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UNIT 1 PSYCHOLOGY
Q: How does language affect who we are?
Listening 1: My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey Listening Skill: Making inferences
Note-taking Skill: Organizing notes in chronological order using a tiimeline
Listening 2: The Story of My Life
Unit Video: Elderspeak
Vocabulary Skill: Negative prefixes
Grammar: Passive voice
Pronunciation: Emphatic word stress
Speaking Skill: Using figurative language
Unit Assignment: Narrate a personal experience

UNIT 2 EDUCATION
Q: Where can work, education, and fun overlap?
Listening 1: Voluntourism
Unit Video: Volunteer Tourism
Listening Skill: Listening for examples
Note-taking Skill: Organizing notes in a Venn diagram
Listening 2: Science Fairs and Nature Reserves
Vocabulary Skill: Compound words
Grammar: Comparative structures
Pronunciation: Intonation with choices
Speaking Skill: Discussing preferences and alternatives
Unit Assignment: Plan and present a school trip

UNIT 3 PSYCHOLOGY
Q: How can the eyes deceive the mind?
Unit Video: Wheel Illusions
Note-taking Skill: Using prior knowledge to prepare and organize notes
Listening 1: Wild Survivors
Listening Skills: Recognizing appositives that explain
Listening 2: Caught Off Guard
Vocabulary Skill: Word form and suffixes
Grammar: Relative clauses
Pronunciation: Stress shifts with suffixes
Speaking Skill: Clarifying information
Unit Assignment: Give a group presentation on the uses of visual deception

UNIT 4 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Q: What does it mean to be a global citizen?
Note-taking Skill: Using a T-chart to taking notes on problems and solutions
Listening 1: The Campaign to Humanize the Coffee Trade
Listening Skill: Listening for facts and figures
Listening 2: The UN Global Compact
Unit Video: Red Cross Rescue
Vocabulary Skill: Collocations
Grammar: Reported speech
Pronunciation: Linking with final consonants
Speaking Skill: Citing Sources
Unit Assignment: Report on a global problem

UNIT 5 SOCIOLOGY

Q: How do you make a space your own?
Unit Video: Frank Gehry
Note-taking Skill: Organizing notes into a formal outline
Listening 1: Environmental Psychology
Listening Skill: Recognizing organizational cues
Listening 2: What Your Stuff Says about You
Vocabulary Skill: Words with multiple meanings
Grammar: Conditionals
Pronunciation:Thoughts groups
Speaking Skill: Giving advice
Unit Assignment: Role-play a talk show

Unit 6 Marketing
Q: Where do new ideas comes from?
Listening 1: Alternative Ideas in Medicine
Listening Skill: Distinguishing between facts and opinions
Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on process and development
Listening 2: Boulder Bike-to-School Program
Unit Video: Inventionland
Vocabulary Skill: Idioms and informal expressions
Grammar: Noun clauses
Pronunciation: Conditional modals: affirmative and negative
Speaking Skill: Using formal and informal language
Unit Assignment: Market a new idea

UNIT 7 CULTURAL STUDIES
Q: How do people react to change?
Unit Video: New Jobs
Note-taking Skill: Using notes to summarize anecdotal evidence
Listening 1: The Reindeer People
Listening Skill: Recognizing attitudes
Listening 2: High-Tech Nomads
Vocabulary Skills: Phrasal verbs
Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives
Pronunciation: Consonant variations
Speaking Skill: Paraphrasing
Unit Assignment: Conduct a personal interview

UNIT 8 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Q: Where should the world's energy come from?
Note-taking Skill: Organizing notes to prepare for a debate
Listening 1: Energy: What's the Least Worst Option?
Listening Skill: Listening for cause and effect
Listening 2: Tapping the Energy of the Tides
Unit Video: Tidal Turbines
Vocabulary Skill: Greek and Latin word roots
Grammar: Adverb clauses
Pronunciation: Sentence rhythm
Speaking Skill: Debating opinions
Unit Assignment: Debate the future of energy

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