TY - BOOK AU - Rogers, Mickey AU - Joanne Taylore-Knowles AU - Taylore-Knowles, Steve AU - Gil Vierma, Mariela TI - openMind (Level 3) SN - 9780230459724 (Student's Book Pack) AV - 428.34 A3Z5o PY - 2014/// CY - London, UK PB - Macmillan Education KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Films for foreign speakers KW - B1+ (CEFR) KW - Intermediate N1 - "B1+"--Page 4 of cover; "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 ; 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 ; Language sub-skills with tips to support the development of the four language skills ; Step-by-step approach to grammar with grammar sections that provide a clear focus on the meaning, form, and function of the language ; Focus on functional language that helps learners improve their fluency and speaking skills ; Independent learning features throughout the course such as Notice!, Reflect, and How are you doing? boxes that encourage learners to analyze their own progress ; 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 ; Student's Book Premium Pack: Print Student's Book + webcode access to Student's Resource Center and Online Workbook ; Print Workbook + Audio CD pack (available with or without key) ; Online Workbook: Booklet with webcode access to the Online Workbook; Teacher's Components ; 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 ; READING: Reading for the main idea: an educational article ; LISTENING: Listening to advice -- Function: talking about ways of learning ; SPEAKING: Communication strategy: encouraging the speaker ; WRITING: Writing a journal entry -- Function: expressing thoughts and feelings in writing ; PRONUNCIATION: [j] vs. [dʒ]; GRAMMAR: Present perfect + yet/already -- Function: talking about goals -- Present perfect progressive -- Function: talking about recent events in your life ; VOCABULARY: Take, Make, Do -- Function: talking about life experiences -- The Learning Process -- Function: talking about the learning process ; LIFESKILLS: Self & Society: setting goals -- Function: discussing personal action plans; Unit 2 THEN AND NOW ; READING: Reading a magazine article -- Function: talking about memories ; LISTENING: Identifying emotion and attitude: short conversations ; SPEAKING: Talking about memories -- Function: sharing a remembered event ; WRITING: Organizing a paragraph: paragraph structure ; PRONUNCIATION: Sounds: contrastive stress ; 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 ; READING: Reading for the main idea: an article ; LISTENING: Listening to a complaint -- Function: talking about customer service ; SPEAKING: Communication strategy: politely insisting ; WRITING: Writing an opinion paragraph -- Functions: sequencing verbs; introducing a contrasting opinion; summarizing an opinion ; PRONUNCIATION: Sounds: [ɪ] vs. [i] ; GRAMMAR: Definite article The / Zero article -- Function: talking about advertising and ads -- Indirect questions -- Function: asking for help / information politely ; VOCABULARY: Problems with products -- Function: talking about problems with products -- Solutions to problems with products -- Function: asking for solutions to problems politely ; LIFESKILLS: Work & Career: persuading others -- Function: raising objections and making suggestions; Unit 4 TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS ; READING: Reading an online guide -- Function: talking about small businesses ; LISTENING: Identifying emotion and attitude: short conversations ; SPEAKING: Talking about a business -- Function: asking for and giving explanations ; WRITING: Organizing a paragraph: arguing for or against a point of view ; PRONUNCIATION: Words: compound nouns vs. compound adjectives ; GRAMMAR: Causative Have and Get -- Function: talking about getting things done -- Adjectives ending in -ed/-ing -- Function: expressing thoughts and feelings ; VOCABULARY: Business -- Function: talking about setting up a business -- Describing products and services -- Function: agreeing and disagreeing ; LIFESKILLS: Work & Career: turning problems into opportunities -- Function: presenting a business idea; Unit 5 THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE ; READING: Distinguishing fact and opinion: a magazine article ; LISTENING: Listening to phone messages -- Function: identifying and passing on key information ; SPEAKING: Communication strategy: introducing a new topic ; WRITING: Writing a short article -- Function: reporting on an interview ; PRONUNCIATION: Words: say/says/said ; GRAMMAR: Reported Speech -- Function: reporting what people said -- Reported Questions -- Function: reporting what people asked ; VOCABULARY: Oral Communication -- Function: talking about oral communication -- Ask, Say, Tell -- Function: talking about oral communication with phrasal verbs ; LIFESKILLS: Study & Learning: reporting information -- Function: reporting information about media; Unit 6 DECISIONS, DECISIONS ; READING: Reading an opinion webpage -- Function: discussing dilemmas ; LISTENING: Predicting: short monologues ; SPEAKING: Talking about hopes and wishes -- Function: expressing hopes and concerns ; WRITING: Checking Your Work: writing an email ; PRONUNCIATION: Words: past modals; GRAMMAR: Third Conditional -- Function: talking about unreal situations -- Hope and Wish -- Function: talking about hopes and wishes ; VOCABULARY: Dealing with Problems -- Function: discussing problems and solutions -- Decisions -- Function: talking about making decisions ; LIFESKILLS: Self & Society: becoming more self-aware -- Function: responding to feedback; Unit 7 THINK AGAIN ; READING: Distinguishing fact and opinion: an article ; LISTENING: Listening to a short lecture -- Function: talking about child prodigies ; SPEAKING: Communication Strategy: speculating ; WRITING: Writing a for-and-against text -- Function: arguing opinions for and against ; PRONUNCIATION: Words: tag questions ; GRAMMAR: Modals of deduction: must, can't, might/may/could -- Function: making deductions -- Tag Questions -- Function: double-checking information ; VOCABULARY: adjective suffixes -ful, -less -- Function: describing people and feelings -- Improving Your Brain -- Function: discussing how to improve learning ; LIFESKILLS: Study & Learning: thinking logically -- Function: discussing logical thinking; Unit 8 STORIES WE TELL ; READING: Reading a story -- Function: understanding a fictional narrative ; LISTENING: Predicting: a traditional story ; SPEAKING: Telling an anecdote -- Function: talking about an experience ; WRITING: Checking your work: writing a story ; PRONUNCIATION: Words: [ɔ] in multisyllable words ; GRAMMAR: Relative clauses -- Function: giving information about people, places, and things -- Verb + Gerund/Infinitive -- Function: talking about experiences, habits, and opinions ; VOCABULARY: Embarrassing events -- Function: talking about embarrassing events -- Adjectives for describing stories -- Function: talking about how stories make you feel ; LIFESKILLS: Self & Society: learning from experience -- Function: discussing a past experience; Unit 9 BODY TALK ; READING: Speed reading: a long text ; LISTENING: Listening to a medical consultation -- Function: asking and answering questions about symptoms ; SPEAKING: Communication strategy: asking for clarification; WRITING: Writing a persuasive email -- Function: giving advice ; PRONUNCIATION: Sounds: [əɾ] ; GRAMMAR: Infinitive Clauses with Impersonal IT -- Function: giving advice for medical problems -- Wish and If only for regrets -- Function: expressing regrets ; VOCABULARY: Injuries -- Function: talking about injuries -- Health Problems and Symptoms -- Function: describing health problems and symptoms ; LIFESKILLS: Study & Learning: developing your memory -- Function: discussing memory tools; Unit 10 STAGE AND SCREEN ; READING: Reading a magazine article -- Function: talking about entertainment ; LISTENING: Taking notes: a lecture about television ; SPEAKING: Talking about a live event -- Function: asking and answering questions about an event ; WRITING: Writing descriptions: a descriptive paragraph ; PRONUNCIATION: [æ] vs. [ʌ] ; GRAMMAR: Non-defining relative clauses -- Function: writing a biographical paragraph -- Defining Relative Clauses -- Function: giving information about actors, actresses, and movies ; VOCABULARY: At a live performance -- Function: talking about live performances -- At the Oscars -- Function: talking about movies ; LIFESKILLS: Self & Society: understanding graphs -- Function: talking about graphs; Unit 11 BREAKING THE RULES ; READING: Speed Reading: a review of a TV show ; LISTENING: Listening to an argument -- Function: discussing people's behavior in the past ; SPEAKING: Communication strategy: using softening language to give criticism ; WRITING: Writing a short story -- Function: using description in writing a short story ; PRONUNCIATION: Sounds: [tʃ] vs. [ʃ] ; 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 ; VOCABULARY: Breaking the Rules -- Function: talking about minor offenses -- Good and Bad Behavior -- Function: talking about good and bad behavior ; LIFESKILLS: Work & Career: understanding graphs -- Function: talking about graphs; Unit 12 JUST THE JOB! ; READING: Reading job advertisements -- Function: talking about unusual jobs ; LISTENING: Taking Notes: a lecture about theories of work ; SPEAKING: Talking about ideal jobs -- Function: describing and answering questions about an ideal job ; WRITING: Writing descriptions: describing the workplace ; PRONUNCIATION: Words: stress patterns with phrasal verbs ; GRAMMAR: So, such, too, enough -- Function: describing a degree or quality -- Separable and Non-Separable Phrasal Verbs -- Function: talking about setting up a business ; VOCABULARY: The World of Work -- Function: talking about jobs -- Phrasal verbs for talking about work -- Function: talking about work and jobs ; LIFESKILLS: Work & Career: preparing for a job interview -- Function: describing work experience; Irregular verbs & Pronunciation symbols; Communicative wrap-ups; Grammar reference UR - http://www.macmillanmind.com/ UR - https://englishcentral.net/product/openmind-2nd-edition-level-3/ ER -