TY - BOOK AU - McKay, Irene S. TI - Have Your Say 2: Listening and Speaking Skills and Practice / SN - 9780199011711 (Student Book) PY - 2015/// CY - Boston PB - Oxford University Press KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Studying and teaching KW - Listening and Speaking KW - Listening skills KW - Problems and exercises KW - Speaking skills KW - Listening and Speaking Skills KW - Audio aid N1 - "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); "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) ; CONTENTS ; Chapter 1: GETTING ACQUAINTED — Giving Information and Descriptions; Thinking and Talking; Listening 1: The New Neighbour - A Conversation ; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing ; Vocabulary and Language Chunks; Speaking 1; Communication Focus 1: Introducing Yourself ; Communication Focus 2: Introducing Others ; Communication Focus 3: Conversation Openers - Making Small Talk; Speaking 2; Communication Focus 4: Inviting ; Communication Focus 5: Describing Personal Characteristics ; Communication Focus 6: Complimenting ; Communication Focus 7: Handling Problems in Communication; Listening 2: Learning a New Language - An Interview ; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing ; Vocabulary and Language Chunks ; Pronunciation ; Pronunciation Focus: Words with Predictable Stress Patterns ; Communicating in the Real World ; Self-Evaluation; Chapter 2: TELLING IT AS IT WAS - Experiences and Achievements ; Thinking and Talking ; Listening 1: Farley Mowat, A Famous Canadian - A News Report; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing ; Vocabulary and Language Chunks; Speaking 1; Communication Focus 1: Talking about Past Experiences, Narrating ; Communication Focus 2: Encouraging Conversation ; Communication Focus 3: Describing Past Habits ; Communication Focus 4: Explaining ; Listening 2: The Most Visited Places in the World - A Report; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing ; Vocabulary and Language Chunks; Speaking 2; Communication Focus 5: Talking about Similarities and Differences ; Communication Focus 6: Paraphrasing ; Pronunciation ; Pronunciation Focus: Regular Past Tense Endings ; Communicating in the Real World ; Self-Evaluation; Chapter 3: EXPANDING NETWORKS - Friends, Families, and Relationships; Thinking and Talking ; Listening 1: The Importance of Friendship - A Lecture ; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing ; Vocabulary and Language Chunks; Speaking 1; Communication Focus 1: Requesting ; Communication Focus 2: Responses to Requests ; Communication Focus 3: Making Requests Using Indirect Questions/Statements ; Communication Focus 4: Asking for and Giving Information about Present Actions That Started in the Past ; Communication Focus 5: Getting Time to Think; Listening 2: Canadian Families - A News Report; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing ; Vocabulary and Language Chunks; Speaking 2; Communication Focus 6: Expressing Necessity in the Present ; Communication Focus 7: Expressing Necessity in the Past ; Communication Focus 8: Asking for and Giving Instructions in; Describing a Process ; Pronunciation ; Pronunciation Focus: Intonation Patterns for Questions and Statements ; Communicating in the Real World ; Self-Evaluation; Chapter 4: LIVING THE GOOD LIFE - Food and Lifestyles; Thinking and Talking ; Speaking 1; Communication Focus 1: Talking about Events in the Indefinite Past ; Communication Focus 2: Expressing Likes and Dislikes ; Listening 1: Likes and Dislikes in Food - A Discussion ; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing ; Vocabulary and Language Chunks; Speaking 2; Communication Focus 3: Describing Past Habits ; Listening 2: Exercise and Health - A CBC News Report ; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing ; Vocabulary and Language Chunks ; Pronunciation ; Pronunciation Focus: Stressed and Unstressed Words ; Communicating in the Real World ; Self-Evaluation; Chapter 5: THRILLS AND CHILLS - Leisure, Sports, and Entertainment; Thinking and Talking; Speaking 1 ; Communication Focus 1: Stating and Asking about Preferences; Listening 1: Extreme Sports - A Radio Interview; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Vocabulary and Language Chunks; Speaking 2 ; Communication Focus 2: Expressing Ability and Inability ; Communication Focus 3: Expressing Advisability ; Communication Focus 4: Regretting, Reprimanding, and Criticizing ; Criticizing; Listening 2: Is Violent Media Just Entertainment? - A Lecture; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing ; Vocabulary and Language Chunks ; Communication Focus 5: Summarizing ; Communication Focus 6: Expressing Possibility/Speculating ; Communication Focus 7: Expressing Possibility in the Past / ; Speculating about Past Events ; Pronunciation ; Pronunciation Focus: Linking Words in Connected Speech ; Communicating in the Real World ; Self-Evaluation; Chapter 6: LISTENING TO YOUR HEAD AND HEART - Emotions and Work; Thinking and Talking ; Listening 1: Social Intelligence and Leadership - An Interview; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing ; Vocabulary and Language Chunks; Speaking 1; Communication Focus 1: Expressing Assumptions and Probability ; Communication Focus 2: Expressing Assumptions and Probability in the Past ; Communication Focus 3: Expressing Emotions ; Communication Focus 4: Making and Responding to Suggestions ; Communication Focus 5: Apologizing and Responding; Listening 2: Australia Flooded by Dream Job Applicants - A News Report; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing ; Vocabulary and Language Chunks; Speaking 2; Communication Focus 6: Giving Complex Descriptions ; Communication Focus 7: Adding Information and Ideas to Maintain Conversation ; Communication Focus 8: Describing Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities ; Communication Focus 9: Interrupting Pronunciation ; Pronunciation Focus: More on Linking Communicating in the Real World ; Self-Evaluation ; Chapter 7: UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENCES - Society and Culture; Thinking and Talking; Listening 1: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language - An Interview; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing ; Vocabulary and Language Chunks; Speaking 1; Communication Focus 1: Making Recommendations and Predicting Consequences ; Communication Focus 2: Restating and Hesitating ; Communication Focus 3: Making Complaints ; Communication Focus 4: Expressing Warnings and Prohibitions; Listening 2: Copyright Laws - A Documentary Report; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing Vocabulary and Language Chunks; Pronunciation ; Pronunciation Focus: Information Focus and Intonation ; Communicating in the Real World ; Self-Evaluation ; 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 ; Listening 1: Elephants in Zoos - A Radio Interview; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing Vocabulary and Language Chunks; Speaking 2 ; Communication Focus 2: Expressing Disapproval and Criticizing ; Communication Focus 3: Expressing Opinions with Various Degrees of Certainty ; Communication Focus 4: Expressing Regrets ; Communication Focus 5: Hypothesizing; Listening 2: The Effects of Climate Change on the Food Supply - A Documentary Report ; Before You Listen ; Listening for the Main Ideas ; Listening Comprehension ; Personalizing Vocabulary and Language Chunks ; Pronunciation ; Pronunciation Focus 1: Non-final Intonation and Final Intonation ; Pronunciation Focus 2: Indicating Choices ; Pronunciation Focus 3: Lists ; Communicating in the Real World ; Self-Evaluation; Appendix; Credits; Readership: High Intermediate English text for adult and young adult ESL learners needing to develop college-level English skills in listening, speaking, and pronunciation UR - http://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780199011711.html ER -