TY - BOOK AU - Tanka, Judith AU - Baker, Lida R. TI - Interactions 2: Listening/Speaking SN - 9780077595197 (Student Book) PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill ESL/ELT KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Study and teaching as a second language KW - College readers N1 - "Interactions/Mosaic prepares students for university classes by fully integrating every aspect of student life. Based on 28 years of classroom-tested best practices, the new and revised content, fresh modern look, and new online component make this the perfect series for contemporary classrooms." (Publisher's Website); CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1: Education and Student Life; Listening ; Listening for main ideas and details ; Getting meaning from intonation ; Recognizing compass directions ; Understanding expressions and statements of location ; Using the prepositions in, on, and at in addresses and locations; Speaking ; Asking for clarification ; Discussing personal views on academic honesty and cheating in the U.S ; Talking about academic honesty in different countries’ education systems ; Using expressions of location ; Describing map locations; Critical Thinking Skills ; Interpreting a photo ; Using a lecture introduction to predict content ; Taking effective lecture notes using indentation, keywords, and abbreviations and symbols ; Using a Venn diagram to compare and contrast ; Getting meaning from context; Vocabulary Building ; Terms for academic life ; Terms for writing papers and academic honesty ; Expressions for making, accepting, and refusing invitations ; Compass directions ; Expressions of location ; In, on, and at in addresses and locations; Pronunciation ; Identifying and practicing stressed words ; Identifying and practicing reduced pronunciation; Language Skills: Using context clues to guess information from conversations; CHAPTER 2: City Life; Listening ; Listening for main ideas and details ; Making inferences ; Listening for clues to relationships between people ; Following directions; Speaking ; Using the phrase by the way ; Opening and closing phone conversations ; Talking about crime ; Expressing frustration; Learning names of professions ; Requesting and giving directions ; Saying you don’t understand; Critical Thinking Skills ; Predicting questions speakers will ask ; Getting meaning from context ; Speculating about hypothetical situations ; Taking notes on statistics ; Using transitions as cues for note-taking ; Taking notes on an informal talk; Vocabulary Building ; Expressions for opening and closing conversations ; Terms for expressing frustration ; Expressions for requesting and giving directions ; Names of professions ; Terms for expressing lack of understanding ; Using the phrase "by the way"; Pronunciation ; Identifying and practicing stressed words ; Identifying and practicing reduced pronunciation; Language Skills: Using context clues to identify a speaker; CHAPTER 3: Business and Money; Listening ; Listening for main ideas and details ; Making inferences ; Distinguishing between can and can’t ; Distinguishing between teens and tens ; Recognizing expressions of advice; Speaking ; Talking about managing money ; Talking about entrepreneurs ; Talking about abilities ; Using the words borrow and lend ; Asking for, giving, and refusing advice; Critical Thinking Skills ; Outlining a lecture ; Getting meaning from context ; Taking notes on a process; Vocabulary Building ; Terms for talking about money ; Borrow vs. lend ; Expressions for asking for, giving, accepting, and rejecting advice ; Terms for talking about entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial process ; Terms related to banking; Pronunciation ; Identifying and practicing stressed words ; Identifying and practicing reduced pronunciation ; Pronouncing can and can’t ; Pronouncing teens and tens; Language Skills: Using context clues to identify banking services; CHAPTER 4: Jobs and Professions; Listening ; Listening for main ideas and details ; Making inferences ; Recognizing the intonation of tag questions ; Recognizing a sequence of events ; Taking notes on causes and effects; Creating abbreviations ; Taking notes on statistics; Speaking ; Talking about jobs and careers ; Apologizing and reconciling ; Role-playing a job interview ; Learning idioms related to housework ; Talking about “men's” and “women's” jobs ; Interviewing a person about his/her job ; Giving a short oral report; Critical Thinking Skills ; Interpreting information in a table ; Getting meaning from context ; Speculating about hypothetical situations ; Taking notes on a lecture ; Predicting the order of a set of pictures ; Using a matrix diagram to organize ideas; Vocabulary Building ; Terms related to jobs and careers ; Expressions for apologizing and reconciling ; Idioms related to housework ; Terms signaling cause and effect; Pronunciation ; Identifying and practicing stressed words ; Identifying and practicing reduced pronunciation ; Asking and answering negative tag questions; Language Skills: Using context clues to guess people’s jobs; CHAPTER 5: Lifestyles Around the World; Listening ; Listening for main ideas and details ; Making inferences ; Recognizing stress in two- and three-word verbs ; Speaking ; Talking about single parents ; Talking about changes in the American family ; Asking for help and favors ; Talking about numbers and percentages ; Comparing lifestyles in different countries; Critical Thinking Skills ; Interpreting information in a line graph ; Taking notes on a