Keynote : Proficient /
Paul Dummett, Helen Stephenson, and Lewis Lansford.
- 1st ed.
- Andover : National Geographic Learning, 2016.
- 191 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM
- Keynote .
- Ted talks. .
Student's book accompanied by class DVD-ROM in pocket attached to inside back cover.
Unit 1: Creativity TED TALK: Do schools kill creativity? / Ken Robinson Authentic Listening Skill: Rhythm and stress Critical Thinking: The speaker’s aims Presentation Skill: Using humour GRAMMAR: Definite and indefinite time Language focus: Expressions with statistics VOCABULARY: Creativity collocations PRONUNCIATION: Emphasis and de-emphasis READING: What I talk about when I talk about running; Sing while you work LISTENING: A company choir SPEAKING: Creativity survey -- Learning from experience -- Describing likes and talents WRITING: A progress report -- Writing skill: Nominalization Unit 2: Hopes and fears TED TALK: Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking / Megan Washington Authentic Listening Skill: Listening to songs Critical Thinking: Winning your audience over Presentation Skill: Being authentic GRAMMAR: Future forms -- Language focus: Expressions of certainty VOCABULARY: Hopes and fears PRONUNCIATION: Consonant clusters READING: Outside the comfort zone; Being prepared LISTENING: Travel advice SPEAKING: Attitudes towards the future -- Comfort zone -- Giving advice (Giving and justifying advice) WRITING: An account of an incident -- Writing skill: Future in the past REVIEW 1 (UNITS 1 AND 2) Pixar Unit 3: Perception TED TALK: The 4 ways sound affects us / Julian Treasure Authentic Listening Skill: Understanding fast speech Critical Thinking: Achieving aims Presentation Skill: Giving shape to your talk GRAMMAR: Stative and dynamic verbs -- Language focus: Emphatic focus VOCABULARY: Feeling and emotions PRONUNCIATION: Stress in contrasts READING: Multi-sensory marketing; Not what they seem LISTENING: The reality of the situation SPEAKING: Impressions and judgements -- Impressions and judgements -- Creating attractive spaces -- Describing beliefs and facts WRITING: A response to a proposal -- Writing skill: Describing different perspectives Unit 4: Human interaction TED TALK: Your body language shapes who you are / Amy Cuddy Authentic Listening Skill: Linking: assimilation and reduction Critical Thinking: Avoiding misinterpretation Presentation Skill: Structuring a talk GRAMMAR: Past forms -- Language focus: Inversion with adverbial phrases VOCABULARY: Body language PRONUNCIATION: Appropriate intonation READING: Business and life lessons; Getting things wrong LISTENING: Saying the right thing SPEAKING: Being hyperconnected -- Can I have my money back? -- Everyday conversations (Everyday expressions) WRITING: A formal letter or email -- Writing skill: Checking for errors REVIEW 2 (UNITS 3 AND 4) Blindekuh Unit 5: Economic resources TED TALK: The magic washing machine / Hans Rosling Authentic Listening Skill: Prediction Critical Thinking: Reading between the lines Presentation Skill: Presenting statistics GRAMMAR: Passive forms -- Language focus: Nominalization in passive sentences VOCABULARY: Economics PRONUNCIATION: Silent letters READING: Land – a fairer system; Fact or hearsay? LISTENING: Discussing facts and beliefs SPEAKING: Headline news -- Economic prospects -- Expressing belief and disbelief WRITING: A newspaper report -- Writing skill: Passive reporting verbs Unit 6: Practical design TED TALK: Magical houses, made of bamboo / Elora Hardy Authentic Listening Skill: Word boundaries Critical Thinking: Testing arguments Presentation Skill: Persuasive techniques GRAMMAR: Causatives -- Language focus: Expressions with go and get VOCABULARY: Describing objects: collocations PRONUNCIATION: Word stress READING: Object of desire; Tricky questions LISTENING: An interview SPEAKING: Hired help -- Classic objects -- Interview questions WRITING: Posting advice -- Writing skill: Reported speech REVIEW 3 (UNITS 5 AND 6) Broad Sustainable Building Unit 7: Same but different TED TALK: The danger of a single story / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Authentic Listening Skill: Weak forms Critical Thinking: Objectivity and subjectivity Presentation Skill: Using stories and anecdotes GRAMMAR: Comparative forms -- Language focus: Expressing preferences VOCABULARY: Idioms related to choice PRONUNCIATION: Linking in discourse markers READING: The paradox of choice; Reading habits LISTENING: Different viewpoints SPEAKING: Different approaches -- Criteria for choosing -- Constructing