Ostrowska, Sabina
Prism Listening and Speaking 2 / Prism, Listening and speaking, Level 2, Student workbook Listening and speaking (Prism), Level 2, Student workbook Sabina Ostrowska and Nancy Jordan, with Angela Blackwell and Janet Gokay ; Jeanne Lambert and Kimberly Russell (Teacher's Manual). - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017. - 223 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm + Teacher's Manual (88 p. ; 26 cm.) - Prism .
Includes ebook access.
"Paired skills course focusing on critical thinking, academic skills, and language students need most. Prism is a five-level (A1 to C1), American English paired-skills course (Reading/Writing and Listening/Speaking), created for students who need to develop a range of academic skills. This Level 4 (C1) Listening and Speaking Student's Book prepares students for college classes by developing their listening, speaking, critical thinking, and pronunciation skills, including pronunciation for listening. Special sections teach how to be a successful college student, and the accompanying video program sets the stage for each unit's topic. Inside the book is a single-use code for the online workbook. This provides automatically graded extra practice and works on PCs and Macs." (Publisher's Website) SCOPE AND SEQUENCE Unit 1 ANIMALS (Academic Disciplines: Biology / Environmental Science / Zoology)
Watch and Listen: The Mental Skills of Chimpnzees
Listenings: 1. A debate about using animals for work -- 2. A presentation about the human threats to polar bears
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Taking notes -- Listening for contrasting ideas -- Listening for signposting language -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary -- Using your knowledge -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for opinions -- Listening for text organization -- Listening for details -- Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Intonation of lists
Language Development: Word families -- Modals for necessity and advice
Critical Thinking: Organizing information for a presentation
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: Using signposting language -- Introducing examples -- Expressing general beliefs -- PRONUNCIATION: Signposting phrases -- SPEAKING TASK: Give a to minute presentation about the human threat to an endangered species
On Campus: COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Making yourself understood Unit 2 THE ENVIRONMENT (Academic Disciplines: Ecology / Environmental Science / Political Science) Watch and Listen: Blowing in the wind: Off-shore wind farms
Listenings: 1. A lecture about agriculture -- 2. A debate about nuclear power
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Listening for examples -- Listening for counterarguments -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary -- Predicting content using visuals -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for details -- Listening for text organization -- Taking notes -- Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Connected speech; linking sounds
Language Development: Negative prefixes -- Modals to express future possibility
Critical Thinking: Analyzing opinions -- Forming arguments and counterarguments
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: Linking ideas with transition words and phrases -- Talking about advantages and disadvantages -- Giving counterarguments -- SPEAKING TASK: Take part in a debate. Argue for or against building a new shopping center in your city
On Campus: STUDY SKILL: Active learning Unit 3 TRANSPORTATION (Academic Disciplines: Civil Engineering / Psychology / Sociology) Watch and Listen: The Air Travel Revolution
Listenings: 1. A radio program about the fear of flying -- 2. A presentation about biking to work
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Listening for rhetorical questions -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary -- Using your knowledge -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for details -- Listening for text organization -- Taking notes -- Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Word stress
Language Development: Talking about problems and solutions -- Comparative and superlative adjectives
Critical Thinking: Evaluating problems -- Proposing solutions
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: Giving recommendations -- Expanding on an idea -- SPEAKING TASK: Give a presentation on a transportation problem and suggest solutions to solve the problem
On Campus: LIFE SKILL: Setting SMART goals Unit 4 CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS (Academic Disciplines: Anthropology / Cultural Studies / Sociology)
Watch and Listen: The Chilean Cueca Brava
Listenings: 1. A radio program about changing customs in the modern world -- 2. A discussion about gift giving customs
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Identifying cause and effect -- Listening for opinion -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary -- Using your knowledge -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for details -- Taking notes -- Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Connected speech; final /t/ and /d/
Language Development: Suffixes -- Dependent prepositions
Critical Thinking: Analyzing positives and negatives
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: Being polite in a discussion -- Using adverbs for emphasis -- Phrases with that -- PRONUNCIATION: Stress patterns in phrases for agreeing and disagreeing -- SPEAKING TASK: Take part in a discussion about whether special occasions have become too commercial
On Campus: LIFE SKILL: Dealing with culture shock Unit 5 HEALTH AND FITNESS (Academic Disciplines: Health Science / Sports Management) Watch and Listen:
Listenings:
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
Pronunciation for Listening:
Language Development:
Critical Thinking:
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: -- PRONUNCIATION:
Speaking Task:
On Campus: Unit 6 DISCOVERY AND INVENTION (Academic Disciplines: Art and Design / History) Watch and Listen:
Listenings:
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
Pronunciation for Listening:
Language Development:
Critical Thinking:
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: -- PRONUNCIATION:
Speaking Task:
On Campus: Unit 7 FASHION (Academic Disciplines: Business / Fashion Design / Marketing) Watch and Listen:
Listenings:
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
Pronunciation for Listening:
Language Development:
Critical Thinking:
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: -- PRONUNCIATION:
Speaking Task:
On Campus: Unit 8 ECONOMICS (Academic Disciplines: Business / Economics / Sociology) Watch and Listen:
Listenings:
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
Pronunciation for Listening:
Language Development:
Critical Thinking:
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: -- PRONUNCIATION:
Speaking Task:
On Campus:
9781316620977 (Student Book with Online Workbook) 1316620972 (Student Book with Online Workbook
English language--Study and teaching.--Textbooks for foreign speakers
Listening comprehension--Study and teaching.
English language--Spoken English.
B1 (CEFR).
Intermediate.
