TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ostrowska,Sabina
AU  - Firth,Matt
TI  - Unlock 3: Listening & Speaking Skills 
SN  - 9781107687288 (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  - B1 (CEFR)
KW  - 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 3 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 - Animals
; Listening 1: A podcast with a veterinary student (Biology)
; Listening 2: A debate about using animals for work (Politics); VIDEO: Wildlife conservation; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Taking notes
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Using visuals to predict content
; Listening for detail
; Predicting content
; Listening for main ideas
; Listening for opinion
; Pronunciation for listening: Intonation of lists; VOCABULARY: Word families (e.g. analysis, analyze, analytical, analytically); GRAMMAR: Modals for obligation and suggestions (have to, have got to, should, need to, must, ought to); Contrasting ideas (e.g. but, yet, however); CRITICAL THINKING: Giving examples to support an opinion; SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking:
; Preparing an opening statement for a debate, using signposting language to help the audience
; Pronunciation for speaking: Introducing examples
; Speaking task: Give an opening statement in a debate: Using animals for entertainment should be banned; UNIT 2 - Customs and Traditions
; Listening 1: A radio programme about changing customs in the modern world (Sociology)
; Listening 2: A discussion about new social-networking habits (Culture); VIDEO: Japan: customs and traditions; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Identifying cause and effect
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Predicting content
; Listening for main ideas
; Listening for detail
; Using your knowledge
; Pronunciation for listening: Connected speech: final /t/ and /d; VOCABULARY: Suffixes (e.g. -al, -ise, -able, -ful, -less); GRAMMAR: Dependent prepositons; CRITICAL THINKING: Ideas maps; Identifying advantages and disadvantages; SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking
; Taking turns in a discussion
; Using adverbs for emphasis
; Pronunciation for speaking: Phrases to emphasize agreeing and disagreeing (e.g. I strongly believe that ... , I completely disagree that ... )
; Speaking task: How has modern technology changed the way we interact with each other? What are the positive and negative aspects of this influence?; UNIT 3 - History
; Listening 1: A discussion about major historical finds (History)
; Listening 2: A lecture about Sultan Mehmed II (History); VIDEO: The desert mummies of Peru; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Using your knowledge
; Listening for main ideas
; Listening for detail
; Listening for text organisation features
; Pronunciation for listening: Connected speech: weak forms; VOCABULARY: Synonyms (e.g. soldiers, warriors, find, discover); GRAMMAR: Relative clauses; CRITICAL THINKING: Distinguishing between facts and opinions; SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking:
; Talking about past events
; Pronunciation for speaking: Past tense regular verbs /t/ /d/ /id/; Talking about time
; Speaking task: Give a presentation about a famous historical figure or a historical event; UNIT 4 - Transport
; Listening 1: A radio programme about fear of flying (Psychology)
; Listening 2: A focus-group discussion about cycling (Sociology); VIDEO: How to make a BMW; LISTENING - Key listening skill; Identifying rhetorical questions
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Using your knowledge
; Listening for main ideas
; Listening for detail
; Taking notes
; Listening for text organisation features
; Listening for opinion
; Predicting content
; Listening for numbers
; Predicting content using visuals
; Listening for definitions
; Listening for reasons
; Using visuals to predict content
; Identifying cause and effect
; Understanding explanations
; Listening for counter-arguments
; Pronunciation for listening: Word stress; VOCABULARY: Talking about achievement (e.g. challenge, goal, attitude); GRAMMAR: Comparing things (e.g. by far, considerably more, definitely more); CRITICAL THINKING: Evaluating and proposing ideas; SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking:
; Expanding ideas and giving examples of personal experiences
; Speaking task: Take part in a group discussion about using your mobile phone while walking; UNIT 5 - Environment
; Listening 1: A lecture about agriculture (Ecology)
; Listening 2: A debate about nuclear energy (politics); VIDEO: Sleeping giants: Russia's volcanoes; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Understanding explanations
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Predicting content from visuals
; Listening for main ideas
; Listening for detail
; Listening for text organisation features
; Listening for counter-arguments
