Q : Skills for Success 5 : Listening and Speaking (2nd ed.) /
Susan Earle-Carlin.
- 2nd ed.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- 234 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
- Q : Skills for Success .
CONTENTS How to Register for iQOnline UNIT 1 PSYCHOLOGY Q: How does language affect who we are? Listening 1: My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey Listening Skill: Making inferences Note-taking Skill: Organizing notes in chronological order using a tiimeline Listening 2: The Story of My Life Unit Video: Elderspeak Vocabulary Skill: Negative prefixes Grammar: Passive voice Pronunciation: Emphatic word stress Speaking Skill: Using figurative language Unit Assignment: Narrate a personal experience UNIT 2 EDUCATION Q: Where can work, education, and fun overlap? Listening 1: Voluntourism Unit Video: Volunteer Tourism Listening Skill: Listening for examples Note-taking Skill: Organizing notes in a Venn diagram Listening 2: Science Fairs and Nature Reserves Vocabulary Skill: Compound words Grammar: Comparative structures Pronunciation: Intonation with choices Speaking Skill: Discussing preferences and alternatives Unit Assignment: Plan and present a school trip UNIT 3 PSYCHOLOGY Q: How can the eyes deceive the mind? Unit Video: Wheel Illusions Note-taking Skill: Using prior knowledge to prepare and organize notes Listening 1: Wild Survivors Listening Skills: Recognizing appositives that explain Listening 2: Caught Off Guard Vocabulary Skill: Word form and suffixes Grammar: Relative clauses Pronunciation: Stress shifts with suffixes Speaking Skill: Clarifying information Unit Assignment: Give a group presentation on the uses of visual deception UNIT 4 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Q: What does it mean to be a global citizen? Note-taking Skill: Using a T-chart to taking notes on problems and solutions Listening 1: The Campaign to Humanize the Coffee Trade Listening Skill: Listening for facts and figures Listening 2: The UN Global Compact Unit Video: Red Cross Rescue Vocabulary Skill: Collocations Grammar: Reported speech Pronunciation: Linking with final consonants Speaking Skill: Citing Sources Unit Assignment: Report on a global problem UNIT 5 SOCIOLOGY
Q: How do you make a space your own? Unit Video: Frank Gehry Note-taking Skill: Organizing notes into a formal outline Listening 1: Environmental Psychology Listening Skill: Recognizing organizational cues Listening 2: What Your Stuff Says about You Vocabulary Skill: Words with multiple meanings Grammar: Conditionals Pronunciation:Thoughts groups Speaking Skill: Giving advice Unit Assignment: Role-play a talk show Unit 6 Marketing Q: Where do new ideas comes from? Listening 1: Alternative Ideas in Medicine Listening Skill: Distinguishing between facts and opinions Note-taking Skill: Taking notes on process and development Listening 2: Boulder Bike-to-School Program Unit Video: Inventionland Vocabulary Skill: Idioms and informal expressions Grammar: Noun clauses Pronunciation: Conditional modals: affirmative and negative Speaking Skill: Using formal and informal language Unit Assignment: Market a new idea UNIT 7 CULTURAL STUDIES Q: How do people react to change? Unit Video: New Jobs Note-taking Skill: Using notes to summarize anecdotal evidence Listening 1: The Reindeer People Listening Skill: Recognizing attitudes Listening 2: High-Tech Nomads Vocabulary Skills: Phrasal verbs Grammar: Gerunds and infinitives Pronunciation: Consonant variations Speaking Skill: Paraphrasing Unit Assignment: Conduct a personal interview UNIT 8 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Q: Where should the world's energy come from? Note-taking Skill: Organizing notes to prepare for a debate Listening 1: Energy: What's the Least Worst Option? Listening Skill: Listening for cause and effect Listening 2: Tapping the Energy of the Tides Unit Video: Tidal Turbines Vocabulary Skill: Greek and Latin word roots Grammar: Adverb clauses Pronunciation: Sentence rhythm Speaking Skill: Debating opinions Unit Assignment: Debate the future of energy Audio Track List Author and Consultants How to Use iQ Online Vocabulary List and CEFR Correlation
9780194819527 (Student Book)
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