Oxenden, Clive <br/><br/>
American English File 4 / 
Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig, and Jane Hudson. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2009. 
 - 5 v. :  ill. ;  30 cm. + 
 - American English File .
<br/><br/>"Four-skills American English course with a communicative methodology, engaging texts, and a strong pronunciation syllabus - designed to get students speaking. With texts and topics that make learners want to speak, American English File is the course that gets students talking. <br/> It gives you full skills coverage with a clear focus on pronunciation, plus wide-ranging support and resources too."(Publisher's website) CONTENTS UNIT 1:  a. Q and A  Grammar: review question formation<br/>  Vocabulary : guessing meaning from context<br/>  Pronunciation : intonation, stress, and rhythm in questions B. Do you believe it?<br/>  Grammar: auxiliary verbs; the...the...+ comparatives<br/>  Vocabulary: personality<br/>  Pronunciation: using a dictionary to check word stress; intonation and sentence rhythm C. You`re the doctor!<br/>  Grammar: present perfect (simple and continuous)<br/>  Vocabulary : illness and treatment<br/>  Pronunciation : consonant and vowel sounds COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH<br/>  What does the future hold? WRITING<br/>  An informal e-mail/letter REVIEW & CHECK<br/>  What do you remember? What can you do?  UNIT 2 :<br/> A. National stereotype: truth or myth?<br/>  Grammar : adjective as nouns, adjective order<br/>  Vocabulary: clothes and fashion<br/>  Pronunciation : vowels sounds B. Air travel : the inside story<br/>  Grammar: narrative tenses, past perfect continuous; so/such ...that<br/>  Vocabulary: air travel<br/>  Pronunciation: irregular past forms C. Incredibly short stories<br/>  Grammar: adverbs and adverbial phrases<br/>  Vocabulary:  confusing adverbs and adverbial phrases<br/>  Pronunciation: word and sentences stress COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH<br/>  Flying high WRITING<br/>  A short story REVIEW & CHECK<br/>  What do you remember? What can you do?  UNIT 3:  A. The one place a burglar won`t look<br/>  Grammar: passive (all forms), it is said that he is thought to..., etc.<br/>  Vocabulary: crime and punishment<br/>  Pronunciation: the letter u B. Stormy weather<br/>  Grammar: future perfect and future continuous<br/>  Vocabulary: weather<br/>  Pronunciation: vowel sounds COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH  High risk? WRITING<br/>  Expressing your opinion REVIEW & CHECK<br/>  What do you remember? What can you do? UNIT 4:<br/> A. Would you get out alive?<br/>  Grammar: unreal conditionals<br/>  Vocabulary: feelings<br/>  Pronunciation: sentences rhythm B. How I trained my husband<br/>  Grammar: past modals; would rather, had better<br/>  Vocabulary: verbs often confused<br/>  Pronunciation: reduced form of have C. Let your body do the talking<br/>  Grammar: verbs of the senses<br/>  Vocabulary: the body.<br/>  Pronunciation: silent letters COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH<br/>  Stage and screen WRITING<br/>  An article REVIEW & CHECK<br/>  What do you remember? What can you do? UNIT 5:<br/> A. The psychology of music<br/>  Grammar : gerunds and infinitives<br/>  Vocabulary: music<br/>  Pronunciation: ch and y B. Counting sheep<br/>  Grammar: used to, be used to, get used to<br/>  Vocabulary: sleep<br/>  Pronunciation: linking words C. Breaking news<br/>  Grammar: reporting verbs; as<br/>  Vocabulary: the media<br/>  Pronunciation: word stress COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH<br/>  Music festivals WRITING<br/>  A formal letter REVIEW & CHECK<br/>  What do you remember? What can you do? UNIT 6:<br/> A. Speaking to the world<br/>  Grammar: articles<br/>  Vocabulary: collocation: words pairs<br/>  Pronunciation: sentence stress B. Bright lights, big city<br/>  Grammar: uncountable, plural, and collective nouns; have something done<br/>  Vocabulary: cities and towns<br/>  Pronunciation: word stress in multisyllable words C. Eureka!<br/>  Grammar: quantifiers: all/every, etc<br/>  Vocabulary: science<br/>  Pronunciation: changing stress in word families COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH<br/>  Great cities WRITING<br/>  A report REVIEW & CHECK<br/>  What can you remember? What can you do? UNIT 7: <br/> A. I wish you wouldn't...!<br/>  Grammar: structure after wish<br/>  Vocabulary: -ed/ -ing adjectives and related verbs; expressions with go<br/>  Pronunciation: sentence rhythm B. A test of honesty<br/>  Grammar: clauses of contrast and purpose; whatever, whenever, etc.<br/>  Vocabulary: business and advertising<br/>  Pronunciation: changing stress in nouns and verbs C. Tingo<br/>  Grammar: relative clauses<br/>  Vocabulary: prefixes<br/>  Pronunciation: word stress COLLOQUIAL ENGLISH<br/>  Words WRITING<br/>  "For and against" REVIEW & CHECK<br/>  What do you remember? What can you do? Communication Audioscripts Grammar Bank Vocabulary Bank Phrasal verbs in context Sound Bank 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780194774642 (Student Book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Study and teaching.--United States<br/>English language--United States--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>B2 (CEFR)<br/>High Intermediate.