Includes appendices.

“LEAP Intermediate: Listening and Speaking is a task-based textbook for students preparing for college or university studies in English. Students apply critical-thinking skills as they engage in academic listening and speaking tasks across a range of disciplines. Contemporary listening texts, including video clips, prepare students for the college classroom, with activities that develop vocabulary and listening comprehension. With focuses on listening, speaking, grammar and academic survival skills, LEAP Intermediate: Listening and Speaking empowers students to thrive in their academic studies. (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Thinking Business
SUBJECT AREAS: business, computing, technology
Listening for the main idea

Listening 1: Ben Silbermann at Startup School
Listening 2: Fifty-four Hours: Startup Weekend
Listening 3: Hack to Start: Heather Payne
SPEAKING: Managing a conversation
GRAMMAR: yes/no questions and information questions
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Taking notes and using graphic organizers
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Creating and presenting an idea for an application

FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Giving a presentation and taking notes
Chapter 2: A New World of Work
SUBJECT AREAS: business, education, technology
LISTENING: Using active listening strategies
Listening 1: The Perfect Job
Listening 2: Students Create Their Own Dream Jobs
Listening 3: Crowdworkers
SPEAKING:Using intonation and stress
GRAMMAR: Comparative and superlative form
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Giving a compare and contrast presentation; Citing sources and referencing
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Describing the perfect job
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Giving a compare and contrast presentation
Chapter 3: People in Motion

SUBJECT AREAS: engineering, transportation, urban planning
LISTENING: Listening for a purpose
Listening 1: Autonomous Cars and the Future of Cities
Listening 2: Plugging in: The Future of Electric Cars
Listening 3: Future Perfect: The Future Mobility Conference
SPEAKING: Learning interviewing skills
GRAMMAR: Indirect and tag questions
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Creating survey questions
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Conducting an oral survey

FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Preparing and presenting an oral survey
Chapter 4: Building a Better Brain


SUBJECT AREAS: biology, neuroscience, psychology
Inferring meaning from context
Listening 1: Better Brains
Listening 2: Ted Cadsby - Interview with Amanda Lang
Listening 3: The Happy Ape
SPEAKING: Keeping a listener's attention
GRAMMAR: Simple past and present perfect tenses
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Giving academic presentations
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Introducing a famous brain
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Giving an academic presentation
Chapter 5: Inventing the Future

SUBJECT AREAS: computing, engineering
LISTENING: Using register and tone
Listening 1: 3D Printing
Listening 2: The Revolution Will be Extruded
Listening 3: Printing the Edible
SPEAKING: Building schema
GRAMMAR: Sentence types
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Developing teamwork skills
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Developing product proposals
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Conducting a meeting to discuss proposals
Chapter 6: Engineering the Future

SUBJECT AREAS: engineering, genetics, medicine
LISTENING: Predicting and inferring ideas
Listening 1: Activity Trackers and Apps
Listening 2: Our Better Selves
Listening 3: Mapping Your Chromosomes
SPEAKING: Speaking with aids
GRAMMAR: Conditional sentences
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Paraphrasing and summarizing
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Summarizing an interview
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Participating in a group discussion
Chapter 7: New Ways to Learn
SUBJECT AREAS: business, computing, education
LISTENING: Listening for rhythm
Listening 1: Gamification
Listening 2: Khan Academy
Listening 3: Three Approaches to Education
SPEAKING: Enhancing your message with non-verbal communication
GRAMMAR: Gerunds and infinitives
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Starting a discussion with a thesis statement
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Giving a process presentation
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Taking part in an academic discussion
Chapter 8: Finding Justice

SUBJECT AREAS: history, law, technology
LISTENING: Distinguishing fact from opinion
Listening 1: Technocreep
Listening 2: Debate: Parallel Cases from under the Pear Tree
Listening 3: Restoring Harmony after Murder
SPEAKING: Constructing an argument
GRAMMAR: Modals that express possibility
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Using debating strategies
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Giving a persuasive presentation
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Participating in a debate
Appendix 1: Conversation Gambits

