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LISTENING & SPEAKING SKILLS

N. M. White

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LISTENING & SPEAKING SKILLS 1

N. M. White

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CONTENTS

Map of the book 4
8
Your guide to Unlock 14
32
UNIT 1 People 50
68
UNIT 2 Seasons 86
104
UNIT 3 Lifestyle 122
140
UNIT 4 Places 158
176
UNIT 5 Sport 194
199
UNIT 6 Jobs 210
224
UNIT 7 Homes and buildings

UNIT 8 Food and culture

UNIT 9 Animals

UNIT 10 Transport

Pairwork exercises

Glossary

Video and audio scripts

Acknowledgements

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MAP OF THE BOOK

UNIT VIDEO LISTENING VOCABULARY
Family
1 PEOPLE The ilm Key listening skill: Jobs
makers Understanding key vocabulary Countries and nationalities
Listening 1: Introductions Listening for main ideas
(Communication studies) Listening for detail Months and seasons
Pronunciation for listening: Weather
Listening 2: Presentations about Syllable stress Colours
famous people
(Celebrity studies) Key listening skill: Days of the week
Using visuals to predict content Time expressions
2 SEASONS Seasons Understanding key vocabulary Collocations for lifestyle
in North Listening for main ideas (e.g. download apps, go to
Listening 1: A talk about three America Listening for detail the gym, have dinner with
different places Pronunciation for listening: friends)
(Landscape architecture) The Bedouin Sentence stress
Listening 2: Presentations about Vocabulary for places
landscapes The Great Key listening skill: (e.g. bank, bridge, library,
(Meteorology) Barrier Reef Listening for main ideas mosque)
Understanding key vocabulary Prepositions of place
3 LIFESTYLE Listening for detail
Pronunciation for listening: Vocabulary for sport
Listening 1: Three conversations Intonation Sports collocations (e.g.
about different lifestyles play tennis, go swimming,
(Sociology) Key listening skill: do karate)
Listening 2: An interview Listening for detail
(Anthropology) Understanding key vocabulary
Using your knowledge
4 PLACES Listening for main ideas
Pronunciation for listening:
Listening 1: Part of a geography Stress in determiners (this, that)
seminar
(Urban geography) Key listening skill:
Listening 2: A guided tour Using your knowledge
(Tourism geography) Understanding key vocabulary
Listening for main ideas
5 SPORT Free diving Listening for detail
Pronunciation for listening:
Listening 1: A university lecture Pronouncing clusters of
about sport consonants (e.g. -gh, -ing, ph, ck)
(Sports science)

Listening 2: A student
presentation about sport and
exercise
(Health sciences)

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MAP OF THE BOOK

GRAMMAR CRITICAL THINKING SPEAKING
Use ideas maps
Personal pronouns Preparation for speaking
Possessive adjectives Introducing and starting a talk
The verb be
Pronunciation for speaking
There is and There are Choose visuals for a talk Saying words and sentences in syllables
Adjectives
Speaking task
Tell your group about two famous people
from your country.

Preparation for speaking
Describing photographs

Pronunciation for speaking
Word stress

Speaking task
Describe photographs of a landscape.

The present simple Use surveys Preparation for speaking
The imperative Interpret maps and give directions Asking and answering questions
Comparative adjectives
Pronunciation for speaking
Intonation in questions

Speaking task
Interview students for a survey.

Preparation for speaking
Asking for and giving directions

Pronunciation for speaking
Pronunciation of phrases

Speaking task
Ask for and give directions.

Use a table to make notes Preparation for speaking
Making comparisons and introducing a talk

Pronunciation for speaking
Weak vowel sounds

Speaking task
Compare different kinds of sport and
exercise.

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MAP OF THE BOOK

UNIT VIDEO LISTENING VOCABULARY
Fire rangers Vocabulary for jobs: sufixes
6 JOBS Key listening skill: Adjectives for people (e.g.
Homes in Listening for opinion good-looking, kind, polite,
Listening 1: A formal Dharavi, India slim)
conversation asking for advice Predicting content Collocations for jobs
(Careers guidance) Chinese food Understanding key vocabulary (e.g. build houses, do
Listening 2: A job interview Listening for main ideas experiments, serve food)
(Human resource management) Animals and Listening for detail Vocabulary for rooms
people Adjectives for furniture
7 HOME AND Pronunciation for listening: (e.g. comfortable, wooden,
BUILDINGS Alaskan Word stress glass)
transport
Listening 1: A radio interview Key listening skill: Vocabulary for food
(Demography) Listening for reasons
Listening 2: A discussion: ideas Vocabulary for animals
for a new building Understanding key vocabulary
(Architecture) Listening for main ideas Vocabulary for transport
Listening for detail
8 FOOD AND
CULTURE Pronunciation for listening:
Linking words
Listening 1: A university lecture
about food in cities Key listening skill:
(Food studies) Listening for numbers
Listening 2: A survey
(Gastronomy) Predicting content using visuals
Understanding key vocabulary
9 ANIMALS Listening for detail
Listening for main ideas
Listening 1: A talk about
orangutans Pronunciation for listening:
(Animal behaviour) Pronunciation of -teen and -ty
Listening 2: A student talk numbers
about an animal from their
country Key listening skill:
(Zoology) Listening for deinitions

