Prism Listening and Speaking 3 /
Prism, Listening and speaking, Level 3, Student workbook Listening and speaking (Prism), Level 3, Student workbook
Lewis Lansford and Robyn Brinks Lockwood, with Christina Cavage and Angela Blackwell.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- 224 p. ; col. ill., charts : 26 cm + Teacher's Manual (104 p. ; 26 cm.)
- Prism .
Includes online workbook activation code.
"Paired skills course focusing on critical thinking, academic skills, and language students need most. Prism is a five-level (A1 to C1), American English paired-skills course (Reading/Writing and Listening/Speaking), created for students who need to develop a range of academic skills. This Level 4 (C1) Listening and Speaking Student's Book prepares students for college classes by developing their listening, speaking, critical thinking, and pronunciation skills, including pronunciation for listening. Special sections teach how to be a successful college student, and the accompanying video program sets the stage for each unit's topic. Inside the book is a single-use code for the online workbook. This provides automatically graded extra practice and works on PCs and Macs." (Publisher's Website) SCOPE AND SEQUENCE Unit 1 GLOBALIZATION (Academic Disciplines: Cultural Studies / Sociology) Watch and Listen: Listenings: Listening Skills: KEY SKILL: Activating prior knowledge -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for opinion; Understanding cause and effect; Taking notes; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Language Development: Critical Thinking: Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: Presenting data; Describing a pie chart; Drawing conclusions from data Speaking Task: On Campus: Unit 2 EDUCATION (Academic Disciplines: Communications / Education) Watch and Listen: Listenings: Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Listening for advice and suggestions; Making inferences -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for opinion; Taking notes; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Language Development: Critical Thinking: Speaking: SPEAKING SKILLS: Giving an opinion and making suggestions; Agreeing and disagreeing respectfully; Compromising and finalizing a decision -- PRONUNCIATION: Certain and uncertain intonation On Campus: Unit 3 MEDICINE (Academic Disciplines: Health Sciences / Medicine) Watch and Listen: Listenings: Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Identifying contrasting opinions; Strengthening points in an argument -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for opinion; Listening for attitude; Listening for details; Taking notes; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Language Development: Critical Thinking: Speaking: On Campus: Unit 4 THE ENVIRONMENT (Academic Disciplines: Ecology / Environmental Studies) Watch and Listen: Listenings: Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Distinguishing main ideas from details; Taking notes on main ideas and details -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for opinion; Listening for text organization; Summarizing; Taking notes; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Language Development: Critical Thinking: Speaking: On Campus: Unit 5 ARCHITECTURE (Academic Disciplines: Architecture / Urban Planning) Watch and Listen: Listenings: Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Understanding figurative language; Understanding strong and tentative suggestions -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for attitude; Taking notes; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Language Development: Critical Thinking: Speaking: On Campus: Unit 6 ENERGY (Academic Disciplines: Engineering / Physics) Watch and Listen: Listenings: Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Understanding digressions; Understanding persuasive techniques -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for text organization; Taking notes; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Language Development: Critical Thinking: Speaking: On Campus: Unit 7 ART AND DESIGN (Academic Disciplines: Design / Fine Arts) Watch and Listen: Listenings: Listening Skills: KEY SKILLS: Inferring opinions; Distinguishing fact from opinion -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Predicting content using visuals; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Listening for opinion; Making inferences; Taking notes; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Language Development: Critical Thinking: Speaking: On Campus: Unit 8 AGING (Academic Disciplines: Economics / Sociology) Watch and Listen: Listenings: Listening Skills: KEY SKILL: Understanding specific observations and generalizations -- ADDITIONAL SKILLS: Understanding key vocabulary; Using your knowledge; Listening for main ideas; Listening for details; Taking notes; Synthesizing Pronunciation for Listening: Language Development: Critical Thinking: Speaking: On Campus:
9781316620991 ((Student Book with Online Workbook) 1316620999 (Student Book with Online Workbook)
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers. Listening comprehension--Study and teaching. English language--Spoken English. English language. English language--Spoken English. Listening comprehension. B2 (CEFR). High-intermediate.