Includes online workbook activation code.

"Every unit of Prism is designed to excite students and give them the tools they need. The unit structure is based on extensive research on today's students and what teachers want for their classrooms." (Publisher's Website)

Unit 1 PEOPLE (Academic Disciplines: Anthropology)
WATCH AND LISTEN: The Life of a Businesswoman
LISTENINGS: 1. Students introducing themselves -- 2. Two student presentations on famous people
LISTENING SKILL: Key Skills: Understanding Key Vocabulary -- Taking notes; Additional Skills: Using your knowledge -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for details -- Synthesizing
PRONUNCIATION FOR LISTENING: Syllable stress
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Subject pronouns and possessive adjectives -- The verb be
CRITICAL THINKING: Using idea maps
SPEAKING: Speaking Skills: Countries and nationalities -- Vocabulary for jobs -- Introducing and starting a talk; Pronunciation: Word stress in sentences; Speaking Task: Tell your group about a famous person from your country
ON CAMPUS: Communication Skill - Formal and informal language

Unit 2 CLIMATE (Academic Disciplines: Geography / Meteorology)
WATCH AND LISTEN: How Deserts are Formed
LISTENINGS: 1. A lecture about seasons -- 2. Student presentations about places
LISTENING SKILL: Key Skill: Using visuals to predict content -- Additional Skills: Understanding key vocabulary -- Using your knowledge -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for details -- Synthesizing
PRONUNCIATION FOR LISTENING: Sentence stress
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Seasons -- Weather -- Colors -- There is / There are
CRITICAL THINKING: Choosing visuals for a talk.
SPEAKING: Speaking Skills - Describing photos -- Giving a talk -- Adjectives; Pronunciation: Sentence stress; Speaking Task: Describe photos of a place you want to visit.
ON CAMPUS: Communication Skill - Asking for clarification

Unit 3 LIFESTYLE (Academic Disciplines: Anthropology / Sociology)
WATCH AND LISTEN: The Age Wave
LISTENINGS: 1. A classroom discussion about leisure time -- 2. Answering survey questions
LISTENING SKILL: Key Skill: Listening for main ideas; Additional Skills: Understanding key vocabulary -- Using your knowledge -- Listening for details -- Synthesizing
PRONUNCIATION FOR LISTENING: Intonation in questions
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: The simple present: Statements; Questions -- Verb collocations
CRITICAL THINKING: Using surveys
SPEAKING: Speaking Skill: Prepositions of time -- Pronunciation: Simple present -s and -es endings; Speaking Task: Interview students for a survey.
ON CAMPUS: Study Skill: Time management

Unit 4 PLACES (Academic Disciplines: Geography)
WATCH AND LISTEN: Urbanization in China
LISTENINGS: 1. A radio program about an app -- 2. Following directions in a shopping center
LISTENING SKILL: Key Skill: Listening for details; Additional Skills: Understanding key vocabulary -- Using your knowledge -- Listening for main ideas -- Synthesizing
PRONUNCIATION FOR LISTENING: Stress in directions
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Vocabulary for places -- Prepositions of place -- The imperative
CRITICAL THINKING: Interpreting maps and directions
SPEAKING: Speaking Skills: Giving directions -- Asking for directions; Pronunciation: Phrases -- Speaking Task: Ask for and give directions in a college town.
ON CAMPUS: Study Skill: Recording and organizing information

Unit 5 JOBS (Academic Disciplines: Business & Management)
WATCH AND LISTEN: Burj Khalifa
LISTENINGS: 1. A formal conversation asking for advice -- 2. A discussion about job applicants
LISTENING SKILL: Key Skill: Using your knowledge to predict content; Additional Skills: Understanding key vocabulary -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for details -- Predicting content using visuals -- Synthesizing
PRONUNCIATION FOR LISTENING: Weak form have to / should
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Have to / has to -- Should -- Comparative adjectives
CRITICAL THINKING: Understanding criteria
SPEAKING: Speaking Skills: Asking for and giving opinions and reasons -- Pronunciation: Weak sounds in comparatives -- Speaking Task: Choose a person for a job.
ON CAMPUS: Communication Skill: Asking politely

Unit 6 HOMES AND BUILDINGS (Academic Disciplines: Architecture)
WATCH AND LISTEN: Monticello and Jefferson
LISTENINGS: 1. A radio interview about restaurants -- 2. A discussion about buildings
LISTENING SKILL: Key Skill: Listening for reasons -- Additional Skills: Understanding key vocabulary -- Using your knowledge -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for details -- Synthesizing
PRONUNCIATION FOR LISTENING: Linking words
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Vocabulary for furniture -- Adjectives for furniture
CRITICAL THINKING: Finding reasons for and against
SPEAKING: Speaking Skills: Reasons, opinions, and agreement - Giving reasons; Giving an opinion; Asking for an opinion; Agreeing and disagreeing -- Speaking Task: Discuss ideas for a new café.
ON CAMPUS: Study Skill: Participation and classroom behavior

Unit 7 FOOD AND CULTURE (Academic Disciplines: Sociology)

WATCH AND LISTEN: Eating Insects
LISTENINGS: 1. A classroom discussion about food culture -- 2. A student presentation on food culture and changing habits
LISTENING SKILL: Key Skill: Listening for numbers -- Additional Skills: Understanding key vocabulary -- Using your knowledge -- Predicting content using visuals -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for details -- Synthesizing
PRONUNCIATION FOR LISTENING: Numbers with -teen and -ty
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: The simple past 1 - statements; Yes/No questions and short answers; Irregular verbs; Vocabulary for food
CRITICAL THINKING: Using pie charts
SPEAKING: Speaking Skills: Introducing a report -- Talking about surveys; Pronunciation: The letter u; Speaking Task: Report the results of a survey.
ON CAMPUS: Life Skill: Keeping healthy

Unit 8 TRANSPORTATION (Academic Disciplines: Engineering / Urban Planning)

WATCH AND LISTEN: China's Modern Roadways
LISTENINGS: 1. A talk about the London Underground -- 2. Two student presentations about traffic problems
LISTENING SKILL: Key Skill: Synthesizing information -- Additional Skills: Understanding key vocabulary -- Using your knowledge -- Predicting content using visuals -- Listening for main ideas -- Listening for details -- Taking notes
PRONUNCIATION FOR LISTENING: Years
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: Verbs for transportation -- The simple past 2: More irregular verbs -- Because / So
CRITICAL THINKING: Synthesizing and organizing information for a talk
SPEAKING: Speaking Skills: Describing a topic -- Describing a problem -- Describing a solution -- Describing results; Pronunciation: -d / -ed in regular simple past verbs; Speaking Task: Describe a transportation problem, solutions, and a problem
ON CAMPUS: Life Skill: Finding help

More critical thinking. More college skills. A fresh perspective on English for Academic Purposes (EAP). Prism is a five-level (A1 to C1), American English paired-skills course (Reading/Writing and Listening/Speaking), created for students who need to develop a range of academic skills. This Intro Level (A1) Listening and Speaking Student's Book prepares students for college classes by developing their critical thinking, reading and writing skills, including grammar for writing. Special sections teach how to be a successful college student, and the accompanying video program sets the stage for each unit's topic. Inside the book is a single-use code for the online workbook. This provides automatically graded extra practice and works on PCs and Macs.--Amazon

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