10 TRANSPORT Using your knowledge
Understanding key vocabulary
Listening 1: A discussion about Listening for main ideas
Transport for London Listening for detail
(Transport and logistics)
Listening 2: A debate about a Pronunciation for listening:
transport problem Silent consonants
(Urban planning)
Key listening skill:
Taking notes

Using your knowledge
Understanding key vocabulary
Predicting content using visuals
Listening for main ideas
Listening for detail

Pronunciation for listening:
Pronouncing years (e.g. 1994,
nineteen ninety-four)

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MAP OF THE BOOK

GRAMMAR CRITICAL THINKING SPEAKING
have/has to Choose criteria
Preparation for speaking
should Find reasons for and against Asking for and giving reasons

Pronunciation for speaking
Pronouncing consonants in have to, have,
has to, has (e.g. /f/, /v/, /z/, /s/)

Speaking task
Choose a person for a job.

Preparation for speaking
Asking for and giving opinions
Agreeing and disagreeing

Speaking task
Discuss ideas for a new building.

Countable and Use pie charts Preparation for speaking
uncountable nouns (with Introducing a report
some, any, much, many) Talking about the results

Pronunciation for speaking
Sentence stress: emphasis

Speaking Task
Report the results of a survey.

Deinitions (e.g. a kind Use online translation tools and Preparation for speaking
of, that means, is the dictionaries Introducing a topic
name for) Using questions in a talk
Use low charts
The past simple Pronunciation for speaking
Pauses

Speaking task
Describe an animal.

Preparation for speaking
Describing a topic
Describing a problem
Describing a solution
Describing results

Pronunciation for speaking
Past simple endings: /t/, /d/, /ɪd/

Speaking task
Describe a solution to a transport problem.

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YOUR GUIDE TO

UNIT STRUCTURE

The units in Unlock Listening and Speaking Skills are carefully scaffolded so that
students build the skills and language they need throughout the unit in order to
produce a successful Speaking task.

UNLOCK YOUR Encourages discussion around the theme of the unit with inspiration
KNOWLEDGE from interesting questions and striking visuals.

WATCH AND Features an engaging and motivating Discovery Education™ video

LISTEN which generates interest in the topic.

LISTENING 1 Provides information about the topic and practises pre-listening, while
listening and post-listening skills. This section also includes a focus on a
pronunciation feature which will further enhance listening comprehension.

LANGUAGE Practises the vocabulary and grammar from Listening 1 and pre-

DEVELOPMENT teaches the vocabulary and grammar from Listening 2.

LISTENING 2 Provides a different angle on the topic and serves as a model for
the speaking task.

CRITICAL Contains brainstorming, categorising, evaluative and analytical tasks
THINKING as preparation for the speaking task.

PREPARATION Presents and practises functional language, pronunciation and
FOR SPEAKING / speaking strategies for the speaking task.
SPEAKING SKILLS

SPEAKING TASK Uses the skills and strategies learnt over the course of the unit
to produce a presentational or interactional speaking task.

OBJECTIVES Allows learners to assess how well they have mastered the skills

REVIEW covered in the unit.

WORDLIST Includes the key vocabulary from the unit.

This is the unit’s main learning objective. It gives learners the
opportunity to use all the language and skills they have learnt in
the unit.

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MOTIVATION

YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1 What is unusual about this photograph?

2 Circle the correct words for this photograph.
1 It’s hot / cold.
2 There’s a lot of sand / snow.
3 The photograph shows a desert / a mountain.
4 It’s summer / winter.

3 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions.
1 Do you prefer hot or cold weather?
2 Describe the weather in your country.
3 Which is your favourite season?

PERSONALIZE

Unlock encourages students to bring their own
knowledge, experiences and opinions to the
topics. This motivates students to relate the
topics to their own contexts.

