Consider the issues : listening and critical thinking skills

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Consider the issues : listening and critical thinking skills

Carol Numrich in cooperation with NPR

Pearson Education, c2004

3rd ed.

  • [student book] : pbk
  • answer key and audioscript
  • audio CDs

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[student book] : pbk ISBN 9780131115934

Description

An exciting, proven approach to listening comprehension and discussion, based on authentic radio broadcasts from NPR's "All Things Considered," "Weekend Edition," and "Morning Edition." Students are presented with interesting, relevant content in unedited everyday speech including hesitations, redundancies, and various dialectical patterns. The series: Develops essential listening strategies, including predicting, looking at language, understanding main ideas and points of view, focusing on details, and note-taking. Fosters critical thinking skills through follow-up activities that include discussion, debate, values clarification, and writing assignments. Integrates language and concepts through sophisticated grammar and vocabulary activities. Audio programs comprising original radio broadcasts are available for each book. Consider the Issues Features: Twelve thought-provoking units -- six new to this edition -- emphasize critical thinking activities such as discussion, debate, and values clarification. New topics include cell phone courtesy, globalization, medicine as business, philanthropy, how technology is blurring boundaries between home and work, and the influence of media on young adults. New pronunciation strand provides practice with native English sound patterns. Inferencing questions encourage students to find implied meanings. Audio Sample Listen to a sample from the audio CDs: From Unit 1: A Courtesy Campaign (4:55) See also: Raise the Issues, Third Edition Face the Issues, Third Edition

Table of Contents

1 A Courtesy Campaign 2 Give Me My Place to Smoke! 3 Kids and the Media 4 Is It a Sculpture, or Is It Food? 5 What's Happening to Home? 6 Create Controversy to Generate Publicity 7 A Contribution to Make the World a Better Place 8 Medicine by the Minute 9 Facing the Wrong End of a Pistol 10 What Constitutes a Family? 11 Business Across Borders: Is Bigger Necessarily Better? 12 Green Consumerism
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answer key and audioscript ISBN 9780131115941

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The Face the Issues, Consider the Issues, and Raise the Issues Answer Key provides answers to all exercises in the Student Book. This academic listening and speaking series uses original National Public Radio broadcasts to provide a context for listening comprehension and discussion. As students develop listening strategies and critical thinking skills, they also learn to integrate grammar and vocabulary activities into their everyday speech and writing.
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audio CDs ISBN 9780131115958

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The Issues Series Audio Program provides the audio for all listening exercises. This academic listening and speaking series uses original National Public Radio broadcasts to provide a context for listening comprehension and discussion. As students develop listening strategies and critical thinking skills, they also learn to integrate grammar and vocabulary activities into their everyday speech and writing.

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