Prism Listening and Speaking 4 /
Prism, Listening and speaking, Level 4, Student workbook Listening and speaking (Prism), Level 4, Student workbook
Jessica Williams, with Angela Blackwell, Christina Cavage, Laurie Frazier, and Jeanne Lambert (Teacher's Manual).
- 223 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + Teacher's Manual (120 p. ; 26 cm.)
- Prism .
Includes online workbook activation code. Located in TESOL/ESL Text.
"Paired skills course focusing on critical thinking, academic skills, and language students need most. Prism is a five-level (A1 to C1), American English paired-skills course (Reading/Writing and Listening/Speaking), created for students who need to develop a range of academic skills. This Level 4 (C1) Listening and Speaking Student's Book prepares students for college classes by developing their listening, speaking, critical thinking, and pronunciation skills, including pronunciation for listening. Special sections teach how to be a successful college student, and the accompanying video program sets the stage for each unit's topic. Inside the book is a single-use code for the online workbook. This provides automatically graded extra practice and works on PCs and Macs." (Publisher's Website) SCOPE AND SEQUENCE Unit 1 CONSERVATION (Academic Disciplines: Agriculture / Economics / Environmental Studies) Watch and Listen: Pelicans Threatened by Oil Listenings: 1. A lecture about whether sustainable agriculture is a viable option -- 2. A panel discussion about how to assign responsibility for climate change Listening Skills: Key Skills - Listening to introductions; Rhetorical questions as signals -- Additional Skills: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Taking notes; Listening for opinion; Listening for details; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Intonation of complete and incomplete ideas Language Development: Parallel structure in comparisons; Language for blame and responsibility Critical Thinking: Analyzing issues Speaking: Speaking Skill: Challenging other points of view -- Pronunciation: Intonation of complete and incomplete ideas Speaking Task: Have an informal debate about the mission of national parks. Is their primary purpose to protect the natural world from human activity or to encourage responsible human interaction with nature? Is it possible to accomplish both of these goals? On Campus: Life Skill: Volunteering and community service Unit 2 DESIGN (Academic Disciplines: Design Technology / Manufacturing / Marketing) Watch and Listen: The Appeal of Large Cell Phones Listenings: 1. A presentation on current and future uses for 3D printing; 2. A student presentation about planned obsolescence Listening Skills: Key Skills - Using a graphic organizer to capture main ideas and details; Reviewing and organizing notes -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Predicting content using visuals; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for opinion; Summarizing; Synthesizing
Pronunciation for Listening: Word stress Language Development: Using cause-and-effect phrases -- Degree expressions Critical Thinking: Evaluating pros and cons Speaking: Speaking Skill: Acknowledging other arguments -- Pronunciation: Stress in compound nouns and noun phrases Speaking Task: Give a group presentation about a product that you believe was designed for obsolescence. Discuss the reasons, both positive and negative, why it was designed in this way. On Campus: Presentation Skill: Incorporating visuals Unit 3 PRIVACY (Academic Disciplines: Information Technology / Law / Political Science) Watch and Listen: Security Breaches at Big-Box Stores Listenings: 1. A public presentation about Internet security and privacy -- 2. A moderated forum on individual privacy and national security Listening Skills: Key Skills - Listening for opinions; Listening for facts and supporting information -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Taking notes; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Sentence stress Language Development: Subject-verb agreement with quantifiers -- Collocations: online activity; legal terms Critical Thinking: Eliciting information via surveys Speaking: Speaking Skills: Explaining data from graphics; Presenting conclusions from research -- Pronunciation: Question intonation Speaking Task: Present data that you have collected from a survey and the conclusions that you have drawn from it. On Campus: Study Skill: Adapting to teaching styles Unit 4 BUSINESS (Academic Disciplines: Business / Finance / Managament) Watch and Listen: A New Chapter for Independent Bookstores Listenings: 1. A lecture about disruptive innovation -- 2. An overview of the business model of a nonprofit organization Listening Skills: Key Skills - Listening for definitions; Understanding figurative language -- Additional