ESL 251 High-Intermediate Listening/Speaking
Updated 8/7/2015
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**Note to all: None of the texts contain presentation skills. They must be supplemented.
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Title: Lecture Ready 2 Author: Sarosy, Peg and Kathy Sherak ISBN-13: 978-0194309684 Title: Lecture Ready 2 DVD ISBN-13: 978-0194417112 Title: Lecture Ready 2 CD ISBN-13: 978-0194309691 Publisher: Oxford University Press |
Must supplement pronunciation section. |
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Title: Northstar Listening and Speaking 4, 4th ed. Author: Ferree, Tess and Kim Sanabria ISBN-13: 978-0-13-338207-5 Title: Northstar Listening and Speaking 4 Classroom Audio CDs ISBN-13: 978-0-13-338209-9 Publisher: Pearson |
Authentic listening selections, mostly newscasts and interviews, on a variety of high-interest topics. Student book comes with My English Lab, an online component that offers extra practice. Needs to be supplemented with academic lectures and more basic pronunciation lessons, such as stress and rhythm. |
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Title: Academic Encounters: Life in Society Book 3, 2nd ed. Author: Sanabria, Kim ISBN-13: 978-1-107-67314-4 Publisher: Cambridge, 2012 |
A highly academic book that focuses on listening, speaking, vocabulary, note-taking, and oral presentation skills. Needs to be supplemented with some basic pronunciation lessons, such as stress and rhythm. |
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Title: Q 3 Author: ISBN-13: Publisher: |
Comes bundled with online component. It’s a bit more costly than other options. |
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Title: Talk it Through! Author: Kozyrev, Joann Rishel and Marni Baker ISBN-13: 978-0395960721 Publisher: Heinle ELT |
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Title: English Interactive 4 Author: ISBN-13: Publisher: |
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Title: Mosaic 1 Author: ISBN-13: Publisher: |
Highly recommended by Alex, but not very academic according to Drew. |
REMOVED:
College Oral Communication 2 – too dense
Contemporary Topics 2 – too simple, not academic enough
Face the Issues – copy unavailable, can be addressed again in the future and evaluated
Four Points 1 – too dense
NorthStar 3 L/S - too easy
Tapestry 3 L/S - copy unavailable (went missing from library), can be addressed again in the future