TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cotton,David
AU  - Falvey,David
AU  - Kent,Simon
TI  - New Language Leader : Intermediate
SN  - 9781447961499 (Coursebook)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - White Plains, NY
PB  - Pearson Education
KW  - English language
KW  - Terminology
KW  - Language examinations
KW  - B1+ (CEFR)
KW  - Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate
N1  - "Find everything your students need to succeed in the New Language Leader Coursebook: 12 units that cover grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, study skills and writing; A stimulating way to practice
; The Coursebook offers a variety of material on contemporary issues that will help students negotiate academic life successfully
; Scenarios give students the opportunity to apply language in real-life situations and develop valuable communication skills.
; Study Skills sections, with videos, provide useful tips and training for a successful academic life.
; “Meet the Expert” videos develop listening skills and provide inspiring topics for discussion; Be ready for university entrance tests
; Exam practice is embedded in each unit to prepare students for high-stakes tests such as IELTS and PTE Academic. This makes the New Language Leader Coursebook the ideal material to ensure students’ success." (Publisher's Website); CONTENTS; Unit 1 - PERSONALITY; GRAMMAR: Question forms, subject & object questions - Present simple & present continuous; VOCABULARY: Personality adjectives - Prefixes - Symbols & abbreviations - Linkers; READING: Encyclopedia entry about extroverts & introverts (Making connections) - Article about method acting (Reacting to a text) - Article about charisma (Identifying topic sentences); LISTENING: Conversation about appearance & personality - Radio interview with a psychologist; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing personalities - Word stress - Discussing personality tests - Discussing charisma; SCENARIO
; Key language: giving opinions, agreeing & disagreeing, making suggestions
; Task: choosing a new team member
; Scenario: choosing a new member; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing questions
; Study skills: Taking notes while reading
; Writing skills: A for and against essay; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Michael Gould, a professional actor, about method acting; Unit 2 - TRAVEL; GRAMMAR: Past simple - Present perfect simple & past simple; VOCABULARY: Travel expressions - Phrasal verbs 1 - Words from the reading - Time linkers; READING: Article about travel & tourism - Articles about famous explorers - Evaluating & justifying - Article about Wilfred Thesiger - Reacting to the topic - Extract from Arabian Sands; LISTENING: Questions & answers about travelling abroad - Inferring attitude - Interview about the Universities Explorers Programme; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Compiling a list of travel tips - -ed endings - Talking about past life events - Contractions: choosing suitable jobs; SCENARIO
; Key language: discussing advantages & disadvantages, making suggestions
; Task: organising a study trip
; Scenario: discussing issues of past study trips and planning a more successful one; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing travel tips
; Study skills: Taking notes while listening
; Writing skills: A biographical profile; VIDEO:  Study Skills Video: making notes while listening to a talk about Thor Heyerdahl; Unit 3 - WORK; GRAMMAR: Present perfect continuous - Present perfect simple and continuous; VOCABULARY: Work adjectives - Dependent prepositions - Expressions connected with time & work; READING: Adverts for jobs - Ranking & justifying choices - Article about homeworking - Evaluating advantages & disadvantages - Blog comments about work placements; inferring opinion; LISTENING: People talking about homeworking - Radio interview with three students about their work placements - Conversation with a career counsellor - People talking about CVs; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing jobs - Discussing what is important in a job - Discussing ideal working hours - Discussing work placements - Correcting politely; SCENARIO
; Key language: asking questions, giving answers
; Task: taking part in an interview
; Scenario: conducting and participating in an interview; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing a job advert
; Study skills: Organising ideas and paragraphs
; Writing skills: Covering letter & Curriculum Vitae (CV); VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Caroline Matthews, about her internship in the insurance industry; Unit 4 - LANGUAGE; GRAMMAR: Future forms: will, going to, present continuous - First conditional; VOCABULARY: Language learning - Phrasal verbs 2 - British & American money idioms - Language style - Communication & register - Percentages & fractions - Linkers; READING: Advert for a language course - Evaluating the success of a text - Identifying genres - Three texts about English & Chinese - Identifying main ideas - Article about avoiding mistakes online; LISTENING: Conversation between two students - Interview with an expert on communication; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing language issues - Debate about British and American English - Compiling a list of Dos & Don'ts for online communication; SCENARIO
; Key language: accepting & rejecting ideas, considering consequences
; Task: selecting an English language programme
; Scenario: discussing proposals and choosing the best one; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING
; Study skills: Describing charts & tables
; Writing skills: A report describing a chart; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: interview with Henry Hitchings, author of Language Wars, about English as a global language; Unit 5 - ADVERTISING; GRAMMAR: Second conditional - Comparison, emphasising difference & similarity; VOCABULARY: Advertising adjectives - Words with a similar meaning connected to 'change' - Word combinations - Essay expressions; READING: Article about advertising; inferring opinion - For & Against article about manipulating images - Evaluating arguments Text reference - Newspaper article about advertising to children - Responding to the topic; LISTENING: People talking about adverts - Conversation about designing a website - An extract from a lecture on critical thinking; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about adverts - Choosing photos for adverts - Discussing cosmetic surgery - Group discussion comparing the benefits of different quad bikes; SCENARIO
; Key language: the language of presentations
; Task: giving a formal presentation
; Scenario: brainstorming for an advertising campaign and selecting the most effective one; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING
; Study skills: Critical thinking
; Writing skills: An opinion-led essay - Planning your essay; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: interview with Vena Raffle about the work of the UK Advertising Standards Authority; Unit 6 - EDUCATION; GRAMMAR: Defining relative clauses - Non-defining relative clauses; VOCABULARY: Education & studying; READING: Online discussion about single-sex schools - Article about Maria Montessori - Evaluating a summary - Newspaper editorial about free university education - Challenging opinions; LISTENING: People talking about their education - Inferring attitude - Student describing a teacher - People talking about their university experience; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing education - Timed discussion about educational issues - Describing & comparing different educational systems; SCENARIO
