"Unlock is a five-level academic skills course that combines carefully scaffolded exercises, a comprehensive approach to critical thinking and motivating video.

Unlock Listening and Speaking Skills Level 3 provides 60-90 hours of classroom material. Access to the Online Workbook is provided via a code packaged with the Student's Book.

Critical Thinking sections give students frameworks to formulate their own opinions and express themselves effectively in the end-of-unit academic tasks.

Unique research into common learner errors (using the Cambridge English Corpus) focuses the language used in Unlock on those areas learners find most challenging.

Videos from Discovery Education™ (accessible via the Cambridge Learning Management System and supplied on the Teacher's Book DVD) provide new angles on a range of academic subjects." (Publisher's Website)

CONTENTS

Map of the book / Your guide to Unlock

Your guide to Unlock / Teaching tips

UNIT 1 - Animals
Listening 1: A podcast with a veterinary student (Biology)
Listening 2: A debate about using animals for work (Politics)

VIDEO: Wildlife conservation

LISTENING - Key listening skill:
Taking notes
Understanding key vocabulary
Using visuals to predict content
Listening for detail
Predicting content
Listening for main ideas
Listening for opinion
Pronunciation for listening: Intonation of lists

VOCABULARY: Word families (e.g. analysis, analyze, analytical, analytically)

GRAMMAR: Modals for obligation and suggestions (have to, have got to, should, need to, must, ought to); Contrasting ideas (e.g. but, yet, however)

CRITICAL THINKING: Giving examples to support an opinion

SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking:
Preparing an opening statement for a debate, using signposting language to help the audience
Pronunciation for speaking: Introducing examples
Speaking task: Give an opening statement in a debate: Using animals for entertainment should be banned.

UNIT 2 - Customs and Traditions
Listening 1: A radio programme about changing customs in the modern world (Sociology)
Listening 2: A discussion about new social-networking habits (Culture)

VIDEO: Japan: customs and traditions

LISTENING - Key listening skill:
Identifying cause and effect
Understanding key vocabulary
Predicting content
Listening for main ideas
Listening for detail
Using your knowledge
Pronunciation for listening: Connected speech: final /t/ and /d/

VOCABULARY: Suffixes (e.g. -al, -ise, -able, -ful, -less)

GRAMMAR: Dependent prepositons

CRITICAL THINKING: Ideas maps; Identifying advantages and disadvantages

SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking:
Taking turns in a discussion
Using adverbs for emphasis
Pronunciation for speaking: Phrases to emphasize agreeing and disagreeing (e.g. I strongly believe that ... , I completely disagree that ... )
Speaking task: How has modern technology changed the way we interact with each other? What are the positive and negative aspects of this influence?

UNIT 3 - History
Listening 1: A discussion about major historical finds (History)
Listening 2: A lecture about Sultan Mehmed II (History)

VIDEO: The desert mummies of Peru

LISTENING - Key listening skill:
Understanding key vocabulary
Using your knowledge
Listening for main ideas
Listening for detail
Listening for text organisation features
Pronunciation for listening: Connected speech: weak forms

VOCABULARY: Synonyms (e.g. soldiers, warriors, find, discover)

GRAMMAR: Relative clauses

CRITICAL THINKING: Distinguishing between facts and opinions

SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking:
Talking about past events
Pronunciation for speaking: Past tense regular verbs /t/ /d/ /id/; Talking about time
Speaking task: Give a presentation about a famous historical figure or a historical event

UNIT 4 - Transport
Listening 1: A radio programme about fear of flying (Psychology)
Listening 2: A focus-group discussion about cycling (Sociology)

VIDEO: How to make a BMW

LISTENING - Key listening skill: Identifying rhetorical questions
Understanding key vocabulary
Using your knowledge
Listening for main ideas
Listening for detail
Taking notes
Listening for text organisation features
Listening for opinion
Predicting content
Listening for numbers
Predicting content using visuals
Listening for definitions
Listening for reasons
Using visuals to predict content
Identifying cause and effect
Understanding explanations
Listening for counter-arguments
Pronunciation for listening: Word stress

VOCABULARY: Talking about achievement (e.g. challenge, goal, attitude)

GRAMMAR: Comparing things (e.g. by far, considerably more, definitely more)

CRITICAL THINKING: Evaluating and proposing ideas

SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking:
Expanding ideas and giving examples of personal experiences
Speaking task: Take part in a group discussion about using your mobile phone while walking.