arguments (Using discourse markers) WRITING: Describing and interpreting data -- Writing skill: Describing graphs Unit 8: Food and sustainability TED TALK: How I fell in love with a fish / Dan Barber Authentic Listening Skill: Word recognition Critical Thinking: Supporting evidence Presentation Skill: Varying the pace GRAMMAR: Modal verbs -- Language focus: Expressions with modal verbs VOCABULARY: Synonyms: -able and -ible PRONUNCIATION: Assimilation and elision READING: Can business be sustainable?; Today’s foodies LISTENING: Talking about food SPEAKING: Discussing the news -- Encouraging good practice -- Attitude to food (Describing customs and convention) WRITING: An online guide -- Writing skill: Participles REVIEW 4 (UNITS 7 AND 8) WD-40 Company Unit 9: Internet sensation TED TALK: Why videos go viral / Kevin Allocca Authentic Listening Skill: Dealing with accents: British and American Critical Thinking: Making assumptions Presentation Skill: Being clear and to the point GRAMMAR: Gradability -- Language focus: Collocations with intensifying adverbs VOCABULARY: New Internet words PRONUNCIATION: Stress in opinion giving READING: The medium is the message; Your online identity LISTENING: Is it ethical? SPEAKING: Life without the Internet -- Creating a sharing website -- Giving and explaining opinions WRITING: An online professional profile -- Writing skill: Compound nouns: adjective + noun and noun + noun collocations Unit 10: The meaning of success TED TALK: A kinder, gentles philosophy of success / Alain de Botton Authentic Listening Skill: Hedging Critical Thinking: The message you take away Presentation Skill: Remembering what you want to say GRAMMAR: Verb and adjective patterns Language focus: Patterns using adjective + that VOCABULARY: Success and failure PRONUNCIATION: Prepositions as weak forms; Elision READING: Success across generations; Age no barrier LISTENING: Looking for a job SPEAKING: Self-help advice -- Generation Z -- Talking about success WRITING: A formal report -- Writing skill: Phrases in report writing REVIEW 5 (UNITS 9 AND 10) Kickstarter Unit 11: Learning and memory TED TALK: Build a school in the cloud / Sugata Mitra Authentic Listening Skill: Understanding mid-sentence changes Critical Thinking: Bold statements Presentation Skill: Body movement and gesture GRAMMAR: Conditionals -- Language focus: Conditional conjunctions VOCABULARY: Learning and memory PRONUNCIATION: Linking vowel sounds READING: The memory palace; Thrown in at the deep end LISTENING: Starting a new job SPEAKING: The great education debate -- Memory tips -- In at the deep end (Describing capabilities) WRITING: A formal letter -- Writing skill: Preposition + participle Unit 12: Invention or innovation TED TALK: Creative problem-solving in the face of extreme limits / Navi Radjou Authentic Listening Skill: Discourse markers Critical Thinking: Summarizing an argument Presentation Skill: Giving examples GRAMMAR: Adverbs and word order -- Language focus: Adverbial phrases VOCABULARY: Phrasal verbs: innovation PRONUNCIATION: Word endings READING: The innovation that never was; Life hacks LISTENING: Getting good results SPEAKING: Granting patents -- Pitching a new invention -- Handy tips (Giving advice) WRITING: A review of a product -- Writing skill: Reporting verbs REVIEW 6 (UNITS 11 AND 12) OneLeap Grammar summaries Audioscripts Communication activities TED Talk transcripts
"Featuring remarkable people communicating passionately and persuasively, TED Talks provide the ELT classroom with inspiring ideas and an unparalleled source of authentic language input. Keynote invites students to explore these life-changing stories and develop a deeper understanding of our world. Underpinned by a carefully designed language syllabus, Keynote enables students to express themselves powerfully and proficiently in English - in their professional and personal lives. Twelve TED Talks provide a springboard for students to develop their authentic listening, critical thinking and presentation skills; Clear communicative aims of each lesson are linked to 21st century outcomes and encourage students to respond to ideas and find their own voice; Language is presented using real-world input, including infographics, varied text types and profiles of exciting innovators, companies and organizations making a difference." (Book Cover)
Keynote Proficient is for students who have achieved level C1 and want to achieve C2.
9781305399181 (Student Book)
GBB633448 bnb
English language--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Foreign speakers.