TY - BOOK AU - Preiss,Sherry TI - NorthStar 5: Listening & Speaking SN - 9780133382143 (Student book) AV - PE1128 .M444 2015 PY - 2014/// CY - White Plains, NY PB - Pearson Education KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Spoken English KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Listening KW - ESL2122 KW - Advanced 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 THE BRAIN – The Fantastic Plastic Brain ; Listening 1: An Interview with a Brain Researcher ; Listening 2: The Merits of Unitasking; LISTENING ; Make and confirm predictions ; Identify and take notes on main ideas and details ; Identify a speaker’s point of view ; Recognize a language that signals a revision of previously held beliefs; SPEAKING ; Express and support opinions ; Paraphrase a speaker’s ideas ; Connect statements to specific speakers ; Interpret graphs ; Use expressions to correct a myth or misconception; TASK: Prepare and deliver an oral presentation using “rich pictures”; INFERENCE: Infer a speaker’s degree of certainty; PRONUNCIATION: Recognize emphasis through stress; VOCABULARY: Recognize synonyms ; Recognize and use commonly confused words; GRAMMAR: Recognize and use verbs + gerund or infinitive with a change of meaning; VIDEO: Memory Boost (ABC News); ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoint 1 and 2, Unit 1 Achievement Test; Unit 2 LYING: Is Honesty the Best Policy? ; Listening 1: Interview with a Psychiatrist ; Listening 2: Family Secrets; LISTENING ; Make and confirm predictions ; Summarize main ideas and details ; Support ideas from one listening with reasons from a second listening ; Identify a speaker’s attitude; SPEAKING ; Express and support opinions ; Recognize and use expressions to introduce, defend, and express multiple sides of an issue ; TASK: Plan a group discussion, summarize an ethical dilemma, and present various solutions; INFERENCE: Interpret the author’s words to understand intention; PRONUNCIATION: Recognize reductions of the auxiliary verb have; VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context; GRAMMAR: Recognize and use modals to express degrees of certainty; VIDEO: Why Do Kids Lie? (ABC News); ASSESSMENT: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 2 Achievement Test; Unit 3 PERSONALITY – Revolution of the 50% ; Listening 1: A Quiet Revolution of the 50%: Interview with Author Susan Cain ; Listening 2: The Pollyanna Syndrome; LISTENING ; Make and confirm predictions ; Summarize main ideas ; Identify supporting details ; Connect problems and solutions ; Identify creative and effective examples; SPEAKING ; Express and support opinions ; Interpret cartoons ; Describe personality ; Express and defend preferences ; Initiate and maintain a conversation ; TASK: Prepare and dramatize a group presentation about sleep deprivation; INFERENCE: Infer meaning from language that presents a balanced point of view; PRONUNCIATION: Recognize thought groups and formulate meaning; VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context; GRAMMAR: Recognize and use identifying and non-identifying adjective clauses; VIDEO: Dale Carnegie Training Institute; ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 3 Achievement Test; Unit 4 CROSS-CULTURAL INSIGHTS – Ancient Wisdom Travels West ; Listening 1: Interview with a Feng Shui Expert ; Listening 2: Feng Shui in the Newsroom; LISTENING ; Make and confirm predictions ; Summarize main ideas and details ; Identify a speaker’s viewpoints and attitudes ; Organize information using a bagua chart ; Identify subtle ways to ask for and give advice; SPEAKING ; Express and support opinions ; Emphasize a point in a conversation ; TASK: Present an argument; INFERENCE: Infer a speaker’s intention; PRONUNCIATION: Recognize pauses and intonation with discourse connectors; VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context ; Recognize and use word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs); GRAMMAR: Identify and use discourse connectors; VIDEO: Japanese Gardens; ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 4 Achievement Test; Unit 5 BUSINESS – Business Not As Usual ; Listening 1: The Story of Zappos ; Listening 2: The Progress Principle; LISTENING ; Make and confirm predictions ; Summarize main ideas ; Identify supporting details ; Recognize language to concede a point and present a counterargument; SPEAKING: Agree and disagree with opinions ; Make concessions to introduce counterarguments ; TASK: Prepare and deliver an oral presentation; INFERENCE: Infer meaning from expressive intonation; PRONUNCIATION: Recognize and distinguish between /ae/, /a/, and /e; VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context ; Recognize and use synonyms ; Recognize and use idioms connected to business; GRAMMAR: Recognize and use direct and indirect speech; VIDEO: Giving Back (ABC News); ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 5 Achievement Test; Unit 6 SOCIAL MEDIA – Together Alone ; Listening 1: An Interview with Sherry Turkle ; Listening 2: Online Identity: Authenticity or Anonymity?; LISTENING ; Make and confirm predictions ; Identify and complete main ideas ; Identify supporting details ; Recognize language that signals opposing perspective of an issue ; Connect statements to specific speakers; SPEAKING: Agree and disagree with opinions ; Interpret cartoons ; Prepare for and engage in a debate ; Recognize and use language that builds and expands on others’ ideas ; TASK: Participate in a group discussion and report on the groups’ recommendations; INFERENCE: Infer meaning and recognize techniques a speaker uses to take a stance on an issue; PRONUNCIATION: Infer a speaker’s attitude from intonation and stress; VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context ; Recognize and use synonyms and antonyms; GRAMMAR: Recognize and use wish statements, expressing unreality; VIDEO: Making the Grade (ABC News); ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 6 Achievement Test; Unit 7 THE ARTS – Learning through the Arts ; Listening 1: Brain Waves: This Is Your Brain on Art ; Listening 2: El Sistema: Music Education Changing Lives; LISTENING ; Make and confirm predictions ; Summarize main ideas and details ; Recognize persuasion with parallel structure; SPEAKING ; Express and support opinions ; Summarize others’ opinions ; Prepare and deliver a mini-lecture ; Incorporate parallel structure to speak persuasively; TASK: Prepare for and participate in a simulation of a public meeting; INFERENCE: Infer a speaker’s purpose for examples; PRONUNCIATION: Recognize variations in how final consonants are joined; VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context ; Recognize and use synonyms ; Distinguish between literal and figurative language; GRAMMAR: Recognize and use the passive voice and the passive causative; VIDEO: Interlochen Arts Academy; ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 7 Achievement Test; Unit 8 POVERTY – Changing Lives for $50 ; Listening 1: Promises and Pitfalls of Microfinance ; Listening 2: Interview with a Microfinance Director; LISTENING ; Make and confirm predictions ; Summarize main ideas and details ; Recognize summary statements ; Identify examples from listening; SPEAKING ; Express and support opinions ; Paraphrase a speaker’s key points ; Summarize examples from the listenings ; Use summary statements to demonstrate understanding ; TASK: Prepare for and participate in a simulation of a policy meeting; INFERENCE: Infer meaning by recognizing a speaker’s assumptions about the listeners; PRONUNCIATION: Recognize word stress in two-word compound expressions; VOCABULARY: Infer word meaning from context ; Recognize and use synonyms; GRAMMAR: Recognize and use present, past, and mixed unreal conditionals; VIDEO: Young Innovators (CBC News); ASSESSMENTS: Check What You Know, Checkpoints 1 and 2, Unit 8 Achievement Test; Level: Advanced UR - https://pearsonerpi.com/en/elt/eap/northstar-listening-and-speaking-level-5-student-book-with-myenglish-338214 ER -