UNIT 5 - Environment
Listening 1: A lecture about agriculture (Ecology)
Listening 2: A debate about nuclear energy (politics)

VIDEO: Sleeping giants: Russia's volcanoes

LISTENING - Key listening skill:
Understanding explanations
Understanding key vocabulary
Predicting content from visuals
Listening for main ideas
Listening for detail
Listening for text organisation features
Listening for counter-arguments
Pronunciation for listening: Connected speech: linking sounds

VOCABULARY: Negative prefixes (e.g. un-, in-, im-)

GRAMMAR: Modals to express opinions (e.g. might be, could, may)

CRITICAL THINKING: Giving counter-arguments

SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking:
Linking ideas
Talking about advantages and disadvantages
Speaking task: You are a member of a city council that has to decide how to develop a large piece of land. Argue for or against building a new shopping centre.

UNIT 6 - Health and Fitness
Listening 1: A radio programme about healthy lifestyles (Fitness)
Listening 2: Health advertisements (Health)

VIDEO: Training for a triathlon: the ultimate event

LISTENING - Key listening skill:
Identifying attitude
Understanding key vocabulary
Using your knowledge
Listening for main ideas
Referring to common knowledge
Listening for detail
Pronunciation for listening: Intonation: expressing attitudes

VOCABULARY: Phrasal verbs (e.g. go out, bring up, take up)

GRAMMAR: Talking about preferences (e.g. I'd rather, I'd prefer)

CRITICAL THINKING: Analyzing persuasive language in advertisements

SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking:
Planning to persuade someone
Using imperatives
Using adjectives
Speaking task: Create an advertisement for an alternative treatment.

UNIT 7 - Discovery and Invention
Listening 1: A talk about inventions (Discovery)
Listening 2: A lecture about mobile phone apps (Invention)

VIDEO: Engineering a ski resort in the desert

LISTENING - Key listening skill:
Understanding lecture organisation
Understanding key vocabulary Using your knowledge
Listening for main ideas
Listening for detail
Referring to earlier ideas
Taking notes
Listening for text organisation features
Pronunciation for listening: Weak forms and strong forms

VOCABULARY: Phrases with make (e.g. make a discovery, make sure, make a difference)

GRAMMAR: Passive forms

CRITICAL THINKING: Researching a topic using Wh- questions and ideas map

SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking: Outlining a topic

Organizing ideas
Explaining how something is used
Speaking task: Give a presentation about an invention or discovery that has changed our lives.

UNIT 8 - Fashion
Listening 1: A discussion about clothes (Fashion)
Listening 2: Interview with a designer (Business)

VIDEO: From function to fashion

LISTENING - Key listening skill:
Listening for detail
Understanding key vocabulary
Using your knowledge to predict content
Listening for main ideas
Using your knowledge
Pronunciation for listening: Vowel elision

VOCABULARY: Idioms and fixed expressions (e.g. I see what you mean, give me a hand, at long last)

GRAMMAR: Talking about the future

CRITICAL THINKING: Raising and discussing alternative points of view

SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking:
Asking for opinions and checking information
Focusing on information that follows
Speaking task: Interview people to find out attitudes towards uniforms and dress codes.

UNIT 9 - Economics
Listening 1: A radio programme about millionaire lifestyles (Sociology)
Listening 2: A discussion about whether college students should be paid for good grades (Economics)

VIDEO: Economic migration: the Chinese dream

LISTENING - Key listening skill:
Understanding key vocabulary
Using your knowledge to predict content
Listening for main ideas
Listening for detail
Referring to research
Identifying opposing points of view
Pronunciation for listening: Silent letters

VOCABULARY: Collocations with pay, save and money (e.g. pay in cash, save energy, borrow money)

GRAMMAR: Conditional sentences

CRITICAL THINKING: Identifying and explaining opinions for and against an idea

SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking:
Using -ing verb forms to talk about actions
Asking someone to explain in more detail
Speaking task: Debate whether young people should have credit cards

UNIT 10 - The Brain
Listening 1: An interview about what makes a genius (Psychology)
Listening 2: A formal conversation about brain health (Health)

VIDEO: The placebo effect

LISTENING - Key listening skill:
Understanding paraphrase
Using your knowledge to predict content
Listening for main ideas
Listening for detail
Pronunciation for listening: Intonation in questions

VOCABULARY: Collocations with mind (e.g. mind your business, never mind, speak your mind)

GRAMMAR: Modal verbs for giving advice (If I were you, I would ...; You should ...; You ought to...)

CRITICAL THINKING: Analysing and applying the idea of multiple intelligences

SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking:
Asking for and giving advice
Using -ing verb forms to talk about actions
Speaking task: Ask for and give advice on how to study effectively and what type of courses to consider.

Pairwork exercises / Review test answer key

Glossary / Review tests

Video and audio scripts / Additional speaking tasks and model language

Level: Intermediate (B1)