"Interactions/Mosaic prepares students for university classes by fully integrating every aspect of student life. Based on 28 years of classroom-tested best practices, the new and revised content, fresh modern look, and new online component make this the perfect series for contemporary classrooms." (Publisher's Website)

CONTENTS:

Introducing Interactions/Mosaic Sixth Edition

Scope and Sequence

Chapter 1. Neighborhoods, Cities, and Towns

Listening:
Listening for main ideas
Listening for specific information
Using context clues
Listening for directions

Speaking:
Asking for and giving contact information
Confirming contact information
Giving directions
Talking about places on a campus map

Critical-Thinking Skills:
Using a T-chart to compare two things
Comparing and contrasting
Using Internet search engines and keywords to find and evaluate information
Interpreting a photo

Vocabulary Building:
Terms for college life and campuses
Terms for contact information
Getting meaning from context
Terms about neighborhood and city life
Expressions for giving directions

Pronunciation:
Listening for and using stress in words and sentences
Language Skills
Using contractions
Using expressions for giving directions to places

Chapter 2. Shopping and E-Commerce

Listening:
Listening for prices
Listening to online shopping information
Listening for reasons
Listening for reductions

Speaking:
Comparing prices and stores
Describing clothes
Interviewing classmates about shopping habits
Role play: returning merchandise to a store Giving reasons

Critical-Thinking Skills:
Developing reasoning skills for argumentation
Interpreting information on shopping web sites
Using charts to compare and contrast

Vocabulary Building:
Shopping terms
Price expressions
Clothing types and colors
Guessing meaning from context

Pronunciation:
Using reductions
Listening for and using stressed words

Language Skills:
Describing clothing
Using monetary terms for prices

Chapter 3. Friends and Family

Listening:
Listening for conversation starters
Listening to voicemail messages
Listening to descriptions of people

Speaking:
Leaving voicemail messages
Describing people
Discussing different ways to stay in touch

Critical-Thinking Skills:
Researching words online
Identifying relationships based on greeting

Vocabulary Building:
Terms for staying in touch using technology
Terms for types of greetings
Expressions for leaving voicemails
Expressions for describing people

Pronunciation: Listening for and using stressed words and reduced forms of words

Language Skills:
Starting and ending conversations
Leaving voicemail messages

Chapter 4. Health Care

Listening:
Listening for main ideas
Listening for specific information
Listening for advice
Listening to instructions
Listening to complaints
Using context clues

Speaking:
Discussing solutions to health problems
Giving advice
Discussing complaints
Discussing health advice and habits
Talking about body parts

Critical-Thinking Skills:
Analyzing solutions to problems
Making comparisons
Interpreting photos
Using charts to organize information

Vocabulary Building:
Words and expressions for discussing health care
Words and expressions for making health care appointments
Guessing meaning from context
Body part terms

Pronunciation:
Listening for and using stressed words
Listening for reductions
Using online pronunciation dictionaries

Language Skills: Using modals to give advice

Chapter 5. Men and Women

Listening:
Listening for the main idea
Listening for specific information
Listening to small talk
Listening to invitations

Speaking:
Discussing campus life and how to meet new people
Making small talk
Discussing invitations and celebrations

Critical Thinking Skills:
Interpreting photos
Using keywords and search engines to find information effectively

Vocabulary Building:
Terms for campus life and activities
Expressions for describing personal feelings
Terms for dating and social events

Pronunciation: Listening for and using stressed words and reductions with did you

Language Skills:
Patterns for small talk
Giving, accepting, and refusing invitations

Chapter 6. Sleep and Dreams

Listening:
Listening to numbers: teens and tens
Listening for main ideas
Listening to a lecture
Listening for specific information
Listening to a narrative

Speaking:
Interviewing classmates about sleep and dreams
Role play: agreeing and disagreeing
Discussing a lecture
Surveying classmates about sleep habits
Narration: describe a dream

Critical Thinking Skills:
Understanding and interpreting research studies
Evaluating important lecture points with note-taking
Understanding and using data to support a point

Vocabulary Building:
Expressions for agreeing and disagreeing
Understanding basic vocabulary used in research studies
Transition vocabulary for narratives
Guessing meaning from context

Pronunciation:
Stress: teens and tens
Listening for and using stressed words

Language Skills: Polite and impolite ways to agree and disagree

Chapter 7. Work and Lifestyle

Listening:
Listening for the main idea
Listening for specific information
Listening to complaints
Using context clues
Listening to job interviews
Listening to future plans

Speaking:
Talking about jobs
Making complaints politely and professionally
Talking about job interviews
Talking about the future

Critical Thinking Skills:
Interpreting photos
Categorizing people and things
Interpreting survey results
Using a cluster chart graphic organizer to group related ideas
Evaluating career information on the Internet
Using a chart or pie graph to illustrate survey results

Vocabulary Building:
Words and expressions for discussing jobs and careers
Job titles and major terms
Job interview terms
Guessing meaning from context

Pronunciation:
Listening for and using stressed words
Distinguishing majors and job titles

Language Skills: Making complaints

Chapter 8. Food and Nutrition

Listening:
Listening for main ideas
Listening for specific information
Listening to instructions
Listening for reductions
Using context clues

Speaking:
Discussing food and health
Ordering in a restaurant
Giving opinions on food

Critical Thinking Skills:
Making comparison charts
Ordering steps in a sequence
Evaluating search information on the Internet

Vocabulary Building:
Words and expressions for discussing food and nutrition
Guessing meaning from context
Words and expressions for giving a sequence

Pronunciation: Listening for and using stressed words

Language Skills:
Using sequencing words
Using present tense to talk about food preferences

Chapter 9. Great Destinations

Listening:
Listening for main ideas
Listening for specific information
Listening to descriptions
Using context clues
Listening to flight information

Speaking:
Describing photos
Persuading a group
Asking about travel information

Critical Thinking Skills:
Evaluating options and making decisions with a T-chart
Classifying information

Vocabulary Building:
Describing places and events
Travel terms
Guessing meaning from context

Pronunciation: Listening for and using stressed words

Language Skills:
Using modals and expressions to persuade
Using past tense to talk about travel

Chapter 10. Our Planet

Listening:
Listening for the main idea
Listening for specific information
Listening to persuasive messages
Using context clues
Listening to advice

Speaking:
Discussing environmental problems
Agreeing and disagreeing
Talking about endangered species

Critical Thinking Skills:
Interpreting photos
Categorizing pros and cons with a T-chart
Interpreting persuasive messages
Finding information about the environment on the Internet

Vocabulary Building:
Words and expressions for discussing the environment and endangered species
Terms of persuasion
Guessing meaning from context

Pronunciation:
Listening for and using stressed words
Using stressed words for emphasis

Language Skills:
Using present tense to agree and disagree
Using the imperative to give advice

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