; Key language: discussing options
; Task: problem-solving
; Scenario: looking at problems at a university and finding solutions; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing your opinion online - Describing a teacher
; Study skills: Reading strategies: predicting, skimming, scanning, inferring
; Writing skills: Formal correspondence, correspondence conventions; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: interview with Rob Gueterbock, a Montessori teacher, about the Montessori method of education; Unit 7 - DESIGN; GRAMMAR: Modals (necessity & obligation) - Modals (present deduction); VOCABULARY: Word building: design adjectives - Materials, shapes & texture; abstract nouns - Words from the reading - Linkers; READING: Introduction from a design book - Reacting to the text - Three articles about design periods - Justifying opinions - Article about Alessi - Jdentifying main ideas; LISTENING: Conversation between two designers - Conversations at a design museum - Conversation with a lecturer about written work; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Word stress - Talking about the design of everyday objects - Designing a new product - Talking about re-designing an object; SCENARIO:
; Key language: describing qualities
; Task: evaluating designs
; Scenario: judging products to choose the winning design; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Describing a favourite object
; Study skills: Proof reading
; Writing skills: A product report; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Feyja Sewell, a furniture and product designer, about her designs; Unit 8 - BUSINESS; GRAMMAR: Past continuous - Past perfect simple; VOCABULARY: Business terms & roles - Collocations 2: business; READING: Leaflet for new businesses - Article about business dilemmas - Obituaries of business icons - Identifying similarities & differences; LISTENING: Radio interview with a business advisor - Summarising - Conversation about a business idea; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Planning a new business - Reacting to the topic - Discussing business dilemmas - Weak forms - Talking about successful people; SCENARIO
; Key language: the language of negotiation
; Task: negotiating
; Scenario: negotiating to get the best deal; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Describing a memorable event
; Study skills: Recognising formal & informal language - Beginning & ending correspondence
; Writing skills: Formal & informal correspondence; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Teresa Lee about the Vietnamese food business she set up in London; Unit 9 - ENGINEERING; GRAMMAR: The passive - Articles; VOCABULARY: Words from the reading - Collocations - Hazards and global threats - Expressions for managing a discussion; READING: Leaflet about women & engineering - Identifying genre - Article about asteroids - Identifying facts - Three articles about superstructures - Identifying problems; LISTENING: Radio interview with a woman engineer - Discussion between engineer students; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing engineering achievements - Ranking global threats - Talking about superstructures - Weak forms - Debate about superstructures; SCENARIO
; Key language: discussing options, making decisions
; Task: assessing a project
; Scenario: deciding on a Mega Project; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing about the greatest engineering achievement
; Study skills: Participating in a group discussion - Understanding body language
; Writing skills: Describing a process using the passive; VIDEO: Study Skills Video: participating in a group discussion; Unit 10 - TRENDS; GRAMMAR: Expressions of quantity - Infinitives & -ing forms; VOCABULARY: Phrasal verbs 3 - Fashion - Describing trends; READING: Article about 'the tipping point' - Reflecting on the topic - Article about cultural influences on fashion - Identifying examples - Article about paying for music - Reacting to the text; LISTENING: Conversation between a manager and a shop assistant - People talking about their music habits - Students talking about vocabulary learning; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about trends - Talking about fashion - Discussing paying for downloads - Numbers; SCENARIO
; Key language: raising & responding to issues
; Task: participating in a meeting
; Scenario: discussing problems and winning solutions; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Describing a recent trend
; Study skills: Recording & learning vocabulary
; Writing skills: Describing a trend - Avoiding repetition; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Cate Trotter, a trends consultant, about how understanding trends can help a business; Unit 11 - ARTS AND MEDIA; GRAMMAR: Reported speech - Reported questions; VOCABULARY: Describing books and films - Media genre - Words connected with the arts - Expressions for a presentation; READING: Reviews - Inferring the writer's opinion - Article about media recluses - Interview with Rageh Omar - Identifying topics; LISTENING: Reviews - Conversation about a job interview; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Describing a favourite book or film - Discussing the arts and celebrities - Justifying opinions - Giving a witness report of an imaginary news event; SCENARIO
; Key language: comparing & contrasting
; Task: choosing a film to produce
; Scenario: Weighing up the options to reach a group decision; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing an online review - Reporting an interview
; Study skills: Delivering a presentation
; Writing skills: A short formal report; making generalisations; VIDEO: Study Skills Video: delivering a presentation; Unit 12 - CRIME; GRAMMAR: Third conditional - Modals (past deduction); VOCABULARY: Crime - Collocations; READING: Article about stupid criminals - Inferring emotions - Article about the psychology of crime - News report on a robbery in Sweden - Looking at genre; LISTENING: People talking about their crimes - Comparing & contrasting - People talking about a robbery - An extract of a lecture on home security - An extract from a lecture on car security; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing the seriousness of crimes - Discussing controversial statements - Solving a crime; SCENARIO
; Key language: reaching a decision
; Task: discussing court cases
; Scenario: Looking at court case and agreeing on verdicts; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING
; Study skills: Summarising
; Writing skills: A cause & effect essay; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Stefanie Bierwerth, a publisher, about the appeal of crime fiction; Language reference; Meet the Expert; Communication Activities; Audioscripts; Irregular Verb List; Phonetic Charts; Level: Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate (B1+)
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