TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lebeau,Ian
AU  - Rees,Gareth
TI  - New Language Leader : Elementary
SN  - 9781447961468 (Coursebook)
PY  - 2014///
CY  - White Plains, NY
PB  - Pearson Education
KW  - English language
KW  - Exams
KW  - Questions
KW  - Vocabulary
KW  - Problems and exercises
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Pronunciation
KW  - Exercises
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Terminology
KW  - English
KW  - Language examinations
KW  - B2+-C1 (CEFR)
KW  - High-intermediate / Advanced
KW  - A1-A2+ (CEFR)
KW  - Beginner / Pre-Intermediate
N1  - "Find everything your students need to succeed in the New Language Leader Coursebook: 12 units that cover grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, study skills and writing; The Coursebook offers a variety of material on contemporary issues that will help students negotiate academic life successfully; Scenarios give students the opportunity to apply language in real-life situations and develop valuable communication skills.; Study Skills sections, with videos, provide useful tips and training for a successful academic life.; “Meet the Expert” videos develop listening skills and provide inspiring topics for discussion; Exam practice is embedded in each unit to prepare students for high-stakes tests such as IELTS and PTE Academic. This makes the New Language Leader Coursebook the ideal material to ensure students’ success." (Publisher's Website); CONTENTS; Unit 1 - CITIES; GRAMMAR: To be - There is / there are (+ any); VOCABULARY: Cities - Adjectives - Places in a city - More Places in a city - Adjectives - Linkers: and; READING: 10 facts about my city - Understanding main points - Famous cities - City focus: Cambridge - City fact file: Toronto; LISTENING: Understanding context - Conversation between a teacher and a student - TV programme: I love my city - Describing the centre of Cambridge; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Describe cities - Find out about different cities - Contractions - Schwa; SCENARIO
; Key language: saying where places are
; Task: using a map
; Scenario: describing where places are in a town; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write about your city or town
; Study skills: using your dictionary
; Writing skills: a city description; VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Adam Gadsby, an international publisher, about interesting cities; Unit 2 - WORK AND STUDY; GRAMMAR: Present simple - Present simple questions; VOCABULARY: Jobs and places of work - At university - At work; READING: People at work - Identifying speakers - University website - Identifying audience - Job advert - CV; LISTENING: Interview with a student about her life and habits - Information about a job; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talk about yourself and your studies/job - Interview other students about their lives - Word stress; SCENARIO
; Key language: asking for information
; Task: describing jobs
; Scenario: finding out about different jobs; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write about students in a survey - Capital letters; Study skills: using your dictionary
; Writing skills: a CV; VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Chris Holt, a pilot, about his working and home lives; Unit 3 - NATURE; GRAMMAR: Question words - Adverbs of frequency - Pronouns: it and they; VOCABULARY: Verbs connected with water - Adjectives - Classroom objects - Linkers; READING: What do you know about water? - Job advert and two job profiles - Information on three charities; LISTENING: Predicting TV interview about deserts - Discussion about organising a weekend of fund-raising events; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Find out facts about water - Ask about routines and habits - Showing interest - Classroom instructions - Asking about words; SCENARIO
; Key language: making suggestions
; Task: making and responding to suggestions
; Scenario: organising fund-raising events; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write about someone's routines and habits
; Study skills: classroom language
; Writing skills: a description of a process; VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Dave Stevenson, a wildlife photographer, photographing animals; Unit 4 - LEISURE TIME; GRAMMAR: Articles - Can, can't; VOCABULARY: Using visual clues: Types of film - Leisure activities, sports - Holiday resorts - Large numbers - Fractions and percentages - Approximation; READING: World Cinema website - Scanning for information: Health club leaflet - Using topic knowledge: Charts showing statistics of participation in sports; LISTENING: Interviews with two members of a health club - Asking a travel agent for more information on a resort; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Discussing preferences - Interview about ability - Weak or strong vowel - Linked sounds; SCENARIO
; Key language: asking for information (2), saying 'no' politely
; Task: describing places and facilities
; Scenario: at a travel agent's; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING
; Study skills: working with numbers
; Writing skills: a description of a table or bar chart; VIDEO: Meet the expert: interview with Lynda Myles, a film producer and lecturer, about Martin Scorsese; Unit 5 - TRANSPORT; GRAMMAR: Comparative adjectives - Superlative adjectives; VOCABULARY: Transport - Travel - Linkers: but; READING: Speed of transport - Big, bigger, best: urban transport around the world; LISTENING: Three people talking about how they get around their cities - Phone conversation booking a plane ticket; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about getting around a town/city - Collaboration - Vowel sounds - Stress in compound nouns; SCENARIO:
; Key language: buying a ticket
; Task: booking a flight
; Scenario: at a ticket agency; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a paragraph about transport and travelling around your town/city - Self-evaluation
; Study skills: planning your written work
; Writing skills: description (a transport system); VIDEO: Meet the expert: interview with Chloe Couchman, an expert on London tourism, about getting around a famous city; Unit 6 - FOOD; GRAMMAR: Countable and uncountable nouns - Some and any - Much, many, a lot of; VOCABULARY: Food and drink; READING: Super food: do you eat it? - Understanding reference - My great food adventure; LISTENING: Interview about South African food culture - Phone order for conference catering; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Talking about food and drink - Long turn talking: talking about food culture - Intonation; SCENARIO