Skills: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Summarizing; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Making inferences; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Thought groups Language Development: Extreme comparisons and contrasts -- Academic alternatives Critical Thinking: Brainstorming and narrowing Speaking: Speaking Skills: Crafting a pitch Speaking Task: Make a pitch to get a venture started. Your goal is to get funding (investment or donations) for your peer-to-peer business or nonprofit organization. On Campus: Communication Skill: Participating in group discussions Unit 5 PSYCHOLOGY (Academic Disciplines: Biology / Neuroscience / Psychology) Watch and Listen: Modern Shock Therapy Listenings: 1. A planning session for a group presentation on first impressions -- 2. A lecture on navigation techniques and the brain Listening Skills: Key Skills - Listening for generalizations and summaries; Listening for dependency relationships -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Taking notes; Summarizing; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Emphasis within thought groups Language Development: Noun clauses with wh- words and if/whether -- Academic word families Critical Thinking: Synthesizing information from multiple sources Speaking: Speaking Skills: Talking about research incorporating visual support Speaking Task: Give a group presentation about research on some aspect of human behavior. Support your presentation with slides. On Campus: Study Skill: Staying motivated Unit 6 CAREERS (Academic Disciplines: Business / Education / Human Resources) Watch and Listen: Returnships: Hiring Moms
Listenings: 1. A special presentation by a career counselor for computer science majors -- 2. A workshop about job interview skills Listening Skills: Key Skills - Taking unstructured notes as you listen; Identifying persuasive appeals -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Predicting content using visuals; Understanding key vocabulary; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Taking notes; Summarizing; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Reduction of auxiliary verbs Language Development: Degree expressions with so...that; such a... that -- Emphatic expressions Critical Thinking: Understanding job descriptions Speaking: Speaking Skills: Body language -- Preparing for a job interview Speaking Task: Participate in a mock job interview On Campus: Study Skill: Preparing for tests Unit 7 HEALTH SCIENCES (Academic Disciplines: Environmental Sciences / Health Sciences / Medicine) Watch and Listen: Water Pollution in West Virginia Listenings: 1. A talk about environmental health and the increase of asthma -- 2. A community meeting about water quality Listening Skills: Key Skills - Taking unstructured notes as you listen; Identifying persuasive appeals -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Predicting content using visuals; Understanding key vocabulary; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Taking notes; Summarizing; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Contrastive stress Language Development: Establishing cohesion with so and such -- Adjectives of strong disapproval Critical Thinking: Understanding motivation Speaking: Speaking Skill: Inclusive language -- Pronunciation: Emphasis for emotional appeal Speaking Task: Participate in a community meeting about a local environmental health crisis. On Campus: Life Skill: Seeking medical treatment Unit 8 COLLABORATION (Academic Disciplines: Business / Political Science / Sociology) Watch and Listen: Are Office Meetings Useful? Listenings: 1. A training session on group dynamics and the "bad apple" effect -- 2. Class discussion about two systems for decision making Listening Skills: Key Skills - Using anecdotes and proverbs to illustrate larger ideas -- Additional Skills: Using your knowledge; Understanding key vocabulary; Summarizing; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Taking notes; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Contracted forms of will Language Development: Wh- clefts -- Collocations: prepositions Critical Thinking: Cost-benefit analyses Speaking: Speaking Skill: Steps for consensus building -- Collaborative language: suggestion and concession Speaking Task: Participate in a consensus-building decision-making task to decide on future food service operations at your school. On Campus: Presentation Skill: Handling audience questions
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers. Listening comprehension--Textbooks for foreign speakers. English language--Spoken English--Textbooks for foreign speakers. Listening--Problems, exercises, etc. Speaking--Problems, exercises, etc. C1 (CEFR). Advanced. English language. English language--Spoken English. Listening comprehension.