Skillful Listening and Speaking 4 /
Lindsay Clandfield & Mark McKinnon.
- 1st Ed.
- London : MacMillan, 2014.
- 110 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
- MacMillan academic skills .
Includes an access code to a comprehensive digital component, Digibook.
''Every student needs top class listening and speaking skills to succeed at an academic level. Skillful focuses on these two skills to give presentation, instant practice and complete immersion in those language skills. It offers students the opportunity to develop language skills by presenting them with ideas from today's world, while building critical thinking skills that are vital for academic success. This is taken even further with a focus on study skills, providing students with practical guidance and support, and building confidence for independent learning throughout their university career.'' (Book Cover) CONTENTS U1 GATHERING Listening texts: 1. Three meetings (Am. & Br. Eng.) -- 2. Getting from you and me, to we (Br. Eng.) Critical thinking skills: Inferring a speaker’s attitude -- Applying a theory to other situations Language development: Binomials -- Modal verbs and levels of directness Pronunciation skill: Intonation and attitude Speaking skill: Interrupting Speaking task: Planning a study group Digibook video activity: No man is an island Study skills: Speaking in groups U2 GAMES Listening texts: 1. Video games: Lessons for life (Br. Eng.) -- 2. Game theory (Am. Eng.) Critical thinking skills: Identifying key information in an argument -- Selecting information for notes and summaries Language development: Prepositional verbs -- Phrasal verbs Pronunciation skill: Identifying the linking /r/ Speaking skill: Agreeing and disagreeing – degrees of formality Speaking task: Formulating a debate on banning violent electronic games Digibook video activity: Reality TV: The harsh reality Critical thinking skills: Why develop critical thinking skills? / Stella Cottrell U3 NOSTALGIA Listening texts: 1. How to deal with homesickness (Am. & Br. Eng.) -- 2. Memory and smell (Br. Eng.) Critical thinking skills: Organizing qualitative data -- Representative samples Language development: Approximation --- Particulizer and exclusive adverbs Pronunciation skill: Juncture Speaking skill: Identifying sources of information Speaking task: Conducting a survey on memory Digibook video activity: Retro-volution Study skills: Listening to extended lectures U4 RISK Listening texts: 1. The world’s most dangerous jobs (Am. Eng.) -- 2. What is acceptable risk? (Am. Eng.) Critical thinking skills: Using illustrative examples to support an argument -- Anticipating a conclusion based on reasons and evidence Language development: Nominalization -- Possible, probable, and hypothetical future predictions Pronunciation skill: Word stress in word families Speaking skill: Managing conversation Speaking task: Undertaking an informal risk assessment Digibook video activity: Risky business Critical thinking skills: Critical thinking: Knowledge, skills, and attitudes / Stella Cottrell U5 SPRAWL Listening texts: 1. Cars and cities (Am. Eng.) -- 2. Making cities more liveable (Br. Eng.) Critical thinking skills: Recognizing logical order -- Evaluating against criteria Language development: Connotation -- Academic verbs Pronunciation skill: Contrastive stress Speaking skill: Supporting proposals Speaking task: Presenting a proposal of an action plan for an urban issue Digibook video activity: The urban footprint Study skills: Recording achievement U6 LEGACY Listening texts: 1. Family food legacies (Am. Eng.) -- 2. Technology legacies (Am. & Br. Eng.) Critical thinking skills: Source validity -- Use of the passive in source citations Language development: Inversion -- Collocations: way Pronunciation skill: Pausing for dramatic emphasis Speaking skill: Emphasizing important information – repetition and contrastive pairs Speaking task: Making a speech about a person who has left a legacy Digibook video activity: Tracing the family line Critical thinking skills: The author’s position / Stella Cottrell U7 EXPANSE Listening texts: 1. The Tans-Siberian railway (Am. & Br. Eng.) -- 2. Why do people climb mountains? (Am. Eng.) Critical thinking skills: Differentiating between fact and opinion -- Identifying statements that need justification Language development: Attitude adverbials -- Abstract nouns Pronunciation skill: Word stress: abstract nouns formed from adjectives Speaking skill: Negotiating Speaking task: Organizing a cultural program Digibook video activity: Infinite boundaries Study skills: Organizing your personal study online U8 CHANGE Listening texts: 1. Metamorphosis – the secrets behind nature’s amazing change (Am. Eng.) -- 2. A global tax on changing money? (Br. Eng.) Critical thinking skills: Maximizing language -- Recognizing implicit assumptions Language development: Expressing change -- Gradable adjectives Pronunciation skill: Intonation and tonic prominence Speaking skill: Adding points to an argument Speaking task: Holding a debate about educational changes Digibook video activity: Shock to the system Critical thinking skills: Argument and disagreement / Stella Cottrell U9 FLOW Listening texts: 1. Not worth a dam (Br. Eng.) -- 2. The concept of flow (Am. Eng.) Critical thinking skills: Identifying counter-arguments -- Visual aids and diagrams Language development: Irregular plurals -- Words in context - Working with concordance data Pronunciation skill: Intonation to express hesitation and doubt Speaking skill: Softening criticism Speaking task: Making an advertisement supported by visuals Digibook video activity: Volcanic flow Study skills: Exam techniques U10 CONFLICT Listening texts: 1. Conflict of interest (Br. Eng.) -- 2. “The Sporting Spirit” (Am. Eng.) Critical thinking skills: Identifying strengths in theories and arguments -- Consistency Language development: Hedging and boasting -- Using the correct linker Pronunciation skill: Linking and catenation Speaking skill: Managing conflict -- Reformulating and monitoring Speaking task: Role-playing mini-conflict situations Digibook video activity: The warrior gene Critical thinking skills: Categorizing / Stella Cottrell
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English language--Study and teaching (Higher). English language--Speaking--Problems, exercises, etc. English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers. Speaking--Problems, exercises, etc. Advanced. C1 (CEFR).