TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ferree,Tee
AU  - Sanabria,Kim
TI  - NorthStar 4: Listening & Speaking 
SN  - 9780133382075 (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 PRODIGIES – Exploring Genius
; Listening 1: The Music in My Head
; Listening 2: Where does Genius Come From?; LISTENING; Make and confirm predictions
; Identify main ideas and details
; Summarize key information
; Recognize emphasis through intonation and stress; SPEAKING; Express opinions
; State and report opinions and support them with relevant explanations and arguments
; State others' opinions
; TASK: Present scenarios and lead small-group discussions; INFERENCE: Infer important ideas through use of repeated words; PRONUNCIATION: Recognize and use reductions and contractions to make speech less formal; VOCABULARY; Infer word meaning from context; Recognize and use word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)
; GRAMMAR: Recognize and use passive voice in the present, past, and future
; VIDEO: Small Wonder (ABC News); ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoint 1 and 2, Unit 1 Achievement Test; Unit 2 OVERCOMING OBSTACLES – The Achilles Heel
; Listening 1: Artist Opens Others' Eyes; Listening 2: The Achilles Track Club Climbs Mount Kilimanjaro; LISTENING; Make and confirm predictions
; Identify main ideas and details
; Distinguish between main ideas and supporting details and examples
; Summarize key information; Analyze similarities and differences; SPEAKING; Express opinions; Express similarities and differences; Use specific examples to support main ideas and opinions
; TASK: Prepare and present speech about an obstacle; INFERENCE: Infer meaning from figurative language; PRONUNCIATION: Identify thought groups in sentences; VOCABULARY; Infer word meaning from context
; Distinguish between literal and figurative meaning
; Identify paraphrases; GRAMMAR: Recognize and use gerunds and infinitives after a range of verbs and prepositions; VIDEO: A Child's Voice (ABC News); ASSESSMENT: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 2 Achievement Test; Unit 3 MEDICINE – Early to Bed, Early to Rise
; Listening 1: How Can Teenagers Get Enough Sleep?; Listening 2: Get Back in Bed!; LISTENING; Make and confirm predictions
; Identify main ideas and details
; Recognize supporting details
; Analyze problems and solutions; SPEAKING; Express opinions
; Use strategies to interrupt and to ask for clarification
; Propose solutions to problems
; Summarize a case study and dramatize a scenario about sleep deprivation; INFERENCE: Infer assumptions using contextual clues; PRONUNCIATION: Recognize and use contrastive stress for emphasis; VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context; GRAMMAR: Recognize and use present unreal conditionals; VIDEO: A Sleep Clinic, Video Activity; ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 3 Achievement Test; Unit 4 ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE – Animal Intelligence
; Listening 1: Animal Intelligence; Listening 2: What motivates Animals?; LISTENING; Make and confirm predictions
; Identify main ideas and details
; Summarize key information
; Distinguish between main ideas and supporting details or examples; SPEAKING; Express opinions
; Ask for and give examples
; TASK: Present and defend an argument; INFERENCE: Infer a speaker’s attitude from intonation and stress; PRONUNCIATION: Identify rising or falling intonation in yes/no questions with or; VOCABULARY; Infer word meaning from context; Identify relationships between words
; GRAMMAR: Recognize reported speech and use a range of reporting verbs; VIDEO: Talk to the Animals (ABC News); ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 4 Achievement Test; Unit 5 LONGEVITY – The Golden Years
; Listening 1: The Longevity Project Report
; Listening 2: Tobey Dichter, Generations Online
; Listening 1: The Story of Zappos
; Listening 2: The Progress Principle
; LISTENING; Make and confirm predictions
; Identify main ideas and details
; Summarize key information
; Evaluate a speaker's degree of certainty; SPEAKING; Express opinions
; Make suggestions; TASK: Create and dramatize a family meeting; INFERENCE: Infer a speaker's point of view from intonation and stress; PRONUNCIATION: Recognize word blends with you; VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context; GRAMMAR: Recognize, form, and contrast simple, progressive, and perfect verbs; VIDEO: Living Longer (ABC News); ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 5 Achievement Test; Unit 6 PHILANTHROPY – Giving to Others
; Listening 1: Why We Give; Listening 2: The Mystery Donor; LISTENING; Make and confirm predictions
; Identify main ideas and details
; Summarize key information
; Identify the purpose of examples; SPEAKING; Express opinions
; Prioritize ideas
; TASK: Create and present a Public Service Annoucement (PSA); INFERENCE; Infer word meaning from context
; Recognize and use word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs); PRONUNCIATION: Recognize and use relative pronouns and adjective clauses; VOCABULARY; Infer word meaning from context; Recognize and use synonyms and antonyms
; GRAMMAR: Recognize and use wish statements, expressing unreality; VIDEO: Local Teen Awarded for Making Difference (NBC News); ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 6 Achievement Test; Unit 7 EDUCATION – Do Your Homework!
; Listening 1: Homework Issues
; Listening 2: Tiger Mom; LISTENING; Make and confirm predictions
; Identify main ideas and details
; Summarize key information
; Recognize phrases that signal clarification; SPEAKING; Express opinions
; Propose suggestions
; Ask for and offer clarification
; TASK: Create and dramatize a public school board meeting
; INFERENCE: Infer and recognize aspects of humor (irony, exaggeration, sarcasm); PRONUNCIATION: Identify and distinguish between stressed and unstressed vowel sounds; VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context; GRAMMAR: Recognize and use the verbs make, have, let, help and get + object + base form/infinitive; VIDEO: Homework Holiday (ABC News); ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 7 Achievement Test; Unit 8 COMPUTERS – Pros and Cons of Gaming
; Listening 1: The Darker Side of Video Games; Listening 2: Truths and Myths in Gaming; LISTENING; Make and confirm predictions
; Identify main ideas and details
; Summarize key information
; Recognize and use strategies to introduce a counterargument
; Analyze pros and cons; SPEAKING; Express opinions; Discuss pros and cons; Express concessions and present counterarguments; TASK: Participate in a debate; INFERENCE: Infer a speaker's attitude through emphasis, stress, and intonation; PRONUNCIATION: Identify and use stress with adverbial particles; VOCABULARY; Infer word meaning from context; Recognize and use word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs); GRAMMAR: Recognize and use tag questions; VIDEO: French Employers Unplug After Hours (ABC News); ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 8 Achievement Test
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