NorthStar 5 : Listening & Speaking / Sherry Preiss.
Par : Preiss, Sherry.
Collection : NorthStar. Éditeur : White Plains, NY : Pearson Education, 2014Édition : 4th ed.Description :xix, 274 p. : ill. in col. ; 26 cm.ISBN : 9780133382143 (Student book); 0133382141 (Student book).Sujet(s) : English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers | English language -- Spoken English -- Problems, exercises, etc | Listening -- Problems, exercises, etc | ESL2122 | AdvancedRessources en ligne : Publisher's Website.Type de document | Site actuel | Collection | Cote | Numéro de copie | Statut | Date d'échéance | Code à barres |
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"Building on the success of the previous editions, Northstar, Third Edition continues to engage and motivate students with new and updated contemporary topics delivered through a seamless integration of print and online components.
What is special about the new edition?
Blended approach with MyEnglishLab.
Online activities offer support and expansion, fully blending the student book with MyEnglishLab for extra practice, ongoing assessment, and instant feedback.
New and updated themes and topics.
Presented in a variety of genres - including literature and lectures - and in authentic reading and listening selections, the content challenges and engages students intellectually.
Explicit skills instruction.
The inclusion of 2-3 explicit language skills in every unit allows students to build their language proficiency.
New and revised assessments tied to learning outcomes.
Online assessments allow teachers to track students' progress mastery of material and skills.
A new design with thought provoking images.
A compelling graphic look makes the content and activities come alive." (Book Cover)
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Unit 1 THE BRAIN – The Fantastic Plastic Brain
Listening 1: An Interview with a Brain Researcher
Listening 2: The Merits of Unitasking
LISTENING:
Make and confirm predictions
Identify and take notes on main ideas and details
Identify a speaker’s point of view
Recognize a language that signals a revision of previously held beliefs
SPEAKING:
Express and support opinions
Paraphrase a speaker’s ideas
Connect statements to specific speakers
Interpret graphs
Use expressions to correct a myth or misconception TASK: Prepare and deliver an oral presentation using “rich pictures”
INFERENCE: Infer a speaker’s degree of certainty
PRONUNCIATION: Recognize emphasis through stress
VOCABULARY: Recognize synonyms
Recognize and use commonly confused words
GRAMMAR: Recognize and use verbs + gerund or infinitive with a change of meaning
VIDEO: Memory Boost (ABC News)
ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoint 1 and 2, Unit 1 Achievement Test
Unit 2 LYING: Is Honesty the Best Policy?
Listening 1: Interview with a Psychiatrist
Listening 2: Family Secrets
LISTENING:
Make and confirm predictions
Summarize main ideas and details
Support ideas from one listening with reasons from a second listening
Identify a speaker’s attitude
SPEAKING:
Express and support opinions
Recognize and use expressions to introduce, defend, and express multiple sides of an issue
TASK: Plan a group discussion, summarize an ethical dilemma, and present various solutions
INFERENCE: Interpret the author’s words to understand intention
PRONUNCIATION: Recognize reductions of the auxiliary verb have
VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context
GRAMMAR: Recognize and use modals to express degrees of certainty
VIDEO: Why Do Kids Lie? (ABC News)
ASSESSMENT: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 2 Achievement Test
Unit 3 PERSONALITY – Revolution of the 50%
Listening 1: A Quiet Revolution of the 50%: Interview with Author Susan Cain
Listening 2: The Pollyanna Syndrome
LISTENING:
Make and confirm predictions
Summarize main ideas
Identify supporting details
Connect problems and solutions
Identify creative and effective examples
SPEAKING:
Express and support opinions
Interpret cartoons
Describe personality
Express and defend preferences
Initiate and maintain a conversation
TASK: Prepare and dramatize a group presentation about sleep deprivation
INFERENCE: Infer meaning from language that presents a balanced point of view
PRONUNCIATION: Recognize thought groups and formulate meaning
VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context
GRAMMAR: Recognize and use identifying and non-identifying adjective clauses
VIDEO: Dale Carnegie Training Institute
ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 3 Achievement Test
