TY - BOOK AU - Lansford,Lewis AU - Lockwood,Robyn Brinks AU - Blackwell,Angela AU - Cavage,Christina TI - Prism Listening and Speaking 3 SN - 9781316620991 ((Student Book with Online Workbook) U1 - 428.24 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Listening comprehension KW - Study and teaching KW - Spoken English KW - fast KW - B2 (CEFR) KW - High-intermediate KW - Textbooks KW - for foreign speakers N1 - Includes online workbook activation code; "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 GLOBALIZATION (Academic Disciplines: Cultural Studies / Sociology) ; Watch and Listen: ; Listenings: ; Listening Skills: KEY SKILL: Activating prior knowledge -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for opinion; Understanding cause and effect; Taking notes; Synthesizing ; Pronunciation for Listening: ; Language Development: ; Critical Thinking: ; Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: Presenting data; Describing a pie chart; Drawing conclusions from data ; Speaking Task:; On Campus:; Unit 2 EDUCATION (Academic Disciplines: Communications / Education); Watch and Listen: ; Listenings: ; Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Listening for advice and suggestions; Making inferences -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for opinion; Taking notes; Synthesizing ; Pronunciation for Listening: ; Language Development: ; Critical Thinking: ; Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: Giving an opinion and making suggestions; Agreeing and disagreeing respectfully; Compromising and finalizing a decision -- PRONUNCIATION: Certain and uncertain intonation ; On Campus:; Unit 3 MEDICINE (Academic Disciplines: Health Sciences / Medicine); Watch and Listen: ; Listenings: ; Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Identifying contrasting opinions; Strengthening points in an argument -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for opinion; Listening for attitude; Listening for details; Taking notes; Synthesizing ; Pronunciation for Listening: ; Language Development: ; Critical Thinking: ; Speaking: ; On Campus:; Unit 4 THE ENVIRONMENT (Academic Disciplines: Ecology / Environmental Studies); Watch and Listen: ; Listenings: ; Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Distinguishing main ideas from details; Taking notes on main ideas and details -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for opinion; Listening for text organization; Summarizing; Taking notes; Synthesizing ; Pronunciation for Listening: ; Language Development: ; Critical Thinking: ; Speaking: ; On Campus:; Unit 5 ARCHITECTURE (Academic Disciplines: Architecture / Urban Planning); Watch and Listen: ; Listenings: ; Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Understanding figurative language; Understanding strong and tentative suggestions -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for attitude; Taking notes; Synthesizing ; Pronunciation for Listening: ; Language Development: ; Critical Thinking: ; Speaking: ; On Campus:; Unit 6 ENERGY (Academic Disciplines: Engineering / Physics); Watch and Listen: ; Listenings: ; Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Understanding digressions; Understanding persuasive techniques -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for text organization; Taking notes; Synthesizing ; Pronunciation for Listening: ; Language Development: ; Critical Thinking: ; Speaking: ; On Campus:; Unit 7 ART AND DESIGN (Academic Disciplines: Design / Fine Arts) ; Watch and Listen: ; Listenings: ; Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Inferring opinions; Distinguishing fact from opinion -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Predicting content using visuals; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for opinion; Making inferences; Taking notes; Synthesizing ; Pronunciation for Listening: ; Language Development: ; Critical Thinking: ; Speaking: ; On Campus:; Unit 8 AGING (Academic Disciplines: Economics / Sociology) ; Watch and Listen: ; Listenings: ; Listening Skills: KEY SKILL: Understanding specific observations and generalizations -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Taking notes; Synthesizing ; Pronunciation for Listening: ; Language Development: ; Critical Thinking: ; Speaking: ; On Campus: UR - https://www.cambridge.org/ca/cambridgeenglish/catalog/english-academic-purposes/prism/prism-level-3-students-book-online-workbook-listening-and-speaking?isbn=9781316620991&&format=DO ER -