TY - BOOK AU - Mills,Robin AU - Frazier,Laurie TI - NorthStar 2: Listening & Speaking SN - 9780133382136 (Student book) AV - PE1128 .M444 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - White Plains, NY PB - Pearson Education KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Spoken English KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Listening N1 - "Building on the success of the previous editions, Northstar, Third Edition continues to engage and motivate students with new and updated contemporary topics delivered through a seamless integration of print and online components. ; What is special about the new edition? ; Blended approach with MyEnglishLab. Online activities offer support and expansion, fully blending the student book with MyEnglishLab for extra practice, ongoing assessment, and instant feedback. ; New and updated themes and topics. Presented in a variety of genres--including literature and lectures--and in authentic reading and listening selections, the content challenges and engages students intellectually ; Explicit skills instruction.The inclusion of 2-3 explicit language skills in every unit allows students to build their language proficiency. ; New and revised assessments tied to learning outcomes. Online assessments allow teachers to track students' progress mastery of material and skills. ; A new design with thought provoking images. A compelling graphic look makes the content and activities come alive." (Book Cover); TABLE OF CONTENTS ; Unit 1: Work - Offbeat Jobs ; Listening 1: What's My Job? ; Listening 2: More Offbeat Jobs ; Listening: Make and confirm predictions ; Identify main ideas and details ; Connect statements to specific speakers ; Recognize connectors that compare and contrast ideas ; Speaking: Express opinions ; Ask and answer questions about jobs, interests, and skills ; Express interest ; Express agreement and disagreement ; Task: Create and dramatize job interviews ; Inference: Identify humor from a speaker's choice of words and tone ; Pronunciation: Recognize syllable stress ; Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context ; Grammar: Recognize and use descriptive adjectives ; Video: Interview with a Skydiving Instructor ; Unit 2: Student Life - Where Does Time Go? ; Listening 1: Student Success Workshop ; Listening 2: A Student Discussion ; Listening: Make and confirm predictions ; Identify main ideas and details ; Connect statements to specific speakers ; Recognize phrases that signal agreement and disagreement ; Connect information from two listenings ; Speaking: Express opinions ; Express various levels of agreement and disagreement ; Support opinions with examples ; Task: Create, give, and report on a survey about student life ; Inference: Infer a speaker's intention based on questions the speaker asks ; Pronunciation: Recognize emphasis through intonation and stress ; Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context ; Use familiar words to form collocations ; Grammar: Recognize and use the present simple tense ; Video: College Students Spark Creativity in Kids, Voice of America ; Unit 3: Money - A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned ; Listening 1: A Barter Network ; Listening 2: The Compact ; Listening: Make and confirm predictions ; Identify main ideas and details ; Interpret a timeline ; Recognize emphasis from intonation and stress ; Categorize information from two listenings ; Speaking: Express agreement and disagreement ; Compare products and services ; Make and respond to suggestions ; Task: Negotiate for goods and services ; Inference: Infer a speaker's attitude from intonation and stress ; Pronunciation: Recognize word stress in numbers and prices ; Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context ; Grammar: Recognize and use comparative adjectives ; Video: The History of Money ; Unit 4: Etiquette - What Happened to Etiquette? ; Listening 1: Whatever Happened to Manners? ; Listening 2: Our Listeners Respond - Why is there a lack of manners? ; Listening: Make and confirm predictions ; Identify main ideas and details ; Recognize summary statements ; Categorize reasons from two listenings ; Speaking: Express opinions ; Summarize key information ; Support reasons with examples ; Make and respond to requests and invitations ; Task: Create and dramatize a situation about manners ; Inference: Infer contrasting ideas in statements from intonation and stress ; Pronunciation: Recognize rising and falling intonation in questions and statements ; Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context ; Recognize and use idioms ; Grammar: Recognize and use can, could and would in polite requests ; Video: How to Ask for a Date ; Unit 5: Food - The Fat Tax ; Listening 1: The Nation Talks ; Listening 2: Listeners Call In ; Listening: Make and confirm predictions ; Identify main ideas and details ; Identify different types of supporting details ; Recognize language and intonation that signal clarification ; Speaking: Express opinions and support them with reasons ; Ask for and give advice ; Ask for and provide clarification or repetition ; Task: Participate in a debate about the role of government in reducing obesity ; Inference: Infer facts ; Vocabulary: Infer meaning by recognizing phrases that signal hedging ; Pronunciation: Recognize intonation in questions requesting clarification or repetition ; Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context ; Recognize and use words for healthy foods ; Grammar: Recognize and use modals of possibility (may, might, could) ; Video: Food from the Hood ; Unit 6: Heroes - Everyday Heroes ; Listening 1: The Subway Hero ; Listening 2: Psychology Lecture - Altruism ; Listening: Make and confirm predictions ; Identify main ideas and details; Take notes on a lecture ; Recognize phrases that signal the organization and ideas in a lecture ; Support general ideas in one listening with specific examples from a second listening ; Speaking: Express opinions ; Ask follow-up questions ; Recognize and use signal phrases in presentations ; Task: Prepare and give a presentation ; Inference: Infer a speaker's feelings or emotion from tone of voice and word choice ; Pronunciation: Recognize and pronounce the three -ed endings in the regular past tense ; Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context ; Categorize words with similar meanings ; Grammar: Recognize and use the simple past tense ; Video: All for One, ABC News ; Unit 7: Health - Gaming Your Way to Better Health ; Listening 1: Gaming Your Way to Better Health ; Listening 2: Technology in the Classroom ; Listening: Make and confirm predictions ; Identify main ideas and details ; Recognize phrases and intonation that express doubt ; Analyze advantages and disadvantages ; Speaking: Express opinions ; Give and respond to advice ; Express concern ; Task: Prepare and present a TV commercial ; Inference: Infer a speaker's intended meaning from persuasive language ; Pronunciation: Recognize and produce reductions of modals ; Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context ; Grammar: Recognize and use modals of advice and necessity (should, ought to, have to) ; Video: Chinese Medicine ; Unit 8: Endangered Cultures - Endangered Languages ; Listening 1: Language Loss ; Listening 2: My Life, My Language ; Listening: Make and confirm predictions ; Identify main ideas and details ; Interpret a graph ; Recognize phrases that identify reasons and examples ; Support ideas from one listening with examples from a second listening ; Speaking: Express opinions ; Agree and disagree with opinions ; Present and defend a position ; Give reasons and examples to explain general statements ; Task: Participate in a small-group discussion ; Inference: Infer a speaker's viewpoint ; Pronunciation: Recognize and use contractions and reductions with will and be going to ; Vocabulary: Infer word meaning from context ; Recognize and use synonyms ; Grammar: Recognize and use the future with will and and be going to ; Video: Maori Cultures UR - https://pearsonerpi.com/en/elt/eap/northstar-listening-and-speaking-level-2-student-book-with-myenglish-338213 ER -