TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cotton,David
AU  - Falvey,David
AU  - Kent,Simon
AU  - Lebeau,Ian
AU  - Rees,Gareth
TI  - New Language Leader : Advanced
SN  - 9781447961437 (Coursebook)
PY  - 2015///
CY  - White Plains, NY
PB  - Pearson Education
KW  - English language
KW  - Exams
KW  - Questions
KW  - Vocabulary
KW  - Problems and exercises
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Pronunciation
KW  - Exercises
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Terminology
KW  - English
KW  - Language examinations
KW  - B2+-C1 (CEFR)
KW  - High-intermediate to Advanced
N1  - Consolidate students' knowledge of English with the New Language Leader Coursebook. Each of the 12 units covers essential content and English skills - grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, study skills and writing - all presented by means of contemporary topics that will catch students' interest.; 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 – EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT; GRAMMAR:  The continuous aspect - The perfect aspect; VOCABULARY: Issues in education - Reporting what others say - Suffixes (adjectives) - Abbreviations; READING: An article about role learning in the digital age - Profiles of three successful people - A CV - Evaluating effectiveness; LISTENING: A radio programme about education - Reacting to the text - A job interview; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing education - The qualities of successful people - Jobs and CVs; SCENARIO: Choosing an intern
; Key language: Stating requirements, saying what is essential and desirable
; Task: Choosing an intern; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Justifying opinions - A CV
; Study skills: Self-awareness
; Writing skills: A covering letter; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Helen Kempster, a career consultant, about job hunting and interviews; Unit 2 – TOURISM AND CONSERVATION; GRAMMAR: Past simple - Present perfect simple & past simple; VOCABULARY: Travel collocations - Multi-word verbs - The natural world; READING: Holiday brochure extracts - Analysing a genre - A text about the Galapagos islands - An article about the perfect beach - Evaluating advantages and disadvantages; LISTENING: An interview with the director of a conservation charity - Predicting; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Important factors for tourists - Specialised tourism - Discussing threats to the natural and built environment - Talk about the rules at a beach; SCENARIO: Granville Island
; Key language: Stating your position, clarifying
; Task: Participating in a meeting; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: A notice of rules for a beach
; Study skills: Planning and organising essays
; Writing skills: A problem-solution essay; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Noirin Hegarty from Lonely Planet, about the work of a travel publisher; Unit 3 – INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; GRAMMAR: Subordinate clauses - Modal perfect; VOCABULARY: Adjectives of character - Word sets – Abbreviations – Prioritising - International relations; READING: An article about national traits - An article about CERN - Extracts from interviews with ambassadors; LISTENING: A radio interview with an ambassador’s partner - Inferring attitude; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing stereotypes - Reflecting on your culture - Discussing international collaboration - Making criticisms; SCENARIO: The oil spill crisis
; Key language: Stating objectives, giving strong advice
; Task: Devising an action plan; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Using subordinate clauses
; Study skills: Active listening
; Writing skills: A speech; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Brendan Paddy from the Disasters Emergency Committee, about international aid; Unit 4 – HEALTH AND CARE; GRAMMAR: Cohesion 1 (linkers) - Future forms with be; VOCABULARY: Health collocations – Healthcare - The language of emotion; READING: An article about health and happiness - An article about healthcare spending - An article about nursing - Evaluating contrasting arguments - Replies to the article; LISTENING: A speech about healthcare provision - Identifying the author’s purpose - A speech by a VIP at a graduation ceremony for nurses; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Taking about health and fitness - Discussing health quotes - Discussing spending on healthcare - Describe and evaluate the healthcare system in your country - Working in healthcare; SCENARIO: Change your ways
; Key language: Justifying opinions
; Task: Choosing and planning a publicity campaign; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: An essay about the healthcare system in your country
; Study skills: Analysing visual information
; Writing skills: Describing visual information; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Neil Shah, Director of the Stress Management Society; Unit 5 – FASHION AND CONSUMERISM; GRAMMAR: Future in the past - Emphatic structures – Inversion - Cleft sentences; VOCABULARY: Consumer collocations - Compound adjectives formed with nouns - Suffixes (nouns 1); READING: The introduction to a radio series - An article about an iconic car - Combining sources of information - Headlines and article extracts about controversies in the fashion industry; LISTENING: An extract from a radio programme about Japan - Expanding the topic - A radio programme about fashion and social responsibility - Identifying support for main argument; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: A debate about materialism - Talking about design classics - Debating topics related to the fashion industry; SCENARIO: Retail revamp
; Key language: Discussing hypothetical ideas
; Task: Developing a recovery strategy; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: A description of one of your possessions
; Study skills: Reading complex texts effectively
; Writing skills: Summarising; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: interview with fashion designers Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz, about their company Cutecircuit; Unit 6 – TECHNOLOGY AND CHANGE; GRAMMAR: The passive - Complex noun phrases; VOCABULARY: Describing technology - Collocations; READING: A quiz about technology - Message board texts about technology - Analysing style - Texts about innovators in technology - Considering consequences - An article about DNA testing - Identifying advantages and disadvantages; LISTENING: A presentation - A question and answer session; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about advances in technology - Talking about technological change - Discussing DNA testing; SCENARIO: A radio debate
