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020 _a9781305256347 (Student book)
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_beng
_cJCRC
100 1 _aDummett, Paul
245 1 0 _aLife 5 /
_cPaul Dummett, John Hughes, and Helen Stephenson.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aBoston :
_bNational Geographic Learning,
_c2015.
300 _a183 p. :
_bill. in col. ;
_c28 cm.
440 _aLife (NGL)
500 _aThe audio files are available on the student companion website.
500 _aAlso includes communication activities, grammar reference and audioscripts at the back of the student book.
505 _a "National Geographic Learning brings the world to your classroom with Life, a six-level integrated-skills series that develops fluency in American English. Through an exploration of real world content from National Geographic presented through stunning images, text, and video, learners will strengthen their existing global connections while learning the English skills needed for communication in the 21st century.
505 _aTo encourage a generation of informed decision-makers, Life prepares learners to think critically while teaching the English skills needed communicate effectively through:
_tInformation-rich topics that naturally promote curiosity and challenge learners to understand the themes In English on a deeper level.
_tDeveloping the 21st century skills needed in a technology-rich environment, like questioning authors and using visually literacy skills to infer meaning.
_tExplicit 'Critical Thinking' sections that take language learners from understanding, to evaluating, and finally to creating their own texts in English." (Publisher's Website)
505 _aTABLE OF CONTENTS:
505 _aUnit 1 - RELATIONSHIPS
_tGrammar: present tenses review; the passive voice
_tVocabulary: friends: nouns and phrasal verbs; wordbuilding: forming adjectives from nouns; word focus: get
_tReal Life (Functions): meeting people you know
_tPronunciation: expressive intonation
_tListening: part of a radio show about animal friendships
_tReading: an article about changing attitudes in China; an article about immigrant families in New York
_tCritical Thinking: identifying the main theme
_tSpeaking: your friends; the generation gap; family influences
_tWriting: text type: an informal email (1)
_tWriting skill: greetings and endings
_tVideo: Immigration
_tReview
505 _aUnit 2 - STORYTELLING
_tGrammar: simple past and present perfect; past tenses review: past continuous, simple past, past perfect, past perfect continuous
_tVocabulary: books and movies; wordbuilding: synonyms; word focus: keep
_tReal Life (Functions): reacting to stories
_tPronunciation: contracted negative forms; linking and assimilation
_tListening: an interview with a film critic
_tReading: a true story about dangerous animals; an article about the brothers Grimm
_tCritical Thinking: close reading
_tSpeaking: the movie of the book; a famous writer or filmmaker; narrow escapes; storytelling
_tWriting: text type: a story
_tWriting skill: using descriptive words
_tVideo: History of film
_tReview
505 _aUnit 3 – SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
_tGrammar: future forms review: will, going to, about to, present continuous; simple present; future continuous and future perfect
_tVocabulary: wordbuilding: prefixes; wordbuilding: compound nouns (noun + noun); useful devices; word focus: out of
_tReal Life (Functions): asking for and offering technical help
_tPronunciation: stress in two-syllable verbs
_tListening: a presentation about overpopulation
_tReading: an article about augmented reality; an article about appropriate technology
_tCritical Thinking: balancing arguments
_tSpeaking: global problems; overpopulation; information age; predictions; technological solutions
_tWriting: text type: short email requests
_tWriting skill: being polite
_tVideo: Augmented reality
_tReview
505 _aUnit 4 – ART AND CREATIVITY
_tGrammar: expressions of quantity; determiners
_tVocabulary: wordbuilding: suffixes; word focus: cool
_tReal Life (Functions): describing likes and dislikes
_tPronunciation: weak form: of
_tListening: part of a radio show about what’s on in Melbourne; an artist’s opinion about what art is
_tReading: an article about unusual street art; an article about the origins of rap
_tCritical Thinking: analyzing contrasts
_tSpeaking: participation in the arts; an art competition; music and values
_tWriting: text type: an online review
_tWriting skill: personalizing your writing
_tVideo: Urban art
_tReview
505 _aUnit 5 - DEVELOPMENT
_tGrammar: verb + infinitive or –ing; verbs with –ing and to + infinitive
_tVocabulary: features of a city; redevelopment; wordbuilding: adverb + adjective; re- wordbuilding: prefix re- with verbs and nouns; word focus: pick
_tReal Life (Functions): making decisions
_tPronunciation: rhyming words
_tListening: an interview with a reporter about social development in southern India
_tReading: an article about urban development in Dubai; an article about a hydroelectric dam in Laos
_tCritical Thinking: fact or opinion
_tSpeaking: changes in your town; a happy society; sensitive development; evaluating a development project
_tWriting: text type: an opinion essay
_tWriting skill: linking words
_tVideo: Aquarium on wheels
_tReview