DISCOVERY EDUCATION™ VIDEO The video was excellent!
It helped with raising students’
Thought-provoking videos interest in the topic. It was
from Discovery Education™ are well-structured and the language
included in every unit throughout level was appropriate.
the course to introduce topics,
promote discussion and motivate Maria Agata Szczerbik,
learners. The videos provide a new United Arab Emirates University,
angle on a wide range of academic Al-Ain, UAE
subjects.

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YOUR GUIDE TO

CRITICAL THINKING […] with
different styles
BLOOM’S TAXONOMY of visual aids
such as mind
CREATE create, invent, plan, compose, maps, grids, tables
construct, design, imagine and pictures, this
[critical thinking]
decide, rate, choose, recommend, EVALUATE section [provides]
justify, assess, prioritize very crucial tools
that can encourage
ANALYZE explain, contrast, examine, identify, learners to develop
investigate, categorize their speaking
skills.
show, complete, use, classify, APPLY
examine, illustrate, solve Dr. Panidnad Chulerk,
Rangit University,
UNDERSTAND compare, discuss, restate, Thailand
predict, translate, outline

name, describe, relate, REMEMBER
ind, list, write, tell

BLOOM’S TAXONOMY LEARN TO THINK

The Critical thinking sections in Unlock are based on Learners engage in evaluative and
Benjamin Bloom’s classiication of learning objectives. This analytical tasks that are designed to
ensures learners develop their lower- and higher-order ensure they do all of the thinking
thinking skills, ranging from demonstrating knowledge and and information-gathering required
understanding to in-depth evaluation. for the end-of-unit speaking task.
The margin headings in the Critical thinking sections
highlight the exercises which develop Bloom’s concepts.

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At the end of this unit, you are going to do the speaking task below.

Tell your group about two famous people from your country.

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An ideas map helps you think about the topic and organize information about it.
It also helps you to remember key information and vocabulary.

1 Look at the ideas maps below and answer the questions.

I What is the main topic of each map?
P What other topics can you find in the maps?
Q What language information can you find in the maps?
R Which ideas map do you prefer? Why?
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Family Home Glasgow, Scotland
Married • She lives in Glasgow.

Husband = John My sister • She’s from Scotland.
Son = Sam Sally • She’s Scottish.

Daughter = Katie

Her son = My nephew Job English teacher (noun)
Her daugher = My niece to teach (verb)

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RE)'! H THE WORDS YOU NEED

THE CAMBRIDGE LEARNER CORPUS Language Development sections
The Cambridge Learner Corpus is a bank of oficial provide vocabulary and grammar-
Cambridge English exam papers. Our exclusive access building tasks that are further practised
means we can use the corpus to carry out unique research iTnhtehgelossaOryNLpIrNoEviWdeosrkdbeoionkit.ions and
and identify the most common errors that learners make. pronunciation, and the end-of-unit
That information is used to ensure the Unlock syllabus wordlists provide useful summaries of
teaches the most relevant language. key vocabulary.

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

VOCABULARY FOR JOBS

EXPLANATION Suffixes

We can use a suffix to make new words for jobs.

music + -ian = musician
police + -man = policeman
build + -er = builder

€ i€ q y ƒ i 1 Work with a partner. Think of more jobs for each suffix.

2 Compare your answers with the class.

3 WUoNrDk EwRitShTAaNpDarItNnGer. Ask 1 You are going to listen to an interview on the radio. Before you listen,
KEY VOCABULARY anmd aatncshwtehrethpeaiqrsu. estions.
1 Would you like to do any ofAtphseyjcohbosloyogiustthought of in Exercise 1? a manages a restaurant.
Why? / Why not?
An architect b studies how people think.
2 What is your dream job? 3 A restaurant manager
3 What do you have to do to get this job? c designs buildings.

EXPLANATION 2 Check the meaning of the words in bold in 1–8 below. Then choose
ADJECTIVES FORLPinEkOinPgLEwaonsrwdsers from the box.
ONLINE

Link consonant sounds to vowel sounds.

Krishna lives in India.
Because it’s a good idea.

1 What is the opposite of clean?

" #$%&" (ANGUAGE PRONUNCIATION FOR LISTENING

Unique research using the Cambridge English Corpus This unique feature of
has been carried out into academic language, in order Unlock focuses on aspects of
to provide learners with relevant, academic vocabulary pronunciation which may inhibit
from the start (CEFR A1 and above). This addresses a gap listening comprehension. This
in current academic vocabulary mapping and ensures means that learners are primed to
learners are presented with carefully selected words understand detail and nuance while
which they will ind essential during their studies. listening.

The language development is clear and the strong lexical focus is positive as
learners feel they make more progress when they learn more vocabulary.

Colleen Wackrow,
Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Al-Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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