
C Verbs followed by gerunds and infinitives
D Common noncount nouns
E Tense and place / time shifts
F Common stative passive + preposition combinations
G Common intransitive verbs
H Common noun + preposition + gerund, and adjective + preposition + gerund combinations
I Abstract nouns
J Adjectives commonly followed by infinitives Index
9780132760577 (Student Book)
English language--Grammar--Study and teaching.
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.