505 _aUnit 6 – ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL
_tGrammar: not; negative and tag questions
_tVocabulary: phrasal verbs with in and out; wordbuilding: phrasal verbs with in and out; word focus: mind
_tReal Life (Functions): getting around
_tPronunciation: intonation in questions; intonation in sentences with two clauses
_tListening: an interview about volunteer vacations
_tReading: a blog about vacations at home; part of a travel magazine article on unusual hotels
_tCritical Thinking: claims and justifications
_tSpeaking: local knowledge; planning a staycation; opinions about travel; ideas for an unusual hotel
_tWriting: text type: a letter of complaint
_tWriting skill: formal language
_tVideo: East Timor
_tReview
505 _aUnit 7 – NATURAL RESOURCES
_tGrammar: mixed conditional sentences; wish, would rather, and if only
_tVocabulary: conservation, oil, wordbuilding: collocations related to one word; strong feelings; word focus: better
_tReal Life (Functions): making your point
_tPronunciation: sentence stress
_tListening: four people talking about saving water
_tReading: an article about Ecuador’s plan to protect resources; an article about Madagascar’s unique ecology
_tCritical Thinking: emotive language
_tSpeaking: how we use water; conservation; wishes
_tWriting: text type: a letter to the editor
_tWriting skill: giving vivid examples
_tVideo: Galapagos energy
_tReview
505 _aUnit 8 – THE NEWS
_tGrammar: reporting verbs; passive reporting verbs
_tVocabulary: photography; the feel-good factor; wordbuilding: forming adjectives from verbs; word focus: word
_tReal Life (Functions): reporting what you heard
_tPronunciation: the schwa
_tListening: four feel-good news stories
_tReading: an article about an iconic image; an article about the power of the press
_tCritical Thinking: different perspectives
_tSpeaking: the ethics of taking photographs; feel-good news; stories; reputations
_tWriting: text type: minutes from a meeting
_tWriting skill: impersonal language
_tVideo: Mount Fuji
_tReview
505 _aUnit 9 – TALENTED PEOPLE
_tGrammar: articles: the or no article?; relative clauses; reduced relative clauses
_tVocabulary: careers; wordbuilding: verb (+ preposition) + noun; collocations; word focus: long
_tReal Life (Functions): describing skills, talents, and experience
_tPronunciation: difficult words
_tListening: an interview about Emerging Explorers
_tReading: an article about an extraordinary career; an article about a woman who was king
_tCritical Thinking: weighing the evidence
_tSpeaking: a career path; personal qualities; women at work
_tWriting: text type: an online profile
_tWriting skill: writing in note form
_tVideo: Queen of Egypt
_tReview
505 _aUnit 10 – CUSTOMS AND BEHAVIOR
_tGrammar: habitual actions: present tenses, will; used to, usually, be used to, and get used to
_tVocabulary: raising children: verbs; food and eating habits; word focus: common; weddings; wordbuilding: word pairs
_tReal Life (Functions): describing traditions
_tPronunciation: the letter s
_tListening: part of a radio show about a tribe with an unusual diet
_tReading: an article about a ‘tiger mother’ approach to parenting; an article about body language
_tCritical Thinking: sources
_tSpeaking: typical behavior; food and eating habits; customs in your country; wedding traditions
_tWriting: text type: an informal email (2)
_tWriting skill: elision in informal writing
_tVideo: Eating insects
_tReview
505 _aUnit 11 – KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING
_tGrammar: could, was able to, manage to, and succeed in; future in the past
_tVocabulary: wordbuilding: idiomatic expressions; learning; word focus: learn
_tReal Life (Functions): getting clarification
_tPronunciation: contrastive sentence stress; linking in question forms
_tListening: a talk by a psychologist on memory
_tReading: an article about an ethnobotanist; an article about a parrot
_tCritical Thinking: reinforcing ideas
_tSpeaking: acquiring knowledge; memory tests; why you forgot; types of learners
_tWriting: text type: an email about a misunderstanding
_tWriting skill: linking contrasting ideas
_tVideo: Paraguay shaman
_tReview
505 _aUnit 12 – THE ECONOMY
_tGrammar: focusing adverbs only, just, even; focusing adverbs too, as well, also; causative have and get
_tVocabulary: money; domestic help; wordbuilding: the + adjective; getting things done; word focus: hard
_tReal Life (Functions): negotiating
_tPronunciation: the sounds [ʃ], [tʃ], [ʒ], and [dʒ]; sentence stress in idiomatic phrases
_tListening: an interview with the author of The Servant Economy
_tReading: an article about Norway’s riches; an article about an alternative economic model
_tCritical Thinking: signposts to key information
_tSpeaking: the economy in your country; getting things done; gift giving and exchange
_tWriting: text type: a report
_tWriting skill: subheadings and bullet points
_tVideo: Japan
_tReview
505 _aCommunication Activities
505 _aGrammar Reference
505 _aAudioscripts
521 _aFor advanced (C1 - CEFR) ESL learners.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_zUnited States
_vTextbooks for foreign speakers.
653 _aB2 (CEFR).
653 _aHigh-intermediate.
700 1 _aHughes, John
700 1 _aStephenson, Helen
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