Rogers, Mickey <br/><br/>
openMind (Level 3) / 
Mickey Rogers, Joanne Taylore-Knowles, and Steve Taylore-Knowles ; Concept development, Mariela Gil Vierma. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - London, UK :  Macmillan Education,  2014. 
 - 159 p. :  col. ill. ;  30 cm +  1 DVD. 
 - The Mind Series .
<br/><br/> "B1+"--Page 4 of cover. 
<br/><br/>"OpenMind Level 3 is a ground-breaking general English course for adults that targets their language needs and provides them with the professional, academic, and personal skills they need for success in the 21st century. The Key Features of the series are:<br/>  Life Skills: Higher-order skills such as critical thinking, organizational, and learning skills that students need in order to be successful in their professional, academic, and everyday lives.<br/>  Language sub-skills with tips to support the development of the four language skills.<br/>  Step-by-step approach to grammar with grammar sections that provide a clear focus on the meaning, form, and function of the language.<br/>  Focus on functional language that helps learners improve their fluency and speaking skills.<br/>  Independent learning features throughout the course such as Notice!, Reflect, and How are you doing? boxes that encourage learners to analyze their own progress.<br/>  A range of video material and related worksheets that support the themes and key language from the Student’s Book. Student's Components:  Student’s Book Pack: Print Student's Book + webcode access to Student's Resource Center including extra downloadable video worksheets, Class Audio MP3s + DVD with video.<br/>  Student's Book Premium Pack: Print Student's Book + webcode access to Student's Resource Center and Online Workbook<br/>  Print Workbook + Audio CD pack (available with or without key)<br/>  Online Workbook: Booklet with webcode access to the Online Workbook Teacher's Components:<br/>  Teacher's Book Premium Pack: Print Teacher's Book with Class Audio CD + DVD + webcode access to Teacher's Resource Center, Online Workbook and Presentation Kit. (Book Cover) CONTENTS Unit 1 LIVE AND LEARN<br/>  READING: Reading for the main idea: an educational article<br/>  LISTENING: Listening to advice -- Function: talking about ways of learning<br/>  SPEAKING: Communication strategy: encouraging the speaker<br/>  WRITING: Writing a journal entry -- Function: expressing thoughts and feelings in writing<br/>  PRONUNCIATION: [j] vs. [dʒ]  GRAMMAR: Present perfect + yet/already -- Function: talking about goals -- Present perfect progressive -- Function: talking about recent events in your life<br/>  VOCABULARY: Take, Make, Do -- Function: talking about life experiences -- The Learning Process -- Function: talking about the learning process<br/>  LIFESKILLS: Self & Society: setting goals -- Function: discussing personal action plans Unit 2 THEN AND NOW<br/>  READING: Reading a magazine article -- Function: talking about memories<br/>  LISTENING: Identifying emotion and attitude: short conversations<br/>  SPEAKING: Talking about memories -- Function: sharing a remembered event<br/>  WRITING: Organizing a paragraph: paragraph structure<br/>  PRONUNCIATION: Sounds: contrastive stress<br/>  GRAMMAR: Used to -- Function: talking about past habits -- Past Perfect -- Function: talking about the past  VOCABULARY: Personality types -- Function: using qualifying phrases -- Memory -- Function: remembering things   LIFESKILLS: Study & Learning: preparing and giving a short presentation -- Function: giving feedback  Unit 3 BUYING POWER<br/>  READING: Reading for the main idea: an article<br/>   LISTENING: Listening to a complaint -- Function: talking about customer service<br/>  SPEAKING: Communication strategy: politely insisting<br/>  WRITING: Writing an opinion paragraph -- Functions: sequencing verbs; introducing a contrasting opinion; summarizing an opinion<br/>  PRONUNCIATION: Sounds: [ɪ] vs. [i]<br/>  GRAMMAR: Definite article The / Zero article -- Function: talking about advertising and ads -- Indirect questions -- Function: asking for help / information politely <br/>  VOCABULARY: Problems with products -- Function: talking about problems with products -- Solutions to problems with products -- Function: asking for solutions to problems politely<br/>  LIFESKILLS: Work & Career: persuading others -- Function: raising objections and making suggestions Unit 4 TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS<br/>  READING: Reading an online guide -- Function: talking about small businesses<br/>  LISTENING: Identifying emotion and attitude: short conversations<br/>  SPEAKING: Talking about a business -- Function: asking for and giving explanations<br/>  WRITING: Organizing a paragraph: arguing for or against a point of view<br/>  PRONUNCIATION: Words: compound nouns vs. compound adjectives<br/>  GRAMMAR: Causative Have and Get -- Function: talking about getting things done -- Adjectives ending in -ed/-ing -- Function: expressing thoughts and feelings<br/>  VOCABULARY: Business -- Function: talking about setting up a business -- Describing products and services -- Function: agreeing and disagreeing<br/>  LIFESKILLS: Work & Career: turning problems into opportunities -- Function: presenting a business idea Unit 5 THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE<br/>  READING: Distinguishing fact and opinion: a magazine article<br/>  LISTENING: Listening to phone messages -- Function: identifying and passing on key information<br/>  SPEAKING: Communication strategy: introducing a new topic<br/>  WRITING: Writing a short article -- Function: reporting on an interview<br/>  PRONUNCIATION: Words: say/says/said<br/>  GRAMMAR: Reported Speech -- Function: reporting what people said -- Reported Questions -- Function: reporting what people asked<br/>  VOCABULARY: Oral Communication -- Function: talking about oral communication -- Ask, Say, Tell -- Function: