Chapter

　　Listening

　　Speaking

　　Critical thinking

　　1

　　Education and

　　Student Life

　　Listening for main ideas;

　　Listening for details;

　　Making inferences;

　　Getting meaning from intonation;

　　Recognizing compass directions;

　　Understanding expressions and statements of location;

　　Using the prepositions in, on, at in addresses and locations.

　　Showing interest;

　　Comparing university systems in different countries;

　　Talking about cheating;

　　Making, accepting, and refusing invitations;

　　Using expressions of location;

　　Describing map locations.

　　Interpreting a photo;

　　Getting meaning from context;

　　Speculating about hypothetical situations;

　　Using a lecture introduction to predict content;

　　Writing effective lecture notes;

　　Using a Venn diagram to compare and contrast.

　　2

　　City Life

　　Listening for main ideas;

　　Listening for details;

　　Making inferences;

　　Listening for clues to relationships between people;

　　Following directions.

　　Using the phrase by the way;

　　Opening and closing phone conversations;

　　Talking about crime;

　　Expressing frustration;

　　Learning names of professions;

　　Requesting and giving directions;

　　Saying you don't understand.

　　Predicting questions speakers will ask;

　　Getting meaning from context;

　　Speculating about hypothetical situations;

　　Taking notes on statistics;

　　Using transitions as cues for note-taking;

　　Taking notes on an informal talk.

Review Assessment 1

　　3.

　　Business and

　　Money

　　Listening for main ideas;

　　Listening for details;

　　Making inferences;

　　Distinguishing between can and can't;

　　Distinguishing between teens and tens;

　　Recognizing expressions of advice.

　　Talking about managing money;

　　Talking about entrepreneurs;

　　Talking about abilities;

　　Using the words borrow and lend;

　　Asking for, giving, and refusing advice.

　　Outlining a lecture;

　　Getting meaning from context;

　　Taking notes on a process.

　　4

　　Jobs

　　and Professions

　　Listening for main ideas;

　　Listening for details;

　　Making inferences;

　　Recognizing the intonation of tag questions;

　　Recognizing a sequence of events;

　　Taking notes on causes and effects;

　　Creating abbreviations;

　　Taking notes on statistics.

　　Talking about jobs and careers;

　　Apologizing and reconciling;

　　Role playing a job interview;

　　Learning idioms related to housework;

　　Talking about "men's" and "women's" jobs;

　　Interviewing a person about his/her job;

　　Giving a short oral report.

　　Interpreting information in a table;

　　Getting meaning from context;

　　Speculating about hypothetical situations;

　　Taking notes on a lecture;

　　Predicting the order of a set of pictures;

　　Using a matrix diagram to organize ideas.

Review Assessment 2

　　5 Lifestyles Around

　　the World

　　Listening for main ideas;

　　Listening for details;

　　Making inferences;

　　Recognizing stress in two- and three-word verbs.

　　Talking about single parents;

　　Talking about changes in the American family;

　　Asking for help and favors;

　　Talking about numbers and percentages;

　　Comparing lifestyles in different countries.

　　Interpreting information in a line graph;

　　Taking notes on a lecture;

　　Getting meaning from context.

　　6

　　Global Connec-

　　tions

　　Listening for main ideas;

　　Listening for details;

　　Making inferences;

　　Identifying blended consonants;

　　Taking a trivia quiz;

　　Taking notes on similarities and differences.

　　Learning computer terms;

　　Practicing intonation of questions;

　　Interrupting politely;

　　Talking about ways to stay in touch;

　　Talking about customs;

　　Generalizing;

　　Talking about a dream vacation;

　　Discussing a reading.

　　Getting meaning from context;

　　Speculating about hypothetical situations;

　　Guessing locations of photos;

　　Using a T-chart to compare advantages and disadvantages.

Review Assessment 3

　　7 Language and Communi-

　　cation

　　Listening for main ideas;

　　Listening for details;

　　Making inferences;

　　Understanding statements with rising intonation;

　　Identifying correct spellings in a spelling bee.

　　Discussing the meaning of friendship;

　　Comparing American and British English;

　　Contradicting politely;

　　Talking about stereotypes;

　　Using interjections;

　　Using expressions for guessing.

　　Getting meaning from context;

　　Taking notes on classifications.

　　8

　　Tastes

　　and preferences

　　Listening for main ideas;

　　Listening for details;

　　Making inferences;

　　Understanding reduced questions;

　　Distinguishing between present and past yes/no questions;

　　Understanding comparisons of people;

　　Recognizing paraphrases.

　　Talking about likes and dislikes;

　　Giving an impromptu speech;

　　Comparing the

　　characteristics of generations;

　　Talking about fads;

　　Expressing approval and disapproval;

　　Describing your ideal partner.

　　Getting meaning from context;

　　Speculating about hypothetical situations;

　　Evaluating people's positive and negative qualities;

　　Interpreting the language of personal ads;

　　Taking notes in columns;

　　Predictingnote organization.

Review Assessment 4

　　9

　　New Frontiers

　　Listening for main ideas;

　　Listening for details;

　　Making inferences;

　　Distinguishing between –ed endings;

　　Listening to game show questions and answers.

　　Talking about cloning;

　　Introducing surprising information;

　　Expressing interest and surprise;

　　Talking about Mars;

　　Solving a science problem;

　　Talking about personal discoveries.

　　Getting meaning from context;

　　Distinguishing fact from theory in a lecture;

　　Ordering events in a story.

　　10 Ceremo-

　　nies

　　Listening for main ideas;

　　Listening for details;

　　Making inferences;

　　Recognizing the meaning of affirmative tag questions;

　　Taking notes on wedding preferences.

　　Using expressions to offer, accept, or declining help;

　　Talking about water in ceremonies around the world;

　　Asking and answering affirmative tag questions;

　　Offering congratulations and sympathy.

　　Getting meaning from context;

　　Recognizing digressions in a lecture;

　　Comparing celebrations across cultures.

Review　Assessment 5

End-of-course Revision 1

End-of-course Revision 2

End-of-course Revision 3

　　Chapter

　　Study Hour

　　Study Week

1 Education and Student Life

　　3

　　1

　　2City Life

　　3

　　2

　　Review Assessment 1

　　3

　　3

　　3Business and Money

　　3

　　4

　　4Jobs and Professions

　　3