TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lansford,Lewis
AU  - Day,Jeremy
TI  - Unlock 4: Listening & Speaking Skills 
SN  - 9781107634619 (Student's book)
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Spoken English
KW  - International English Language Testing System
KW  - Study guides
KW  - B2 (CEFR)
KW  - High-intermediate
N1  - "Unlock is a five-level academic skills course that combines carefully scaffolded exercises, a comprehensive approach to critical thinking and motivating video; Unlock Listening and Speaking Skills Level 4 provides 60-90 hours of classroom material. Access to the Online Workbook is provided via a code packaged with the Student's Book; Critical Thinking sections give students frameworks to formulate their own opinions and express themselves effectively in the end-of-unit academic tasks; Unique research into common learner errors (using the Cambridge English Corpus) focuses the language used in Unlock on those areas learners find most challenging; Videos from Discovery Education™ (accessible via the Cambridge Learning Management System and supplied on the Teacher's Book DVD) provide new angles on a range of academic subjects." (Publisher's Website); CONTENTS; Map of the book / Your guide to Unlock; Your guide to Unlock / Teaching tips; UNIT 1 - Globalization
; Listening 1: A radio programme about how food travels around the world (Environment)
; Listening 2: A presentation on energy use in food production (Environment); VIDEO: The globalization of food; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Predicting content
; Using your knowledge
; Listening for gist
; Listening for detail
; Listening for opinion
; Listening for main ideas
; Pronunciation for listening: Consonant clusters; VOCABULARY: Globalization and environment (e.g. carbon footprint, processing, imported); GRAMMAR: The active and passive voice; CRITICAL THINKING: Understand and use pie charts; SPEAKING
; Preparation for speaking: Describe charts and data
; Speaking task: Give a presentation using data from a pie chart; UNIT 2 - Education
; Listening 1: A careers advice meeting (Education)
; Listening 2: A careers advice meeting (Education); VIDEO: Astronaut training; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Listening for advice and suggestions
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Listening for main ideas
; Listening for detail
; Listening for gist
; Listening for opinion
; Pronunciation for listening: Certain and uncertain tones; VOCABULARY: Academic adjectives to describe professions (e.g. manual, medical, technical); GRAMMAR: Stating preferences with would; CRITICAL THINKING: Prioritize criteria; SPEAKING
; Preparation for speaking: Negotiate prioritize and make decisions
; Pronunciation for speaking: Certain and uncertain intonation
; Speaking task: Decide as a group which candidate should receive a scholarship; UNIT 3 - Medicine
; Listening 1: A student seminar on paramedics (Medicine)
; Listening 2: A debate on the flu vaccination (Medicine); VIDEO: Anthrax; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Identifying viewpoints
; Using your knowledge
; Listening for gist
; Listening for main ideas
; Listening for opinion
; Listening for attitude
; Listening for detail
; Pronunciation for listening: Intonation in question tags; VOCABULARY: Scientific research (e.g. researcher, controlled, proven); GRAMMAR: Connection actions with time expressions; CRITICAL THINKING: Understand background and motivation; SPEAKING
; Preparation for speaking: Persuade someone to agree with your point of view
; Speaking task: Debate whether healthcare should be free; UNIT 4 - Risk
; Listening 1: A safety presentation (Sport)
; Listening 2: A risk-assessment meeting (Occupational health); VIDEO: Andes mountain trek; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Listening for clarification
; Predicting content using visuals
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Listening for gist
; Listening for detail
; Pronunciation for listening: Stress for emphasis; VOCABULARY: Adjectives to describe risk (e.g. major, minor, potential); GRAMMAR: Expressing certainty about future events; CRITICAL THINKING: Understand statistics; SPEAKING
; Preparation for speaking: Discuss risk
; Speaking task: Discuss and complete a risk-assessment form; UNIT 5 - Manufacturing
; Listening 1: A lecture on the history of clothes manufacturing (History)
; Listening 2: A tour of a car manufacturing plant (Manufacturing); VIDEO: Making a running shoe; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Signposting
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Listening for gist
; Listening for detail
; Predicting content using visuals