428.24
Prism Listening and Speaking 2 / Prism, Listening and speaking, Level 2, Student workbook Listening and speaking (Prism), Level 2, Student workbook Sabina Ostrowska and Nancy Jordan, with Angela Blackwell and Janet Gokay ; Jeanne Lambert and Kimberly Russell (Teacher's Manual). - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017. - 223 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm + Teacher's Manual (88 p. ; 26 cm.) - Prism .
Includes ebook access.
"Paired skills course focusing on critical thinking, academic skills, and language students need most. Prism is a five-level (A1 to C1), American English paired-skills course (Reading/Writing and Listening/Speaking), created for students who need to develop a range of academic skills. This Level 4 (C1) Listening and Speaking Student's Book prepares students for college classes by developing their listening, speaking, critical thinking, and pronunciation skills, including pronunciation for listening. Special sections teach how to be a successful college student, and the accompanying video program sets the stage for each unit's topic. Inside the book is a single-use code for the online workbook. This provides automatically graded extra practice and works on PCs and Macs." (Publisher's Website) SCOPE AND SEQUENCE Unit 1 ANIMALS (Academic Disciplines: Biology / Environmental Science / Zoology)
Watch and Listen: The Mental Skills of Chimpnzees
Listenings: 1. A debate about using animals for work -- 2. A presentation about the human threats to polar bears
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Taking notes -- Listening for contrasting ideas -- Listening for signposting language -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary -- Using your knowledge -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for opinions -- Listening for text organization -- Listening for details -- Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Intonation of lists
Language Development: Word families -- Modals for necessity and advice
Critical Thinking: Organizing information for a presentation
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: Using signposting language -- Introducing examples -- Expressing general beliefs -- PRONUNCIATION: Signposting phrases -- SPEAKING TASK: Give a to minute presentation about the human threat to an endangered species
On Campus: COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Making yourself understood Unit 2 THE ENVIRONMENT (Academic Disciplines: Ecology / Environmental Science / Political Science) Watch and Listen: Blowing in the wind: Off-shore wind farms
Listenings: 1. A lecture about agriculture -- 2. A debate about nuclear power
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Listening for examples -- Listening for counterarguments -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary -- Predicting content using visuals -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for details -- Listening for text organization -- Taking notes -- Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Connected speech; linking sounds
Language Development: Negative prefixes -- Modals to express future possibility
Critical Thinking: Analyzing opinions -- Forming arguments and counterarguments
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: Linking ideas with transition words and phrases -- Talking about advantages and disadvantages -- Giving counterarguments -- SPEAKING TASK: Take part in a debate. Argue for or against building a new shopping center in your city
On Campus: STUDY SKILL: Active learning Unit 3 TRANSPORTATION (Academic Disciplines: Civil Engineering / Psychology / Sociology) Watch and Listen: The Air Travel Revolution
Listenings: 1. A radio program about the fear of flying -- 2. A presentation about biking to work
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Listening for rhetorical questions -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary -- Using your knowledge -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for details -- Listening for text organization -- Taking notes -- Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Word stress
Language Development: Talking about problems and solutions -- Comparative and superlative adjectives
Critical Thinking: Evaluating problems -- Proposing solutions
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: Giving recommendations -- Expanding on an idea -- SPEAKING TASK: Give a presentation on a transportation problem and suggest solutions to solve the problem
On Campus: LIFE SKILL: Setting SMART goals Unit 4 CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS (Academic Disciplines: Anthropology / Cultural Studies / Sociology)
Watch and Listen: The Chilean Cueca Brava
Listenings: 1. A radio program about changing customs in the modern world -- 2. A discussion about gift giving customs
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Identifying cause and effect -- Listening for opinion -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary -- Using your knowledge -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for details -- Taking notes -- Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Connected speech; final /t/ and /d/
Language Development: Suffixes -- Dependent prepositions
Critical Thinking: Analyzing positives and negatives
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: Being polite in a discussion -- Using adverbs for emphasis -- Phrases with that -- PRONUNCIATION: Stress patterns in phrases for agreeing and disagreeing -- SPEAKING TASK: Take part in a discussion about whether special occasions have become too commercial
On Campus: LIFE SKILL: Dealing with culture shock Unit 5 HEALTH AND FITNESS (Academic Disciplines: Health Science / Sports Management) Watch and Listen:
Listenings:
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
Pronunciation for Listening:
Language Development:
Critical Thinking:
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: -- PRONUNCIATION:
Speaking Task:
On Campus: Unit 6 DISCOVERY AND INVENTION (Academic Disciplines: Art and Design / History) Watch and Listen:
Listenings:
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
Pronunciation for Listening:
Language Development:
Critical Thinking:
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: -- PRONUNCIATION:
Speaking Task:
On Campus: Unit 7 FASHION (Academic Disciplines: Business / Fashion Design / Marketing) Watch and Listen:
Listenings:
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
Pronunciation for Listening:
Language Development:
Critical Thinking:
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: -- PRONUNCIATION:
Speaking Task:
On Campus: Unit 8 ECONOMICS (Academic Disciplines: Business / Economics / Sociology) Watch and Listen:
Listenings:
Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
Pronunciation for Listening:
Language Development:
Critical Thinking:
Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: -- PRONUNCIATION:
Speaking Task:
On Campus:
9781316620977 (Student Book with Online Workbook) 1316620972 (Student Book with Online Workbook
English language--Study and teaching.--Textbooks for foreign speakers
Listening comprehension--Study and teaching.
English language--Spoken English.
B1 (CEFR).
Intermediate.
428.24