TY - BOOK AU - Douglas,Nancy AU - Morgan,James R. TI - World Class 1: Expanding English Fluency SN - 9781133310815 (Student book) AV - PE1128 .D63 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Boston PB - National Geographic Learning/Cengage Learning KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Sound recordings for foreign speakers KW - B2-C1 (CEFR) KW - High-intermediate / Low Advanced N1 - "World Class is a new, two-level series from National Geographic Learning for high-intermediate and advanced English language learners. This integrated-skills program uses National Geographic content, images, and video to help learners expand their overall fluency while developing the tools and strategies necessary for effective, real-world communication." (Publisher's Website); TABLE OF CONTENTS; UNIT 1: WHO ARE WE? ; Vocabulary: Who is the world's most typical human? ; Grammar: Review of past tense ; Listening: New Family tree website ; Pronunciation: Rising and falling intonation; Reading: Cleopatra: The search for the last queen of Egypt ; Writing: Write a personal statement as part of an application ; Strategy: Writing a personal statement ; Speaking: Interview to be a cultural ambassador ; Strategy: Responding to questions; Video: The human family tree; UNIT 2: THE WORLD AWAITS ; Vocabulary: Popular vacation destinations ; Pronunciation: Stress changes with prefixes and suffixes ; Grammar: Uses of infinitives and gerunds ; Listening: A waking tour of Beijing ; Reading: Traveling Troubadour: An interview with singer Jason Mraz ; Writing: Write a descriptive paragraph about a place ; Strategy: Create a mental image ; Speaking: Create a bucket list of things you want to do ; Strategy: Making suggestions and giving advice ; Video: Barcelona's Street Life; UNIT 3: THE GREAT ENERGY CHALLENGE ; Vocabulary: An energy quiz ; Pronunciation: Stress changes with prefixes and suffixes ; Grammar: Review of Future Forms ; Listening: The family energy challenge ; Reading: Plugging into the Sun: Why don't we use solar energy more? ; Strategy: Identifying key details ; Writing: Write a persuasive paragraph that presents and justifies your point of view ; Strategy: Being persuasive ; Speaking: Persuade the audience to make change ; Video: We need to be leaders ourselves; UNIT 4: THE WORLD'S A STAGE ; Vocabulary: The story of Esmee Denters, Youtube sensation ; Grammar: Infinitive complements (persuade verbs, want verbs, believe verbs, and make verbs) ; Listening: Interview with a salsa band musician ; Reading: Hip hop goes home: A struggling rapper in Africa ; Writing: Write a profile of a person that you admire ; Strategy: Paraphrasing ; Speaking: Analysing a music contract ; Strategy: Talking pros and cons ; Video: Songs under a Big Sky (excerpt): Profile of Irish singer Larla O Lionaird; UNIT 5: NO NEED TO PANIC ; Vocabulary: People who have beat the odds ; Grammar: Adverbial clauses ; Listening: There is no need to panic ; Reading: Everest's deadliest day: Two teams compete to reach the summit first - with deadly results ; Writing: Write a set of instructions describing how to do something ; Strategy: Explaining the steps in a process ; Speaking: Discuss a difficult environmental issue ; Strategy: Reaching a compromise ; Video: Surviving Deadly Everest; UNIT 6: IN STYLE ; Vocabulary: The Dubai shopping festival ; Grammar: Adjective clauses with subject relative pronouns ; Pronunciation: Intonation patterns in relative clauses ; Listening: Conversations at a shopping mall ; Reading: Every shoe tells a story: They say a lot about us, even when we're not wearing them ; Writing: Present and defend and argument ; Strategy: Making a successful argument ; Speaking: Give your opinions in a shopping and fashion survey ; Strategy: Reacting to someone else's point of view ; Video: How to spot a fake Louis Vuitton bag; UNIT 7: ON THE MOVE; Vocabulary: Advice on how to get around your city ; Grammar: Comparative forms ; Listening: A commuter's diary ; Strategy: Listening for connections between ideas ; Reading: One foot on the gas: Children of immigrants discover American car culture ; Writing: Write a letter of complaint ; Speaking: Consider the facts in an immigration case ; Strategy: Present facts and announcing a decision ; Video: Capital Bikeshare; UNIT 8: THINK TWICE; Vocabulary: Text messaging during class ; Grammar: Past modals ; Listening: Problems with posting online ; Strategy: Determining a speaker's attitude ; Pronunciation: Reduction with past modals ; Reading: Nowhere to hide: What happens when our private lives become public ; Writing: Give an opinion on an event ; Strategy: Writing an effective online post ; Speaking: Evaluate different surveillance practices ; Video: Protecting reputations online; UNIT 9: IN THE WILD ; Vocabulary: Three of our favorite pets ; Grammar: Review of passive voice ; Listening: Bonobos: humans' closest relative ; Strategy: Detecting uncertainty ; Reading: Orphan Elephants: a center in Kenya rescues, rehabilitates and researches baby elephants ; Writing: Write an informal brochure ; Strategy: Getting the reader's attention ; Speaking: Debate what to do about three animals at risk ; Video: Great migrations (excerpt); UNIT 10: DECISIONS, DECISIONS ; Vocabulary: Brain teaser: what do you know about the brain and decision making ; Grammar: The conditional ; Listening: Three everyday decisions ; Reading: The teenage brain: why teenagers act the way they do ; Strategy: Recognizing cause and effect ; Writing: Use cause and effect to explain a decision you'd make ; Strategy: Showing cause and effect ; Speaking: Analyse how you handle peer pressure ; Video: Moral dilemma (excerpt) ; Pronunciation: Thought groups; UNIT 11: RAIN OR SHINE ; Vocabulary: Bad weather traps doctor on the South Pole ; Grammar: Phrasal verbs ; Listening: Reactions to the weather ; Reading: Storm chasers: Scientists risk their lives to gather data about tornadoes ; Making inferences ; Writing: Describing the time weather impacted your life ; Strategy: Include figurative language ; Speaking: Which weather story is false? ; Video: Sinking England; UNIT 12: WHAT'S YOUR GAME ; Vocabulary: Favorite sports ; Grammar: Reported speech ; Listening: An interview with a professional athlete ; Reading: The spirit of Kung fu: A Shaolin master faces the world of kung fu ; Writing: Write about important qualities ; Strategy: Writing a times essay ; Speaking: Present activity ; Strategy: Speaking from an outline ; Video: Alain Robert, "The French Spiderman"; For high-intermediate (B2-C1 - CEFR) ESL learners UR - http://ngl.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=200+4294918395&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=18829219134001569717353656561067234388&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&homePage=false UR - http://www.cengage.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9781133310815 ER -