lecture ; Getting meaning from context ; Vocabulary building ; Two- and three-word verbs used in a conversation between neighbors ; Expressions used to ask for help or a favor ; Terms used to talk about changes in the American family ; Expressions used to signal examples ; Terms used for discussing lifestyles; Pronunciation ; Identifying and practicing stressed words ; Identifying and practicing the dropped h in unstressed words ; Pronouncing linked phrases ; Language skills: Using context clues to guess people's lifestyles ; CHAPTER 6: Global Connections; Listening: ; Listening for main ideas and details ; Taking notes on similarities and differences ; Identifying blended consonants ; Listening to a phone survey ; Speaking ; Talking about taking courses online ; Asking for help and permission, and information questions ; Interrupting politely ; Talking about body language customs in different cultures ; Discussing pros and cons in different situations ; Talking about different ways to travel ; Conducting a phone survey ; Critical Thinking Skills ; Interpreting body language in photos ; Taking effective notes on a lecture to put into an outline ; Getting meaning from context ; Using a chart to conduct a phone survey with your classmates ; Vocabulary Building ; Expressions for interrupting ; Expressions signalling similarity and difference ; Expressions used in phone surveys ; Pronunciation: ; Identifying and practicing stressed words ; Identifying intonation patterns ; Pronouncing names and sentences with blended consonants ; Language Skills: Using context clues to guess about ways to travel; CHAPTER 7: Language and Communication; Listening ; Listening for main ideas and details ; Making inferences ; Understanding statements with rising intonation ; Identifying correct spellings in a spelling bee ; Speaking: ; Discussing the meaning of friendship ; Comparing American and British English ; Contradicting politely ; Talking about stereotypes ; Using interjections ; Using expressions for guessing; Critical Thinking Skills ; Getting meaning from context ; Taking notes on classifications ; Vocabulary Building ; Terms used to talk about friendship vs. friendliness ; Terms used for talking about languages and dialects ; Examples of vocabulary differences between American and British English ; Interjections ; Expressions for guessing ; Slang expressions; Pronunciation: Identifying and practicing stressed words; Language Skills: Using context clues to guess about language and communication; CHAPTER 8: Tastes and Preferences; Listening ; Listening for main ideas and details ; Making inferences ; Understanding reduced questions ; Distinguishing between present and past yes/no questions ; Understanding comparisons of people ; Recognizing paraphrases; Speaking ; Talking about likes and dislikes ; Giving an impromptu speech ; Comparing the characteristics of generations ; Talking about fabs ; Expressing approval and disapproval ; Describing your ideal partner; Critical Thinking Skills ; Getting meaning from context ; Speculating about hypothetical situations ; Evaluating people's positive and negative qualities ; Interpreting the language of personal ads ; Taking notes in columns ; Predicting note organization; Vocabulary Building ; Expressions for likes and dislikes ; Expressions of approval and disapproval ; Terms signaling paraphrases ; Ways to say that something is popular; Pronunciation: Identifying and practicing stressed words; Language Skills ; Using context clues to identify people's tastes and preferences ; Using intonation to identify feelings; CHAPTER 9: New Frontiers; Listening: ; Listening for main ideas and details ; Recognizing persuasive language ; Distinguishing between -ed endings ; Following a journey on a map; Speaking ; Talking about "smart houses" ; Introducing surprising information ; Giving a persuasive speech ; Talking about new inventions and technological trends ; Expressing interest or surprise ; Talking about personal discoveries; Critical Thinking Skills ; Getting meaning from context ; Taking notes and outlining based on a lecture ; Recognizing signposts in a speech or lecture; Vocabulary Building ; Terms for talking about home efficiency ; Terms for technological advancements ; Expressions for persuasive language ; Terms for talking about voyages and discoveries ; Expressions that signal surprise; Pronunciation ; Identifying and practicing stressed words ; Pronouncing the th sound ; Pronouncing -ed endings; Language Skills: Recognizing signal words to guess the correct answer; CHAPTER 10: Ceremonies; Listening ; Listening for main ideas and details ; Making inferences ; Recognizing the meaning of affirmative tag questions ; Taking notes on wedding preferences; Speaking ; Using expressions to offer, accept, or decline help ; Talking about water in ceremonies around the world ; Asking and answering affirmative tag questions ; Offering congratulations and sympathy; Critical Thinking Skills ; Getting meaning from context ; Recognizing digressions in a lecture ; Comparing celebrations across cultures; Vocabulary Building ; Expressions to offer, accept, or decline help ; Terms to express congratulations and sympathy ; Expressions signaling digressions in a lecture ; Terms related to ceremonies; Pronunciation ; Identifying and practicing stressed words ; Using correct stress in compound phrases; Language Skills: Using context clues to identify ceremonies UR - https://www.mheducation.ca/highereducation/products/9780077595197/interactions+2+listening+and+speaking+student+book/ ER -