Dummett, Paul <br/><br/>
Life 5 / 
Paul Dummett, John Hughes, and Helen Stephenson. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Boston :  National Geographic Learning,  2015. 
 - 183 p. :  ill. in col. ;  28 cm. 
 - Life (NGL) .
<br/><br/> The audio files are available on the student companion website.  Also includes communication activities, grammar reference and audioscripts at the back of the student book.  
<br/><br/><br/>"National Geographic Learning brings the world to your classroom with Life, a six-level integrated-skills series that develops fluency in American English. Through an exploration of real world content from National Geographic presented through stunning images, text, and video, learners will strengthen their existing global connections while learning the English skills needed for communication in the 21st century.  To encourage a generation of informed decision-makers, Life prepares learners to think critically while teaching the English skills needed communicate effectively through:<br/>  Information-rich topics that naturally promote curiosity and challenge learners to understand the themes In English on a deeper level.<br/>  Developing the 21st century skills needed in a technology-rich environment, like questioning authors and using visually literacy skills to infer meaning.<br/>  Explicit 'Critical Thinking' sections that take language learners from understanding, to evaluating, and finally to creating their own texts in English." (Publisher's Website) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Unit 1 - RELATIONSHIPS<br/>  Grammar: present tenses review; the passive voice<br/>  Vocabulary: friends: nouns and phrasal verbs; wordbuilding: forming adjectives from nouns; word focus: get<br/>  Real Life (Functions): meeting people you know<br/>  Pronunciation: expressive intonation<br/>  Listening: part of a radio show about animal friendships<br/>  Reading: an article about changing attitudes in China; an article about immigrant families in New York<br/>  Critical Thinking: identifying the main theme<br/>  Speaking: your friends; the generation gap; family influences<br/>  Writing: text type: an informal email (1)<br/>  Writing skill: greetings and endings<br/>  Video: Immigration<br/>  Review Unit 2 - STORYTELLING<br/>  Grammar: simple past and present perfect; past tenses review: past continuous, simple past, past perfect, past perfect continuous<br/>  Vocabulary: books and movies; wordbuilding: synonyms; word focus: keep<br/>  Real Life (Functions): reacting to stories<br/>  Pronunciation: contracted negative forms; linking and assimilation<br/>  Listening: an interview with a film critic<br/>  Reading: a true story about dangerous animals; an article about the brothers Grimm<br/>  Critical Thinking: close reading<br/>  Speaking: the movie of the book; a famous writer or filmmaker; narrow escapes; storytelling<br/>  Writing: text type: a story<br/>  Writing skill: using descriptive words<br/>  Video: History of film<br/>  Review Unit 3 – SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY<br/>  Grammar: future forms review: will, going to, about to, present continuous; simple present; future continuous and future perfect<br/>  Vocabulary: wordbuilding: prefixes; wordbuilding: compound nouns (noun + noun); useful devices; word focus: out of<br/>  Real Life (Functions): asking for and offering technical help<br/>  Pronunciation: stress in two-syllable verbs<br/>  Listening: a presentation about overpopulation<br/>  Reading: an article about augmented reality; an article about appropriate technology<br/>  Critical Thinking: balancing arguments<br/>  Speaking: global problems; overpopulation; information age; predictions; technological solutions<br/>  Writing: text type: short email requests<br/>  Writing skill: being polite<br/>  Video: Augmented reality<br/>  Review Unit 4 – ART AND CREATIVITY<br/>  Grammar: expressions of quantity; determiners<br/>  Vocabulary: wordbuilding: suffixes; word focus: cool<br/>  Real Life (Functions): describing likes and dislikes<br/>  Pronunciation: weak form: of<br/>  Listening: part of a radio show about what’s on in Melbourne; an artist’s opinion about what art is<br/>  Reading: an article about unusual street art; an article about the origins of rap<br/>  Critical Thinking: analyzing contrasts<br/>  Speaking: participation in the arts; an art competition; music and values<br/>  Writing: text type: an online review<br/>  Writing skill: personalizing your writing<br/>  Video: Urban art<br/>  Review Unit 5 - DEVELOPMENT<br/>  Grammar: verb + infinitive or –ing; verbs with –ing and to + infinitive<br/>  Vocabulary: features of a city; redevelopment; wordbuilding: adverb + adjective; re- wordbuilding: prefix re- with verbs and nouns; word focus: pick<br/>  Real Life (Functions): making decisions<br/>  Pronunciation: rhyming words<br/>  Listening: an interview with a reporter about social development in southern India<br/>  Reading: an article about urban development in Dubai; an article about a hydroelectric dam in Laos<br/>  Critical Thinking: fact or opinion<br/>  Speaking: changes in your town; a happy society; sensitive development; evaluating a development project<br/>  Writing: text type: an opinion essay<br/>  Writing skill: linking words<br/>  Video: Aquarium on wheels<br/>  Review Unit 6 – ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL<br/>  Grammar: not; negative and tag questions<br/>  Vocabulary: phrasal verbs with in and out; wordbuilding: phrasal verbs with in and out; word focus: mind<br/>  Real Life (Functions): getting around<br/>  Pronunciation: intonation in questions; intonation in sentences with two clauses<br/>  Listening: an interview about volunteer vacations<br/>  Reading: a blog about vacations at home; part of a travel magazine article on unusual hotels<br/>  Critical Thinking: claims and justifications<br/>  Speaking: local knowledge; planning a staycation; opinions about travel; ideas for an unusual hotel<br/>  Writing: text type: a letter of complaint<br/>  Writing skill: formal language<br/>  Video: East Timor<br/>  Review Unit 7 – NATURAL RESOURCES<br/>  Grammar: mixed conditional sentences; wish, would rather, and if only<br/>  Vocabulary: conservation, oil, wordbuilding: collocations related to one word; strong feelings; word focus: better<br/>  Real Life (Functions): making your point<br/>  Pronunciation: sentence stress<br/>  Listening: four people talking about saving water<br/>  Reading: an article about Ecuador’s plan to protect resources; an article about Madagascar’s unique ecology<br/>  Critical Thinking: emotive language<br/>  Speaking: how we use water; conservation; wishes<br/>  Writing: text type: a letter to the editor<br/>  Writing skill: giving vivid examples<br/>  Video: Galapagos energy<br/>  Review Unit 8 – THE NEWS<br/>  Grammar: reporting verbs; passive reporting verbs<br/>  Vocabulary: photography; the feel-good factor; wordbuilding: forming adjectives from verbs; word focus: word<br/>  Real Life (Functions): reporting what you heard<br/>  Pronunciation: the schwa<br/>  Listening: four feel-good news stories<br/>  Reading: an article about an iconic image; an article about the power of the press<br/>  Critical Thinking: different perspectives<br/>  Speaking: the ethics of taking photographs; feel-good news; stories; reputations<br/>  Writing: text type: minutes from a meeting<br/>  Writing skill: impersonal language<br/>  Video: Mount Fuji<br/>  Review Unit 9 – TALENTED PEOPLE<br/>  Grammar: articles: the or no article?; relative clauses; reduced relative clauses<br/>  Vocabulary: careers; wordbuilding: verb (+ preposition) + noun; collocations; word focus: long<br/>  Real Life (Functions): describing skills, talents, and experience<br/>  Pronunciation: difficult words<br/>  Listening: an interview about Emerging Explorers<br/>  Reading: an article about an extraordinary career; an article about a woman who was king<br/>  Critical Thinking: weighing the evidence<br/>  Speaking: a career path; personal qualities; women at work<br/>  Writing: text type: an online profile<br/>  Writing skill: writing in note form<br/>  Video: Queen of Egypt<br/>  Review Unit 10 – CUSTOMS AND BEHAVIOR<br/>  Grammar: habitual actions: present tenses, will; used to, usually, be used to, and get used to<br/>  Vocabulary: raising children: verbs; food and eating habits; word focus: common; weddings; wordbuilding: word pairs<br/>  Real Life (Functions): describing traditions<br/>  Pronunciation: the letter s<br/>  Listening: part of a radio show about a tribe with an unusual diet<br/>  Reading: an article about a ‘tiger mother’ approach to parenting; an article about body language<br/>  Critical Thinking: sources<br/>  Speaking: typical behavior; food and eating habits; customs in your country; wedding traditions<br/>  Writing: text type: an informal email (2)<br/>  Writing skill: elision in informal writing<br/>  Video: Eating insects<br/>  Review Unit 11 – KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING<br/>  Grammar: could, was able to, manage to, and succeed in; future in the past<br/>  Vocabulary: wordbuilding: idiomatic expressions; learning; word focus: learn<br/>  Real Life (Functions): getting clarification<br/>  Pronunciation: contrastive sentence stress; linking in question forms<br/>  Listening: a talk by a psychologist on memory<br/>  Reading: an article about an ethnobotanist; an article about a parrot<br/>  Critical Thinking: reinforcing ideas<br/>  Speaking: acquiring knowledge; memory tests; why you forgot; types of learners<br/>  Writing: text type: an email about a misunderstanding<br/>  Writing skill: linking contrasting ideas<br/>  Video: Paraguay shaman<br/>  Review Unit 12 – THE ECONOMY<br/>  Grammar: focusing adverbs only, just, even; focusing adverbs too, as well, also; causative have and get<br/>  Vocabulary: money; domestic help; wordbuilding: the + adjective; getting things done; word focus: hard<br/>  Real Life (Functions): negotiating<br/>  Pronunciation: the sounds [ʃ], [tʃ], [ʒ], and [dʒ]; sentence stress in idiomatic phrases<br/>  Listening: an interview with the author of The Servant Economy<br/>  Reading: an article about Norway’s riches; an article about an alternative economic model<br/>  Critical Thinking: signposts to key information<br/>  Speaking: the economy in your country; getting things done; gift giving and exchange<br/>  Writing: text type: a report<br/>  Writing skill: subheadings and bullet points<br/>  Video: Japan<br/>  Review Communication Activities Grammar Reference Audioscripts 
<br/><br/> For advanced (C1 - CEFR) ESL learners. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781305256347 (Student book) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB480636  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016814391  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--United States--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>B2 (CEFR). High-intermediate.