McKay, Irene S.  <br/><br/>
Have Your Say 2 :  Listening and Speaking Skills and Practice /  
Irene S. McKay. 
 - 3rd Ed.  
 - Boston :  Oxford University Press,  2015. 
 - 232 p. :   ill. ;   28 cm  + 1 CD.  
 - Have Your Say .
<br/><br/>"Irene McKay has been teaching ESL at all levels in the Intensive English Program at George Brown College since 1970. Currently Professor and TESL Coordinator-International & Immigrant Education in the INTL School Of English As A Second Language, she has published four ESL books including two editions of OUP's Have Your Say!" (Publisher's Website) <br/>"Developed by an experienced and respected Canadian author and ESL instructor, Have Your Say 2 is part of a fresh new three-level series designed to motivate learners and provide them with the means for developing both proficiency and confidence in their ability to communicate. Featuring abundant interactive and cooperative activities for pairs and groups, the learner-centred collaborative approach and the right balance of carefully scripted and authentic listening material facilitate sustained exposure to authentic, meaningful language while guiding students to explore and practise a range of language structures in a variety of engaging contexts" (Book Cover).<br/> CONTENTS:<br/> Chapter 1: GETTING ACQUAINTED — Giving Information and Descriptions Thinking and Talking Listening 1: The New Neighbour - A Conversation<br/>  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing<br/>  Vocabulary and Language Chunks Speaking 1  Communication Focus 1: Introducing Yourself<br/>  Communication Focus 2: Introducing Others<br/>  Communication Focus 3: Conversation Openers - Making Small Talk Speaking 2  Communication Focus 4: Inviting<br/>  Communication Focus 5: Describing Personal Characteristics<br/>  Communication Focus 6: Complimenting<br/>  Communication Focus 7: Handling Problems in Communication Listening 2: Learning a New Language - An Interview<br/>  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing<br/>  Vocabulary and Language Chunks<br/>  Pronunciation<br/>  Pronunciation Focus: Words with Predictable Stress Patterns<br/>  Communicating in the Real World<br/>  Self-Evaluation <br/>Chapter 2: TELLING IT AS IT WAS - Experiences and Achievements<br/>  Thinking and Talking<br/> Listening 1: Farley Mowat, A Famous Canadian - A News Report  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing<br/>  Vocabulary and Language Chunks Speaking 1  Communication Focus 1: Talking about Past Experiences, Narrating<br/>  Communication Focus 2: Encouraging Conversation<br/>  Communication Focus 3: Describing Past Habits<br/>  Communication Focus 4: Explaining<br/> Listening 2: The Most Visited Places in the World - A Report  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing<br/>  Vocabulary and Language Chunks Speaking 2  Communication Focus 5: Talking about Similarities and Differences<br/>  Communication Focus 6: Paraphrasing<br/>  Pronunciation<br/>  Pronunciation Focus: Regular Past Tense Endings<br/>  Communicating in the Real World<br/>  Self-Evaluation Chapter 3: EXPANDING NETWORKS - Friends, Families, and Relationships  Thinking and Talking<br/> Listening 1: The Importance of Friendship - A Lecture<br/>  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing<br/>  Vocabulary and Language Chunks Speaking 1  Communication Focus 1: Requesting<br/>  Communication Focus 2: Responses to Requests<br/>  Communication Focus 3: Making Requests Using Indirect Questions/Statements<br/>  Communication Focus 4: Asking for and Giving Information about Present Actions That Started in the Past<br/>  Communication Focus 5: Getting Time to Think Listening 2: Canadian Families - A News Report  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing<br/>  Vocabulary and Language Chunks <br/>Speaking 2  Communication Focus 6: Expressing Necessity in the Present<br/>  Communication Focus 7: Expressing Necessity in the Past<br/>  Communication Focus 8: Asking for and Giving Instructions in   Describing a Process<br/>  Pronunciation<br/>  Pronunciation Focus: Intonation Patterns for Questions and Statements<br/>  Communicating in the Real World<br/>  Self-Evaluation Chapter 4: LIVING THE GOOD LIFE - Food and Lifestyles  Thinking and Talking<br/> <br/>Speaking 1  Communication Focus 1: Talking about Events in the Indefinite Past<br/>  Communication Focus 2: Expressing Likes and Dislikes<br/> Listening 1: Likes and Dislikes in Food - A Discussion<br/>  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing<br/>  Vocabulary and Language Chunks Speaking 2  Communication Focus 3: Describing Past Habits<br/> Listening 2: Exercise and Health - A CBC News Report<br/>  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing<br/>  Vocabulary and Language Chunks<br/>  Pronunciation<br/>  