"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 2 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).

CONTENTS:

Chapter 1: GETTING ACQUAINTED — Giving Information and Descriptions

Thinking and Talking

Listening 1: The New Neighbour - A Conversation
Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing
Vocabulary and Language Chunks

Speaking 1 Communication Focus 1: Introducing Yourself
Communication Focus 2: Introducing Others
Communication Focus 3: Conversation Openers - Making Small Talk

Speaking 2 Communication Focus 4: Inviting
Communication Focus 5: Describing Personal Characteristics
Communication Focus 6: Complimenting
Communication Focus 7: Handling Problems in Communication

Listening 2: Learning a New Language - An Interview
Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing
Vocabulary and Language Chunks
Pronunciation
Pronunciation Focus: Words with Predictable Stress Patterns
Communicating in the Real World
Self-Evaluation

Chapter 2: TELLING IT AS IT WAS - Experiences and Achievements
Thinking and Talking

Listening 1: Farley Mowat, A Famous Canadian - A News Report Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing
Vocabulary and Language Chunks

Speaking 1 Communication Focus 1: Talking about Past Experiences, Narrating
Communication Focus 2: Encouraging Conversation
Communication Focus 3: Describing Past Habits
Communication Focus 4: Explaining

Listening 2: The Most Visited Places in the World - A Report Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing
Vocabulary and Language Chunks

Speaking 2 Communication Focus 5: Talking about Similarities and Differences
Communication Focus 6: Paraphrasing
Pronunciation
Pronunciation Focus: Regular Past Tense Endings
Communicating in the Real World
Self-Evaluation

Chapter 3: EXPANDING NETWORKS - Friends, Families, and Relationships Thinking and Talking

Listening 1: The Importance of Friendship - A Lecture
Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing
Vocabulary and Language Chunks

Speaking 1 Communication Focus 1: Requesting
Communication Focus 2: Responses to Requests
Communication Focus 3: Making Requests Using Indirect Questions/Statements
Communication Focus 4: Asking for and Giving Information about Present Actions That Started in the Past
Communication Focus 5: Getting Time to Think

Listening 2: Canadian Families - A News Report Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing
Vocabulary and Language Chunks

Speaking 2 Communication Focus 6: Expressing Necessity in the Present
Communication Focus 7: Expressing Necessity in the Past
Communication Focus 8: Asking for and Giving Instructions in Describing a Process
Pronunciation
Pronunciation Focus: Intonation Patterns for Questions and Statements
Communicating in the Real World
Self-Evaluation

Chapter 4: LIVING THE GOOD LIFE - Food and Lifestyles Thinking and Talking

Speaking 1 Communication Focus 1: Talking about Events in the Indefinite Past
Communication Focus 2: Expressing Likes and Dislikes

Listening 1: Likes and Dislikes in Food - A Discussion
Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing
Vocabulary and Language Chunks

Speaking 2 Communication Focus 3: Describing Past Habits

Listening 2: Exercise and Health - A CBC News Report
Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing
Vocabulary and Language Chunks
Pronunciation
Pronunciation Focus: Stressed and Unstressed Words
Communicating in the Real World
Self-Evaluation

Chapter 5: THRILLS AND CHILLS - Leisure, Sports, and Entertainment Thinking and Talking

Speaking 1
Communication Focus 1: Stating and Asking about Preferences

Listening 1: Extreme Sports - A Radio Interview Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Vocabulary and Language Chunks

Speaking 2
Communication Focus 2: Expressing Ability and Inability
Communication Focus 3: Expressing Advisability
Communication Focus 4: Regretting, Reprimanding, and Criticizing
Criticizing

Listening 2: Is Violent Media Just Entertainment? - A Lecture Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing
Vocabulary and Language Chunks
Communication Focus 5: Summarizing
Communication Focus 6: Expressing Possibility/Speculating
Communication Focus 7: Expressing Possibility in the Past /
Speculating about Past Events
Pronunciation
Pronunciation Focus: Linking Words in Connected Speech
Communicating in the Real World
Self-Evaluation

Chapter 6: LISTENING TO YOUR HEAD AND HEART - Emotions and Work Thinking and Talking

Listening 1: Social Intelligence and Leadership - An Interview Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing
Vocabulary and Language Chunks

Speaking 1 Communication Focus 1: Expressing Assumptions and Probability
Communication Focus 2: Expressing Assumptions and Probability in the Past
Communication Focus 3: Expressing Emotions
Communication Focus 4: Making and Responding to Suggestions
Communication Focus 5: Apologizing and Responding

Listening 2: Australia Flooded by Dream Job Applicants - A News Report Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing
Vocabulary and Language Chunks

Speaking 2 Communication Focus 6: Giving Complex Descriptions
Communication Focus 7: Adding Information and Ideas to Maintain Conversation
Communication Focus 8: Describing Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
Communication Focus 9: Interrupting
Pronunciation
Pronunciation Focus: More on Linking Communicating in the Real World
Self-Evaluation

Chapter 7: UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENCES - Society and Culture
Thinking and Talking

Listening 1: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language - An Interview Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing
Vocabulary and Language Chunks

Speaking 1 Communication Focus 1: Making Recommendations and Predicting Consequences
Communication Focus 2: Restating and Hesitating
Communication Focus 3: Making Complaints
Communication Focus 4: Expressing Warnings and Prohibitions

Listening 2: Copyright Laws - A Documentary Report Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing Vocabulary and Language Chunks Pronunciation
Pronunciation Focus: Information Focus and Intonation
Communicating in the Real World
Self-Evaluation

Chapter 8: RESPECTING OUR WORLD - Nature and the Environment Thinking and Talking

Speaking 1 Communication Focus 1: Using the Passive Voice to Ask for and Give Impersonal Information

Listening 1: Elephants in Zoos - A Radio Interview Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing Vocabulary and Language Chunks

Speaking 2

Communication Focus 2: Expressing Disapproval and Criticizing
Communication Focus 3: Expressing Opinions with Various Degrees of Certainty
Communication Focus 4: Expressing Regrets
Communication Focus 5: Hypothesizing

Listening 2: The Effects of Climate Change on the Food Supply - A Documentary Report
Before You Listen
Listening for the Main Ideas
Listening Comprehension
Personalizing Vocabulary and Language Chunks
Pronunciation
Pronunciation Focus 1: Non-final Intonation and Final Intonation
Pronunciation Focus 2: Indicating Choices
Pronunciation Focus 3: Lists
Communicating in the Real World
Self-Evaluation

Appendix

Credits

Readership: High Intermediate English text for adult and young adult ESL learners needing to develop college-level English skills in listening, speaking, and pronunciation.