Appendix 2: Strategies for Improving Listening and Speaking Skills
Photo Credits

“LEAP Intermediate: Listening and Speaking is a task-based textbook for students preparing for college or university studies in English. Students apply critical-thinking skills as they engage in academic listening and speaking tasks across a range of disciplines. Contemporary listening texts, including video clips, prepare students for the college classroom, with activities that develop vocabulary and listening comprehension. With focuses on listening, speaking, grammar and academic survival skills, LEAP Intermediate: Listening and Speaking empowers students to thrive in their academic studies. (Book Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Chapter 1: Thinking Business
SUBJECT AREAS: business, computing, technology
LISTENING: Listening for the main idea
Listening 1: Ben Silbermann at Startup School
Listening 2: Fifty-four Hours: Startup Weekend
Listening 3: Hack to Start: Heather Payne
SPEAKING: Managing a conversation
GRAMMAR: Yes/no questions and information questions
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Taking notes and using graphic organizers
Assignments:
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Creating and presenting an idea for an application
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Giving a presentation and taking notes

Chapter 2: A New World of Work
SUBJECT AREAS: business, education, technology
LISTENING: Using active listening strategies
Listening 1: The Perfect Job
Listening 2: Students Create Their Own Dream Jobs
Listening 3: Crowdworkers
SPEAKING: Using intonation and stress
GRAMMAR: Comparative and superlative form
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Giving a compare and contrast presentation; Citing sources and referencing
Assignments:
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Describing the perfect job
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Giving a compare and contrast presentation

Chapter 3: People in Motion
SUBJECT AREAS: engineering, transportation, urban planning
LISTENING: Listening for a purpose
Listening 1: Autonomous Cars and the Future of Cities
Listening 2: Plugging in: The Future of Electric Cars
Listening 3: Future Perfect: The Future Mobility Conference
SPEAKING: Learning interviewing skills
GRAMMAR: Indirect and tag questions
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Creating survey questions
Assignments:
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Conducting an oral survey
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Preparing and presenting an oral survey

Chapter 4: Building a Better Brain
SUBJECT AREAS: biology, neuroscience, psychology
LISTENING: Inferring meaning from context
Listening 1: Better Brains
Listening 2: Ted Cadsby - Interview with Amanda Lang
Listening 3: The Happy Ape
SPEAKING: Keeping a listener's attention
GRAMMAR: Simple past and present perfect tenses
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Giving academic presentations
Assignments:
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Introducing a famous brain
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Giving an academic presentation

Chapter 5: Inventing the Future
SUBJECT AREAS: computing, engineering
LISTENING: Using register and tone
Listening 1: 3D Printing
Listening 2: The Revolution Will be Extruded
Listening 3: Printing the Edible
SPEAKING: Building schema
GRAMMAR: Sentence types
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Developing teamwork skills
Assignments:
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Developing product proposals
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Conducting a meeting to discuss proposals

Chapter 6: Engineering the Future
SUBJECT AREAS: engineering, genetics, medicine
LISTENING: Predicting and inferring ideas
Listening 1: Activity Trackers and Apps
Listening 2: Our Better Selves
Listening 3: Mapping Your Chromosomes
SPEAKING: Speaking with aids
GRAMMAR: Conditional sentences
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Paraphrasing and summarizing
Assignments:
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Summarizing an interview
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Participating in a group discussion

Chapter 7: New Ways to Learn
SUBJECT AREAS: business, computing, education
LISTENING: Listening for rhythm
Listening 1: Gamification
Listening 2: Khan Academy
Listening 3: Three Approaches to Education
SPEAKING: Enhancing your message with non-verbal communication
GRAMMAR: Gerunds and infinitives
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Starting a discussion with a thesis statement
Assignments:
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Giving a process presentation
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Taking part in an academic discussion

Chapter 8: Finding Justice
SUBJECT AREAS: history, law, technology
LISTENING: Distinguishing fact from opinion
Listening 1: Technocreep
Listening 2: Debate: Parallel Cases from under the Pear Tree
Listening 3: Restoring Harmony after Murder
SPEAKING: Constructing an argument
GRAMMAR: Modals that express possibility
ACADEMIC SURVIVAL SKILL: Using debating strategies
Assignments:
WARM-UP ASSIGNMENT: Giving a persuasive presentation
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Participating in a debate

Appendix 1: Conversation Gambits
Appendix 2: Strategies for Improving Listening and Speaking Skills
Photo Credits

For Intermediate English as second language learners (B1 - CEFR).