Unit 4 CROSS-CULTURAL INSIGHTS – Ancient Wisdom Travels West
Listening 1: Interview with a Feng Shui Expert
Listening 2: Feng Shui in the Newsroom
LISTENING:
Make and confirm predictions
Summarize main ideas and details
Identify a speaker’s viewpoints and attitudes
Organize information using a bagua chart
Identify subtle ways to ask for and give advice
SPEAKING:
Express and support opinions
Emphasize a point in a conversation
TASK: Present an argument
INFERENCE: Infer a speaker’s intention
PRONUNCIATION: Recognize pauses and intonation with discourse connectors
VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context
Recognize and use word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs)
GRAMMAR: Identify and use discourse connectors
VIDEO: Japanese Gardens
ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 4 Achievement Test
Unit 5 BUSINESS – Business Not As Usual
Listening 1: The Story of Zappos
Listening 2: The Progress Principle
LISTENING:
Make and confirm predictions
Summarize main ideas
Identify supporting details
Recognize language to concede a point and present a counterargument
SPEAKING: Agree and disagree with opinions
Make concessions to introduce counterarguments
TASK: Prepare and deliver an oral presentation
INFERENCE: Infer meaning from expressive intonation
PRONUNCIATION: Recognize and distinguish between /ae/, /a/, and /e/
VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context
Recognize and use synonyms
Recognize and use idioms connected to business
GRAMMAR: Recognize and use direct and indirect speech
VIDEO: Giving Back (ABC News)
ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 5 Achievement Test
Unit 6 SOCIAL MEDIA – Together Alone
Listening 1: An Interview with Sherry Turkle
Listening 2: Online Identity: Authenticity or Anonymity?
LISTENING:
Make and confirm predictions
Identify and complete main ideas
Identify supporting details
Recognize language that signals opposing perspective of an issue
Connect statements to specific speakers
SPEAKING: Agree and disagree with opinions
Interpret cartoons
Prepare for and engage in a debate
Recognize and use language that builds and expands on others’ ideas
TASK: Participate in a group discussion and report on the groups’ recommendations
INFERENCE: Infer meaning and recognize techniques a speaker uses to take a stance on an issue
PRONUNCIATION: Infer a speaker’s attitude from intonation and stress
VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context
Recognize and use synonyms and antonyms
GRAMMAR: Recognize and use wish statements, expressing unreality
VIDEO: Making the Grade (ABC News)
ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 6 Achievement Test
Unit 7 THE ARTS – Learning through the Arts
Listening 1: Brain Waves: This Is Your Brain on Art
Listening 2: El Sistema: Music Education Changing Lives
LISTENING:
Make and confirm predictions
Summarize main ideas and details
Recognize persuasion with parallel structure
SPEAKING:
Express and support opinions
Summarize others’ opinions
Prepare and deliver a mini-lecture
Incorporate parallel structure to speak persuasively TASK: Prepare for and participate in a simulation of a public meeting
INFERENCE: Infer a speaker’s purpose for examples
PRONUNCIATION: Recognize variations in how final consonants are joined
VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context
Recognize and use synonyms
Distinguish between literal and figurative language
GRAMMAR: Recognize and use the passive voice and the passive causative
VIDEO: Interlochen Arts Academy
ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 7 Achievement Test
Unit 8 POVERTY – Changing Lives for $50
Listening 1: Promises and Pitfalls of Microfinance
Listening 2: Interview with a Microfinance Director
LISTENING:
Make and confirm predictions
Summarize main ideas and details
Recognize summary statements
Identify examples from listening
SPEAKING:
Express and support opinions
Paraphrase a speaker’s key points
Summarize examples from the listenings
Use summary statements to demonstrate understanding
TASK: Prepare for and participate in a simulation of a policy meeting
INFERENCE: Infer meaning by recognizing a speaker’s assumptions about the listeners
PRONUNCIATION: Recognize word stress in two-word compound expressions
VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context
Recognize and use synonyms
GRAMMAR: Recognize and use present, past, and mixed unreal conditionals
VIDEO: Young Innovators (CBC News)
ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 8 Achievement Test
Level: Advanced
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