Pronunciation Focus: Stressed and Unstressed Words<br/>  Communicating in the Real World<br/>  Self-Evaluation Chapter 5: THRILLS AND CHILLS - Leisure, Sports, and Entertainment  Thinking and Talking Speaking 1<br/>  Communication Focus 1: Stating and Asking about Preferences Listening 1: Extreme Sports - A Radio Interview  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Vocabulary and Language Chunks Speaking 2<br/>  Communication Focus 2: Expressing Ability and Inability<br/>  Communication Focus 3: Expressing Advisability<br/>  Communication Focus 4: Regretting, Reprimanding, and Criticizing<br/>  Criticizing <br/>Listening 2: Is Violent Media Just Entertainment? - A Lecture  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing<br/>  Vocabulary and Language Chunks<br/>  Communication Focus 5: Summarizing<br/>  Communication Focus 6: Expressing Possibility/Speculating<br/>  Communication Focus 7: Expressing Possibility in the Past / <br/>  Speculating about Past Events<br/>  Pronunciation<br/>  Pronunciation Focus: Linking Words in Connected Speech<br/>  Communicating in the Real World<br/>  Self-Evaluation Chapter 6: LISTENING TO YOUR HEAD AND HEART - Emotions and Work  Thinking and Talking<br/> Listening 1: Social Intelligence and Leadership - An Interview  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing<br/>  Vocabulary and Language Chunks Speaking 1  Communication Focus 1: Expressing Assumptions and Probability<br/>  Communication Focus 2: Expressing Assumptions and Probability in the Past<br/>  Communication Focus 3: Expressing Emotions<br/>  Communication Focus 4: Making and Responding to Suggestions<br/>  Communication Focus 5: Apologizing and Responding Listening 2: Australia Flooded by Dream Job Applicants - A News Report  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing<br/>  Vocabulary and Language Chunks Speaking 2  Communication Focus 6: Giving Complex Descriptions<br/>  Communication Focus 7: Adding Information and Ideas to Maintain Conversation<br/>  Communication Focus 8: Describing Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities<br/>  Communication Focus 9: Interrupting<br/>Pronunciation<br/>  Pronunciation Focus: More on Linking Communicating in the Real World<br/>  Self-Evaluation<br/><br/> Chapter 7: UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENCES - Society and Culture  <br/>Thinking and Talking Listening 1: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language - An Interview  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing<br/>  Vocabulary and Language Chunks Speaking 1  Communication Focus 1: Making Recommendations and Predicting Consequences<br/>  Communication Focus 2: Restating and Hesitating<br/>  Communication Focus 3: Making Complaints<br/>  Communication Focus 4: Expressing Warnings and Prohibitions Listening 2: Copyright Laws - A Documentary Report  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing Vocabulary and Language Chunks  Pronunciation<br/>  Pronunciation Focus: Information Focus and Intonation<br/>  Communicating in the Real World<br/>  Self-Evaluation<br/> Chapter 8: RESPECTING OUR WORLD - Nature and the Environment  Thinking and Talking Speaking 1  Communication Focus 1: Using the Passive Voice to Ask for and Give Impersonal Information<br/> Listening 1: Elephants in Zoos - A Radio Interview  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing Vocabulary and Language Chunks Speaking 2<br/>  <br/>Communication Focus 2: Expressing Disapproval and Criticizing<br/>  Communication Focus 3: Expressing Opinions with Various Degrees of Certainty<br/>  Communication Focus 4: Expressing Regrets<br/>  Communication Focus 5: Hypothesizing Listening 2: The Effects of Climate Change on the Food Supply - A Documentary Report<br/>  Before You Listen<br/>  Listening for the Main Ideas<br/>  Listening Comprehension<br/>  Personalizing Vocabulary and Language Chunks<br/>  Pronunciation<br/>  Pronunciation Focus 1: Non-final Intonation and Final Intonation<br/>  Pronunciation Focus 2: Indicating Choices<br/>  Pronunciation Focus 3: Lists<br/>  Communicating in the Real World<br/>  Self-Evaluation Appendix Credits 
<br/><br/> Readership: High Intermediate English text for adult and young adult ESL learners needing to develop college-level English skills in listening, speaking, and pronunciation. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199011711 (Student Book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language --Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>English language --Listening and Speaking.--Studying and teaching <br/>English language --Problems and exercises.--Listening skills <br/>English language --Problems and exercises.--Speaking skills <br/>English language --Audio aid.--Listening and Speaking Skills