; Key language: requests and offers
; Task: making an order
; Scenario: conference catering; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write about your country's food culture - Making mistakes - Spelling - Judging interest - Commas in lists; Study skills: correcting your writing
; Writing skills: a restaurant review; VIDEO: Meet the expert: interview with Nikita Gulham, an Indian food expert, about Indian food traditions; Unit 7 - SHOPPING; GRAMMAR: Present continuous (1): affirmatives and negatives - Present continuous (2): questions; VOCABULARY: Shops and shopping (1): verbs - Shops and shopping (2): nouns - Linkers: because and so; READING: What kind of shopper are you? - Assigning headings - The changing face of stores - Using visual clues; LISTENING:  Five short conversations in shopping situations - Discussion about online shopping; SPEAKING/PRONUNCATION: Discussion about shopping - Interview someone about shopping - Considering trends - Stressed words - Choosing images - Avoiding mistakes - Making notes - Linked sounds; SCENARIO
; Key language: giving advantages and disadvantages
; Task: describing locations
; Scenario: opening a shop; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Informal language
; Study skills: giving short, informal talk
; Writing skills: informal writing (a customer review); VIDEO: Study skills video - a student presentation about Harrods; Unit 8 - HISTORY AND CULTURE; GRAMMAR: Past simple of to be - Could, couldn't - It, this, these; VOCABULARY: Buildings - Verbs + prepositions - Past time phrases - Managing new vocabulary - Grouping words by meaning - Using word webs - Using pictures - Word building - Using Reading - Çatal Hüyük - All change! - Making deductions; LISTENING: Presentation about technology and cultural changes - Six short conversations with museum visitors; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Vowel sounds - Finding out about ancient civilisations - Comparing current ways of life with previous generations - Linked sounds; SCENARIO:
; Key language: making polite requests
; Task: finding out important information
; Scenario: at a museum; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write about an ancient civilisation
; Study skills: remembering new words
; Writing skills: describing objects; VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Mark Weeden, a lecturer in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, about an ancient civilisation; Unit 9 - INVENTIONS; GRAMMAR: Past simple: regular and irregular verbs - Past simple: negative and question forms; VOCABULARY: Medical science - Linkers: at the same time and next; READING: Leonardo da Vinci: a man of art, a man of ideas, a man of inventions - Evaluating - Medical inventions; LISTENING: Radio interview about the MRI scanner - Researching the topic - Radio programme about favourite inventions; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Verb endings - Talking about last weekend - Talking about first experiences - Stressed words; SCENARIO
; Key language: giving reasons
; Task: giving a short presentation
; Scenario: everyday inventions; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a short text about a historical figure - Making notes
; Study skills: making notes while reading
; Writing skills: a short biography; VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Odette Aguirre, an acupuncturist, about the benefits of acupuncture; Unit 10 - MONEY; GRAMMAR: Should, shouldn't - Have to, don't have to - Problem-solving; VOCABULARY: Money (nouns) - Money (verb phrases) - Introducing extra information - Linkers: that; READING: Poster advertising a talk about money safety for students - FAQs on loan company website - Profile of entrepreneur who took out a loan; LISTENING: Talk about money safety for students - Bank survey about money; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Giving advice - Evaluating: different business ideas - Stressed words; SCENARIO
; Key language: asking for and giving opinions
; Task: doing an opinion survey
; Scenario: survey about money; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Write a reply to a student's problem
; Study skills: making notes during a talk
; Writing skills: formal writing (an online form); VIDEO: Study skills video: a talk about bank accounts; Unit 11 - HOMES; GRAMMAR: Will, won't - Be going to; VOCABULARY: Compound nouns - Rooms and furniture - Directions - Linkers: at the same time and next; READING: Separate lives - Exploring the topic - A modern home, your dream home; LISTENING: Discussion about features of a smarthome - Phone call about renting a flat; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Contractions - Speculating: Talking about your lives in the future - Describing your home - Contractions - Explaining decisions: Designing your dream home - Stressed words; SCENARIO:
; Key language: checking understanding
; Task: asking for information about accommodation
; Scenario: finding a flat; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING:
; Study skills: examination skills
; Writing skills: an informal email; VIDEO: Meet the expert: an interview with Godson Egbo, an architect, about homes of the future; Unit 12 - TRAVEL; GRAMMAR: Present perfect - Present perfect and past simple; VOCABULARY: Using verbs as nouns (gerunds) - Adjectives; READING: Understanding reasons: Children of the wind - Discovering the world; LISTENING: Interview with a student about living abroad - Talk about a memorable building; SPEAKING/PRONUNCIATION: Asking about experiences - Talking about holidays abroad; SCENARIO
; Key language: taking long turns
; Task: recounting experiences
; Scenario: around the world; STUDY SKILLS/WRITING: Ways of practising English - Using technology to learn
; Study skills: learning outside the classroom
; Writing skills: a travel blog; VIDEO: Study skills video - a talk about using technology to learn English; Language reference; Meet the Expert; Communication Activities; Audioscripts; Irregular Verb List; Phonetic Charts; Level: Beginner / Pre-Intermediate (A1-A2+)
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