talking about oral communication with phrasal verbs<br/>  LIFESKILLS: Study & Learning: reporting information -- Function: reporting information about media Unit 6 DECISIONS, DECISIONS<br/>  READING: Reading an opinion webpage -- Function: discussing dilemmas<br/>  LISTENING: Predicting: short monologues<br/>  SPEAKING: Talking about hopes and wishes -- Function: expressing hopes and concerns<br/>  WRITING: Checking Your Work: writing an email<br/>  PRONUNCIATION: Words: past modals  GRAMMAR: Third Conditional -- Function: talking about unreal situations -- Hope and Wish -- Function: talking about hopes and wishes<br/>  VOCABULARY: Dealing with Problems -- Function: discussing problems and solutions -- Decisions -- Function: talking about making decisions<br/>  LIFESKILLS: Self & Society: becoming more self-aware -- Function: responding to feedback Unit 7 THINK AGAIN<br/>  READING: Distinguishing fact and opinion: an article<br/>  LISTENING: Listening to a short lecture -- Function: talking about child prodigies<br/>  SPEAKING: Communication Strategy: speculating <br/>  WRITING: Writing a for-and-against text -- Function: arguing opinions for and against<br/>  PRONUNCIATION: Words: tag questions<br/>  GRAMMAR:  Modals of deduction: must, can't, might/may/could -- Function: making deductions -- Tag Questions -- Function: double-checking information<br/>  VOCABULARY: adjective suffixes -ful, -less -- Function: describing people and feelings -- Improving Your Brain -- Function: discussing how to improve learning<br/>  LIFESKILLS: Study & Learning: thinking logically -- Function: discussing logical thinking Unit 8 STORIES WE TELL<br/>  READING: Reading a story -- Function: understanding a fictional narrative<br/>  LISTENING: Predicting: a traditional story <br/>  SPEAKING: Telling an anecdote -- Function: talking about an experience<br/>  WRITING: Checking your work: writing a story<br/>  PRONUNCIATION: Words: [ɔ] in multisyllable words<br/>  GRAMMAR: Relative clauses -- Function: giving information about people, places, and things -- Verb + Gerund/Infinitive -- Function: talking about experiences, habits, and opinions<br/>  VOCABULARY: Embarrassing events -- Function: talking about embarrassing events -- Adjectives for describing stories -- Function: talking about how stories make you feel<br/>  LIFESKILLS: Self & Society: learning from experience -- Function: discussing a past experience Unit 9 BODY TALK<br/>  READING: Speed reading: a long text<br/>   LISTENING: Listening to a medical consultation -- Function: asking and answering questions about symptoms<br/>  SPEAKING: Communication strategy: asking for clarification  WRITING: Writing a persuasive email -- Function: giving advice<br/>  PRONUNCIATION: Sounds: [əɾ]<br/>  GRAMMAR: Infinitive Clauses with Impersonal IT -- Function: giving advice for medical problems -- Wish and If only for regrets -- Function: expressing regrets  <br/>  VOCABULARY: Injuries -- Function: talking about injuries -- Health Problems and Symptoms -- Function: describing health problems and symptoms  <br/>  LIFESKILLS:  Study & Learning: developing your memory -- Function: discussing memory tools Unit 10 STAGE AND SCREEN<br/>  READING: Reading a magazine article -- Function: talking about entertainment<br/>  LISTENING: Taking notes: a lecture about television<br/>  SPEAKING: Talking about a live event -- Function: asking and answering questions about an event<br/>  WRITING: Writing descriptions: a descriptive paragraph<br/>  PRONUNCIATION: [æ] vs. [ʌ]<br/>  GRAMMAR: Non-defining relative clauses -- Function: writing a biographical paragraph -- Defining Relative Clauses -- Function: giving information about actors, actresses, and movies<br/>  VOCABULARY: At a live performance -- Function: talking about live performances -- At the Oscars -- Function: talking about movies<br/>  LIFESKILLS: Self & Society: understanding graphs -- Function: talking about graphs Unit 11 BREAKING THE RULES<br/>  READING: Speed Reading: a review of a TV show<br/>  LISTENING: Listening to an argument -- Function: discussing people's behavior in the past<br/>  SPEAKING: Communication strategy: using softening language to give criticism<br/>  WRITING: Writing a short story -- Function: using description in writing a short story<br/>  PRONUNCIATION: Sounds: [tʃ] vs. [ʃ] <br/>  GRAMMAR: Should/Shouldn't have -- Function: relying on post situations -- Was/Were going to and Was/Were supposed to -- Function: talking about unfulfilled plans and intentions<br/>  VOCABULARY: Breaking the Rules -- Function: talking about minor offenses -- Good and Bad Behavior -- Function: talking about good and bad behavior<br/>  LIFESKILLS: Work & Career: understanding graphs -- Function: talking about graphs Unit 12 JUST THE JOB!<br/>  READING: Reading job advertisements -- Function: talking about unusual jobs<br/>  LISTENING: Taking Notes: a lecture about theories of work<br/>  SPEAKING: Talking about ideal jobs -- Function: describing and answering questions about an ideal job<br/>  WRITING: Writing descriptions: describing the workplace<br/>  PRONUNCIATION: Words: stress patterns with phrasal verbs<br/>  GRAMMAR: So, such, too, enough -- Function: describing a degree or quality -- Separable and Non-Separable Phrasal Verbs -- Function: talking about setting up a business<br/>  VOCABULARY: The World of Work -- Function: talking about jobs -- Phrasal verbs for talking about work -- Function: talking about work and jobs<br/>  LIFESKILLS: Work & Career: preparing for a job interview -- Function: describing work experience Irregular verbs & Pronunciation symbols Communicative wrap-ups Grammar reference 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780230459724 (Student's Book Pack) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Films for foreign speakers.<br/>B1+ (CEFR).<br/>Intermediate.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>428.34 A3Z5o