Includes a CD with multiple tracks for each chapter: two listening selections and several pronunciation activities.

"Irene McKay has been teaching ESL at all levels in the Intensive English Program at George Brown College since 1970. Currently Professor and TESL Coordinator-International & Immigrant Education in the INTL School Of English As A Second Language, she has published four ESL books including two editions of OUP's Have Your Say!" (Publisher's Website)

"Developed by an experienced and respected Canadian author and ESL instructor, Have Your Say 1 is part of a fresh new three-level series designed to motivate learners and provide them with the means for developing both proficiency and confidence in their ability to communicate. Featuring abundant interactive and cooperative activities for pairs and groups, the learner-centred collaborative approach and the right balance of carefully scripted and authentic listening material facilitate sustained exposure to authentic, meaningful language while guiding students to explore and practise a range of language structures in a variety of engaging contexts" (Book Cover).

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE:

Chapter 1: GETTING TO KNOW YOU — Introductions and Descriptions

Listening Selections

(1A) Meeting People: Introductions
(1B) Describing People: A Conversation
(2) Making a Good First Impression: An Interview

Speaking
Communication focus
Making introductions
Greeting
Describing
Comparing

Grammar skills
Verb to be: present tense
Adjectives
Prepositions of place: in, at
Verb to be: past tense
Comparatives

Pronunciation
Reduced forms of pronouns
Contractions — pronouns and the verb to be
Number of Syllables
Pronunciation contrast: / ʌ / as in but, / u / as in good, and / uw / as in true

Chapter 2: ALL IN A DAY’S WORK — Routines, Habits, and Occupations

Listening Selections
(1) Routines and Schedules: A Conversation
(2) A Day in the Life: A Special Report

Speaking
Communication focus
Describing habits and routines
Checking understanding and asking for clarification
Stating reasons

Grammar skills
Simple present tense
Adverbs of frequency
Telling time
Subordinate conjunction: because

Pronunciation
Pronunciation of regular plurals
Pronunciation of the third-person singular of the simple present tense
Number of Syllables
Pronunciation contrast: / w / and / v /

Chapter 3: EASY COME, EASY GO — Shopping, Money, and Numbers

Listening Selections
(1) The Best Way to Shop: A Conversation
(2) The History of Money: A Short Lecture

Speaking
Communication focus
Giving information about actions in progress
Expressing ability and inability
Expressing ability in the past
Making requests for permission

Grammar skills
Present progressive tense
Modals: can/can’t — ability
Modals: could/couldn’t — past ability
Modals: may/can/could — requests for permission
Cardinal and ordinal numbers

Pronunciation
Pronunciation contrast: can and can’t
Pronunciation contrast: / iy / and / ɪ /
Pronunciation of numbers
Pronunciation contrast: / l / and / r /

Chapter 4: LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU — Leisure Activities, Interests, and Hobbies

Listening Selections
(1) Famous Celebrities: A Conversation
(2) How to Study For Tests: An Information Session

Speaking
Communication focus
Expressing likes and dislikes
Starting and closing conversations
Giving instructions
Making general requests

Grammar skills
Verbs followed by nouns and gerunds
Verbs followed by infinitives
Verbs followed by objects and infinitives
Sequential markers — first, second, next, after that, then, finally

Pronunciation
Pronunciation of unstressed vowels (schwa)
Rising intonation

Chapter 5: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT — Food and Experiences

Listening Selections
(1) Food and Eating Habits in Other Countries: An Interview
(2) Making Excuses: Conversations

Speaking
Communication focus
Talking about completed actions
Telling a story about the past
Making excuses and giving explanations
Talking about actions in progress at specific times in the past

Grammar skills
Count and mass nouns
Past tense of regular and irregular verbs
Past progressive tense

Pronunciation
Pronunciation of regular past tense endings
Consonant clusters at the beginnings and ends of words

Chapter 6: LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL — Holidays and Special Celebrations

Listening Selections
(1) New Year’s Celebrations around the World: A Report
(2) “The Gift of a Goat”: CBC News Report

Speaking
Communication focus
Expressing future plans and intentions
Talking about seasons and the weather
Making predictions
Stating plans, arrangements, and intentions
Inviting people to do activities

Grammar skills
to be going to — future
Modal: will — future
Present progressive tense

Pronunciation
Reduced form: gonna
Pronunciation contrast: / a / and / ow /
Falling intonation

Chapter 7: KEEPING IN SHAPE — Health and Fitness

Listening Selections
(1) Siblings: A Conversation
(2) Parasports: CBC News Report

Speaking
Asking for and giving advice
Expressing necessity
Making suggestions
Expressing necessity in the past

Grammar skills
Modals: should/shouldn’t — advisability
Modals: must/have to: necessity, present and past

Pronunciation
Pronunciation of consonant sound / θ /
Pronunciation of consonant sound / ð /
Pronunciation contrast: consonants / ʃ /, / tʃ /, / dʒ /, and / ʒ /

Chapter 8: DISCOVERING OUR WONDERFUL WORLD — Travel and Experiences

Listening Selections
(1) Travel Stories: CBC Radio Interview
(2) Space Travel: CBC News Report

Speaking
Communication focus
Talking about experiences and achievements
Talking about actions begun in the past and continuing into the present
Describing and comparing

Grammar skills
Present perfect tense
Present perfect progressive tense
Superlatives

Pronunciation
Pronunciation contrast: vowels / a / and / æ /
Pronunciation contrast: vowels / ey / and / ɛ /

Readership: ESL students needing to develop college-level English skills in listening, speaking, and pronunciation.