Includes a teacher's annotated, grammar and verb charts.

Student book and Teacher's annotated edition are identical except for the fact that the Teacher's ed. includes the answers.

"Perspectives: English Skills with Grammar is an integrated skills course with a print and online grammar component for high-intermediate college students studying English as a Second Language.

In Perspectives, students consider viewpoints and the influences that shape theses viewpoints as they hone their English language skills and broaden their perspectives.

Perspectives offers level appropriate literary texts, essays, articles, radio excerpts and TV segments on a variety of social and cultural issues; questions and discussions that encourage critical thinking; techniques for effective reading and active listening; speaking and writing exercises that reuse and build upon content covered; individual productions that foster student autonomy; joint speaking and writing projects that tap into student creativity; helpful vocabulary tips and exercises that consolidate vocabulary acquisition; interesting notes pertaining to general culture and word etymology; clear guidelines for researching, referencing, and revising; a Grammar Guide covering key concepts" (Book Cover)

UNIT 1 Understanding Perspectives

Prepare Warm Up: What's Your Opinion?

Ponder "The Red Pants"/ Malka Zipora

Post The Paragraph The Academic Essay

Present The Formal Speech

Participate A Novel Experience

UNIT 2 - Worlds Apart

Preview

Prepare Warm Up 2.1: Gender Differences: Science or Stereotype? Warm Up 2.2: Gender Discrimination or Gender Diversity?

Ponder "Did I Miss Anything?"/ Tom Wayman Reading 2.1: "Single-Sex Classes: Equality or Gender Apartheid?" Elsie Hambrook Listening: Single-Sex Classes Reading 2.2: "Humbled by a Real Fight for Women's Rights"/ Naomi Lakritz Watching: Little Women, Big Hearts

Post Free Verse The Argumentative Essay

Present Single-Sex Discussions "He Said, She Said"

Participate Making a Video Clip

Pursue Related Works

UNIT 3 - Dollars and Sense

Preview

Prepare Warm Up 3.1: How Financially Healthy Are You? Warm Up 3.2: Want or Need?

Ponder "Smart"/ Shel Shiverstein Reading 3.1: "Financial Health Is a Part of Overall Health"/ Jane Claxton-Oldfield Watching: Frugal Shopping Reading 3.2: "The Gift of Thrift"/ Jane Macdougall Listening: Radical Thrift

Post A Rhythm The Process Essay

Present Some Financial Advice Proverbially Speaking

Participate Writing a Fable

Pursue Related Works

UNIT 4 - Too Young, Too Old, Too Bad

Preview

Prepare Warm Up 4.1: What Do You Know About Aging? Warm Up 4.2: Is It Ageist?

Ponder "If I Had My Life to Live Over"/ Emma Bombeck Reading 4.1: "Relics of a Former Life"/ Gail Kerbel Watching: Send in the Robots Reading 4.2: "'Too Old' or 'Too Young', Stop Judging by Age"/ Brett Anningson Listening: Designing for Seniors

Post Sentence Completion The Informative Essay

Present Why Do You Think? Running a Seminar

Participate Taking an Oral History

Pursue Related Works

UNIT 5 - Mind Matters

Preview

Prepare Warm Up 5.1: How Much Do You Know about Autism? Warm Up 5.2: Stamping Out the Stigma Associated with Mental Illness?

Ponder "Obsessive Me"/ Lennard J.Davis Reading 5.1: "Exploring Inner Space"/ Jim Withers Watching: Positively Autistic Reading 5.2: "Awakening in a Twilight Zone Not to Be Feared"/ Listening: Mental Health Stand-Up Davidicus Wong

Post Laugh at Yourself The Definition of Essay

Present Taboo Topics Accomplished People

Participate Blogging into Stamp Out Social Stigma

Pursue Related Works

UNIT 6 - All or Nothing

Preview

Prepare Warm Up 6.1: Cautious or Cowardly? Courageous or Crazy? Warm Up 6.2: How Dangerous Is It?

Ponder "In the Waiting Room"/ David Sedaris Reading 6.1: "Sometimes You Have to Just Jump"/ Sarah Regan Listening: Risk-Takers: Boon or Burden? Reading 6.2: "Self-Indulgent Risks Reflect Larger Issues"/ Brett Anningson Watching: Binge Drinking

Post Daringly Different The Personal Essay

Present Escapist Activities The Adventurers

Participate The Adventure of Language Learning

Pursue Related Works

UNIT 7 - One Last Look

Preview

Prepare Warm Up: One Gesture, Many Meanings

Ponder "Finding a Nationality That Fits"/ Isabel Vincent Reading 7.1: "Hallway Culture Clash"/ Matthew Coutts Listening: Neighbours: When to Say No to Nice?

Post Customary Behaviour The Compare and Contrast Essay

Present Customary Clothing You Can't Wear That!

Participate Interculturalism

Pursue Related Works

Apprendix A - Researching, Referencing, and Revising

Apprendix B - Effective Reading and Active Listening

Grammar Guide 1. Sentence Structure 2. Present, Past, and Future Tenses 3. The Perfect Aspect 4. Modals and Conditionals 5. Passive Voice and Reported Speech 6. Nouns and Pronouns 7. Adjectives and Adverbs 8. Articles and Prepositions 9. Capitalization and Punctuation 10. Common Sentence Errors Chart A: Common Information Question Words Chart B: Common Irregular Verbs

College level.