; Key language: Persuading, criticising, accepting criticism, offering counter-arguments
; Task: Participating in a debate; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: A message board text about technological advances - Improving written texts
; Study skills: Intercultural awareness
; Writing skills: Reporting a survey; VIDEO: Study Skills Video: a talk about studying in another country; Unit 7 – PEOPLE AND IDEAS; GRAMMAR: Quantifiers - Conditionals; VOCABULARY: Idioms with hand - Expressions of quantity - Irregular plurals; READING: An article about left-handed people - Applying ideas from the text - Texts about four great thinkers - Texts about good ideas; LISTENING: A lecture about creativity - A radio programme about Keynes and Aristotle - Evaluating a summary; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about creative and lateral thinking - Thinking of new uses for everyday objects - Talking about great thinkers - Identifying outcomes; SCENARIO: Camomila
; Key language: Approving ideas, expressing doubt/objections
; Task: A new plan for Camomila; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING
; Study skills: Critical thinking
; Writing skills: An opinion-led essay; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Mairi Ryan from the Royal Society of Arts, about their public events programme; Unit 8 – JOURNALISM AND MEDIA; GRAMMAR: Verb patterns - Prepositional verbs; VOCABULARY: The media; READING: Newspaper headlines - An article by journalist Simon Jenkins – Predicting - A transcript of a talk about an astronaut; LISTENING: Six people talking about their jobs - Justifying choices - A journalist talking to students - A talk about an astronaut - Five people talking about media; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about the media - Discussing headlines for a news programme - Talking about journalism - Talking about social media - Discussing the effectiveness of media - Evaluating effectiveness; SCENARIO: Sailing close to the wind
; Key language: Being cautious
; Task: Resolving ethical dilemmas; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING
; Study skills: Style and register
; Writing skills: Formal, neutral and informal emails; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Dr Nell Haynes, an anthropologist, about the impact of social media; Unit 9 – LAW AND SOCIETY; GRAMMAR: Adverbs of degree - Reporting using nouns; VOCABULARY: Idiomatic verb phrases - Justice systems - Noun conversion; READING: A book introduction - Identifying claims - Two approaches to juvenile delinquency - Two poems - Interpreting poetic language; LISTENING: Five extracts from a book - A talk on teenagers - Evaluating with criteria - A talk about international migration; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about social issues - Talking about juvenile crime and punishment - Talking about migration; SCENARIO: Lawmakers
; Key language: Balancing an argument
; Task: Amending and modifying the law; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing about migration - Write a poem
; Study skills: Synthesising information
; Writing skills: A synthesis; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with Nik Peachey, an educational consultant about body language in different cultures; Unit 10 – ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT; GRAMMAR: Non-finite clauses - Conversational English; VOCABULARY: Performance reviews - Academic verbs; READING: Reviews from a listings page - A press release about the Recycled Orchestra - Understanding and responding to vocabulary choices - Extracts about technology and media - Identifying and evaluating main points; LISTENING: Interviews with people who attended events - Musical extracts - A webcast about using the internet; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about the popularity of the arts - Describing an event - Discussing music - How music changes lives - Discussing technology and entertainment; SCENARIO: Global village
; Key language: An informal talk
; Task: Informal presentation; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: A review for an event - A press release for a concert
; Study skills: Seminar/Discussion skills
; Writing skills: Critical reflective writing; VIDEO: Study Skills Video: a seminar about the language of drama; Unit 11 – BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS; GRAMMAR: Alternatives to if - Phrasal verbs; VOCABULARY: Business and economic terms - Confusing words - Suffixes (nouns 2); READING: Stories from the business pages - An article about Fairtrade - Negotiating tips; LISTENING: A radio programme about microfinance; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about successful businesses - Deciding and justifying priorities - Talking about Fairtrade - Evaluating evidence - Talking about negotiating, considering alternative views; SCENARIO: Saving lives at sea
; Key language: Setting the agenda, responding to offers
; Task: Negotiating a contract; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: A summary of a budget - The first paragraph of an essay about microfinance
; Study skills: Making a business presentation, introduction, conclusion
; Writing skills: A tactful business email; VIDEO: Study Skills Video: a presentation about the launch of a new product; Unit 12 – SCIENCE AND NATURE; GRAMMAR: Cohesion 2 (substitution) - Nominalisation; VOCABULARY: Geological terms - Informal phrases - Collective nouns; READING: An article about life on Mars - Distinguishing fact from opinion - A text about plastic - Evaluating arguments - A blurb and extracts from a book - Understanding persuasive techniques; LISTENING: Three people talk about setting up a human colony on Mars - A podcast about plastic; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about space exploration and setting up a human colony on Mars - Reducing the consumption of plastic - Talking about insects and food production; SCENARIO: Ask the panel
; Key language: Referring to what other people have said
; Task: Taking part in a panel discussion; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Writing about setting up a human colony on Mars - Writing about reducing consumption of plastic
; Study skills: Examination skills
; Writing skills: A personal statement; VIDEO: Meet the Expert: an interview with professors Richard Kitney and Paul Freemont, about synthetic biology; Language reference; Meet the Expert; Communication Activities; Audioscripts; Irregular Verb List; Phonetic Charts; Level: High-Intermediate to Advanced (B2+-C1)
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