; Pronunciation for listening: Connected speech: linking sounds; VOCABULARY: Negative prefixes (e.g. un-, in-, im-); GRAMMAR: Modals to express opinions (e.g. might be, could, may); CRITICAL THINKING: Giving counter-arguments; SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking:
; Linking ideas
; Talking about advantages and disadvantages
; Speaking task: You are a member of a city council that has to decide how to develop a large piece of land. Argue for or against building a new shopping centre; UNIT 6 - Health and Fitness
; Listening 1: A radio programme about healthy lifestyles (Fitness)
; Listening 2: Health advertisements (Health); VIDEO: Training for a triathlon: the ultimate event; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Identifying attitude
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Using your knowledge
; Listening for main ideas
; Referring to common knowledge
; Listening for detail
; Pronunciation for listening: Intonation: expressing attitudes; VOCABULARY: Phrasal verbs (e.g. go out, bring up, take up); GRAMMAR: Talking about preferences (e.g. I'd rather, I'd prefer); CRITICAL THINKING: Analyzing persuasive language in advertisements; SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking
; Planning to persuade someone
; Using imperatives
; Using adjectives
; Speaking task: Create an advertisement for an alternative treatment; UNIT 7 - Discovery and Invention
; Listening 1: A talk about inventions (Discovery)
; Listening 2: A lecture about mobile phone apps (Invention); VIDEO: Engineering a ski resort in the desert; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Understanding lecture organisation
; Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge
; Listening for main ideas
; Listening for detail
; Referring to earlier ideas
; Taking notes
; Listening for text organisation features
; Pronunciation for listening: Weak forms and strong forms; VOCABULARY: Phrases with make (e.g. make a discovery, make sure, make a difference); GRAMMAR: Passive forms; CRITICAL THINKING: Researching a topic using Wh- questions and ideas map; SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking; Outlining a topic

; Organizing ideas
; Explaining how something is used
; Speaking task: Give a presentation about an invention or discovery that has changed our lives; UNIT 8 - Fashion
; Listening 1: A discussion about clothes (Fashion)
; Listening 2: Interview with a designer (Business); VIDEO: From function to fashion; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Listening for detail
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Using your knowledge to predict content
; Listening for main ideas
; Using your knowledge
; Pronunciation for listening: Vowel elision; VOCABULARY: Idioms and fixed expressions (e.g. I see what you mean, give me a hand, at long last); GRAMMAR: Talking about the future; CRITICAL THINKING: Raising and discussing alternative points of view; SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking
; Asking for opinions and checking information
; Focusing on information that follows
; Speaking task: Interview people to find out attitudes towards uniforms and dress codes; UNIT 9 - Economics
; Listening 1: A radio programme about millionaire lifestyles (Sociology)
; Listening 2: A discussion about whether college students should be paid for good grades (Economics); VIDEO: Economic migration: the Chinese dream; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Understanding key vocabulary
; Using your knowledge to predict content
; Listening for main ideas
; Listening for detail
; Referring to research
; Identifying opposing points of view
; Pronunciation for listening: Silent letters; VOCABULARY: Collocations with pay, save and money (e.g. pay in cash, save energy, borrow money); GRAMMAR: Conditional sentences; CRITICAL THINKING: Identifying and explaining opinions for and against an idea; SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking
; Using -ing verb forms to talk about actions
; Asking someone to explain in more detail
; Speaking task: Debate whether young people should have credit cards; UNIT 10 - The Brain
; Listening 1: An interview about what makes a genius (Psychology)
; Listening 2: A formal conversation about brain health (Health); VIDEO: The placebo effect; LISTENING - Key listening skill
; Understanding paraphrase
; Using your knowledge to predict content
; Listening for main ideas
; Listening for detail
; Pronunciation for listening: Intonation in questions; VOCABULARY: Collocations with mind (e.g. mind your business, never mind, speak your mind); GRAMMAR: Modal verbs for giving advice (If I were you, I would ...; You should ...; You ought to...); CRITICAL THINKING: Analysing and applying the idea of multiple intelligences; SPEAKING - Preparation for speaking
; Asking for and giving advice
; Using -ing verb forms to talk about actions
; Speaking task: Ask for and give advice on how to study effectively and what type of courses to consider; Pairwork exercises / Review test answer key; Glossary / Review tests; Video and audio scripts / Additional speaking tasks and model language; Level: Intermediate (B1)
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