Includes online workbook activation code.

Located in TESOL/ESL Text.

"Paired skills course focusing on critical thinking, academic skills, and language students need most.

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 Level 4 (C1) Listening and Speaking Student's Book prepares students for college classes by developing their listening, speaking, critical thinking, and pronunciation skills, including pronunciation for listening. 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." (Publisher's Website)

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

Unit 1 CONSERVATION (Academic Disciplines: Agriculture / Economics / Environmental Studies)
Watch and Listen: Pelicans Threatened by Oil
Listenings: 1. A lecture about whether sustainable agriculture is a viable option -- 2. A panel discussion about how to assign responsibility for climate change
Listening Skills: Key Skills - Listening to introductions; Rhetorical questions as signals -- Additional Skills: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Taking notes; Listening for opinion; Listening for details; Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Intonation of complete and incomplete ideas
Language Development: Parallel structure in comparisons; Language for blame and responsibility
Critical Thinking: Analyzing issues
Speaking: Speaking Skill: Challenging other points of view -- Pronunciation: Intonation of complete and incomplete ideas
Speaking Task: Have an informal debate about the mission of national parks. Is their primary purpose to protect the natural world from human activity or to encourage responsible human interaction with nature? Is it possible to accomplish both of these goals? On Campus: Life Skill: Volunteering and community service

Unit 2 DESIGN (Academic Disciplines: Design Technology / Manufacturing / Marketing)
Watch and Listen: The Appeal of Large Cell Phones
Listenings: 1. A presentation on current and future uses for 3D printing; 2. A student presentation about planned obsolescence
Listening Skills: Key Skills - Using a graphic organizer to capture main ideas and details; Reviewing and organizing notes -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Predicting content using visuals; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for opinion; Summarizing; Synthesizing

Pronunciation for Listening: Word stress
Language Development: Using cause-and-effect phrases -- Degree expressions
Critical Thinking: Evaluating pros and cons
Speaking: Speaking Skill: Acknowledging other arguments -- Pronunciation: Stress in compound nouns and noun phrases
Speaking Task: Give a group presentation about a product that you believe was designed for obsolescence. Discuss the reasons, both positive and negative, why it was designed in this way. On Campus: Presentation Skill: Incorporating visuals

Unit 3 PRIVACY (Academic Disciplines: Information Technology / Law / Political Science)
Watch and Listen: Security Breaches at Big-Box Stores
Listenings: 1. A public presentation about Internet security and privacy -- 2. A moderated forum on individual privacy and national security
Listening Skills: Key Skills - Listening for opinions; Listening for facts and supporting information -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Taking notes; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Sentence stress
Language Development: Subject-verb agreement with quantifiers -- Collocations: online activity; legal terms
Critical Thinking: Eliciting information via surveys
Speaking: Speaking Skills: Explaining data from graphics; Presenting conclusions from research -- Pronunciation: Question intonation
Speaking Task: Present data that you have collected from a survey and the conclusions that you have drawn from it. On Campus: Study Skill: Adapting to teaching styles

Unit 4 BUSINESS (Academic Disciplines: Business / Finance / Managament)
Watch and Listen: A New Chapter for Independent Bookstores
Listenings: 1. A lecture about disruptive innovation -- 2. An overview of the business model of a nonprofit organization
Listening Skills: Key Skills - Listening for definitions; Understanding figurative language -- Additional Skills: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Summarizing; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Making inferences; Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Thought groups
Language Development: Extreme comparisons and contrasts -- Academic alternatives
Critical Thinking: Brainstorming and narrowing
Speaking: Speaking Skills: Crafting a pitch
Speaking Task: Make a pitch to get a venture started. Your goal is to get funding (investment or donations) for your peer-to-peer business or nonprofit organization. On Campus: Communication Skill: Participating in group discussions

Unit 5 PSYCHOLOGY (Academic Disciplines: Biology / Neuroscience / Psychology)
Watch and Listen: Modern Shock Therapy
Listenings: 1. A planning session for a group presentation on first impressions -- 2. A lecture on navigation techniques and the brain
Listening Skills: Key Skills - Listening for generalizations and summaries; Listening for dependency relationships -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Taking notes; Summarizing; Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Emphasis within thought groups
Language Development: Noun clauses with wh- words and if/whether -- Academic word families
Critical Thinking: Synthesizing information from multiple sources
Speaking: Speaking Skills: Talking about research incorporating visual support
Speaking Task: Give a group presentation about research on some aspect of human behavior. Support your presentation with slides.
On Campus: Study Skill: Staying motivated

Unit 6 CAREERS (Academic Disciplines: Business / Education / Human Resources)
Watch and Listen: Returnships: Hiring Moms

Listenings: 1. A special presentation by a career counselor for computer science majors -- 2. A workshop about job interview skills
Listening Skills: Key Skills - Taking unstructured notes as you listen; Identifying persuasive appeals -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Predicting content using visuals; Understanding key vocabulary; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Taking notes; Summarizing; Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Reduction of auxiliary verbs
Language Development: Degree expressions with so...that; such a... that -- Emphatic expressions
Critical Thinking: Understanding job descriptions
Speaking: Speaking Skills: Body language -- Preparing for a job interview
Speaking Task: Participate in a mock job interview
On Campus: Study Skill: Preparing for tests

Unit 7 HEALTH SCIENCES (Academic Disciplines: Environmental Sciences / Health Sciences / Medicine)
Watch and Listen: Water Pollution in West Virginia
Listenings: 1. A talk about environmental health and the increase of asthma -- 2. A community meeting about water quality
Listening Skills: Key Skills - Taking unstructured notes as you listen; Identifying persuasive appeals -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Predicting content using visuals; Understanding key vocabulary; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Taking notes; Summarizing; Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Contrastive stress
Language Development: Establishing cohesion with so and such -- Adjectives of strong disapproval
Critical Thinking: Understanding motivation
Speaking: Speaking Skill: Inclusive language -- Pronunciation: Emphasis for emotional appeal
Speaking Task: Participate in a community meeting about a local environmental health crisis.
On Campus: Life Skill: Seeking medical treatment

Unit 8 COLLABORATION (Academic Disciplines: Business / Political Science / Sociology)
Watch and Listen: Are Office Meetings Useful?
Listenings: 1. A training session on group dynamics and the "bad apple" effect -- 2. Class discussion about two systems for decision making
Listening Skills: Key Skills - Using anecdotes and proverbs to illustrate larger ideas -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Summarizing; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Taking notes; Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Contracted forms of will
Language Development: Wh- clefts -- Collocations: prepositions
Critical Thinking: Cost-benefit analyses
Speaking: Speaking Skill: Steps for consensus building -- Collaborative language: suggestion and concession
Speaking Task: Participate in a consensus-building decision-making task to decide on future food service operations at your school. On Campus: Presentation Skill: Handling audience questions