; Pronunciation for listening: Pauses in prepared speech; VOCABULARY: Academic vocabulary for production and processes (e.g. method, management, production); GRAMMAR: Modals for necessity and obligation; CRITICAL THINKING: Use dependency diagrams; SPEAKING
; Preparation for speaking: Explain the order of steps in a process
; Pronunciation for speaking: Stress words that indicate order
; Speaking task: Explain a process; UNIT 6 - Environment
; Listening 1: A lecture about environmental change (Environment)
; Listening 2: A talk about the destruction of deserts (Environment); VIDEO: Orangutan conservation; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Distinguishing main ideas from details
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Listening for main ideas
; Listening for detail
; Listening for opinion
; Listen for text organization features
; Pronunciation for listening: Sentence stress; VOCABULARY: Verbs to describe environmental change (e.g. adapt, decline, survive); GRAMMAR: Complex prepositions; CRITICAL THINKING: Organize a presentation; SPEAKING
; Preparation for speaking: Explain a problem and offer a solution
; Speaking task: Give a presentation on the destruction of the Saharan desert; UNIT 7 - Architecture
; Listening 1: A conversation between two property developers (Urban planning)
; Listening 2: A housing development meeting (Urban planning); VIDEO: Changing China; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Understanding analogies
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Using your knowledge
; Listening for main ideas
; Listening for detail
; Listening for opinion
; Listening for gist
; Listening for attitude
; Pronunciation for listening: Emphasis in contrasting opinions; VOCABULARY: Academic vocabulary for architecture and transformation (e.g. transform, anticipate, maintain); GRAMMAR: Verbs with future meaning; CRITICAL THINKING: Compare requirements to solutions; SPEAKING
; Preparation for speaking: Explain a problem and offer a solution
; Speaking task: Give a presentation on the destruction of the Saharan desert; UNIT 8 - Energy
; Listening 1: A radio show on the island of El Hierro (Culture/Environment)
; Listening 2: A chaired meeting about energy saving in an office (Environment); VIDEO: Water power; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Understanding digressions
; Using your knowledge
; Listening for gist
; Listening for detail
; Listening for opinion
; Pronunciation for listening: Intonation related to emotion; VOCABULARY: Academic vocabulary for networks and systems (e.g. generation, capacity, volume); GRAMMAR: Connecting ideas between sentences; CRITICAL THINKING: Identify pros and cons; SPEAKING
; Preparation for speaking: Keep a discussion moving
; Pronunciation for speaking: Use a neutral tone of voice
; Speaking task: Participate in a chaired discussion on saving energy; UNIT 9 - Art and Design
; Listening 1: A radio news show about graffiti (Art/Culture)
; Listening 2: An informal debate about public art (Art); VIDEO: Sculpture; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Inferring opinions
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Predicting content using visuals
; Listening for gist
; Listening for opinion
; Making inferences
; Listening for main ideas
; Listening for text organisation features
; Pronunciation for listening: Stress in word families; VOCABULARY: Academic vocabulary related to art (e.g. appreciate, interpret, analyze); GRAMMAR: Expressing contrasting opinions; CRITICAL THINKING: Support arguments; SPEAKING
; Preparation for speaking: Express opinions in a debate
; Pronunciation for speaking: Stress in hedging language
; Speaking task: Participate in an informal debate on public art; UNIT 10 - Ageing
; Listening 1: A radio interview about retirement (Economics)
; Listening 2: Presentations on ageing in different countries (Social anthropology); VIDEO: Taking care of the family; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Understanding specific observations and generalizations
; Using your knowledge
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Listening for gist
; Listening for detail
; Pronunciation for listening: Elision and intrusion; VOCABULARY: Academic verbs for support and assistance (e.g. permit, devote, contribute); GRAMMAR: Verbs followed by to + infinitive; CRITICAL THINKING: Understand data in a line graph; SPEAKING
; Preparation for speaking: Reference data in a presentation, make comparisons
; Pronunciation for speaking: Contrastive stress in comparisons
; Speaking task: Give a presentation on ageing; Pairwork exercises / Review test answer key; Glossary / Review tests; Video and audio scripts / Additional speaking tasks and model language; Acknowledgements; High-intermediate (B2 - CEFR)
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