Overview

Have Your Say 2 Listening and Speaking Skills and Practice is organized into eight theme-based chapters which cover a wide variety of interesting topics. The specific communicative goals in each chapter are achieved through diverse interactive communicative activities that emphasize the interdependence of listening, speaking, and pronunciation skills. Frequent collaboration in pairs and small groups motivates learners and provides them with the means for developing language proficiency and confidence in their ability to communicate.

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Author:   McKay
Publisher:   Oxford University Press, Canada
Imprint:   Oxford University Press, Canada
Weight:   0.684kg
ISBN:  

9780199011711

ISBN 10:   0199011710
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   01 June 2015
Audience:   ELT/ESL ,  ELT General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Getting Acquainted: Giving Information and Descriptions Introducing yourself Introducing others Conversation openers - making small talk Inviting Describing personal characteristics Complimenting Handling problems in communication (1) The New Neighbour: A Conversation (2) Learning a New Language: An Interview 2: Telling It as It Was: Experiences and Achievements Talking about past experiences, narrating Encouraging conversation Describing past habits Explaining Talking about similarities and differences Paraphrasing (1) Farley Mowat, A Famous Canadian: A News Report (2) The Most Visited Places in the World: A Report 3: Expanding Networks: Friends, Families, and Relationships Requesting Responses to requests Making requests using indirect questions/statements Asking for and giving information about actions that started in the past and continue to the present Getting time to think Expressing necessity in the present Expressing necessity in the past Asking for and giving instructions in describing a process (1) The Importance of Friendship: A Lecture (2) Canadian Families: A News Report 4: Living The Good Life - Food and Lifestyles Talking about events in the indefinite past Expressing likes and dislikes Stating opinions; agreeing, disagreeing and supporting opinions (1) Likes and Dislikes in Food: A Discussion (2) Exercise and Health: A CBC News Report 5: Thrills And Chills - Leisure, Sports, and Entertainment Stating and asking about preferences Expressing ability and inability Expressing advisability Regretting, reprimanding, and criticizing Summarizing Expressing possibility/ speculating Expressing possibility in the past/speculating about past events (1) Extreme Sports: A Radio Interview (2) Is Violent Media Just Entertainment?: A Lecture 6: LISTENING TO YOUR HEAD AND YOUR HEART - Emotions and Work Expressing assumptions and probability Expressing assumptions and probability in the past Expressing emotions Making and responding to suggestions Apologizing and responding Giving complex descriptions Adding information and ideas to maintain conversation Describing skills, knowledge, and abilities Interrupting (1) Social Intelligence and Leadership: An Interview (2) Australia Flooded by Dream Job Applicants: A News Report 7: UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENCES - Society and Culture Making recommendations and predicting consequences Restating and hesitating Making complaints Expressing warnings and prohibitions (1) The Do's and Taboos of Body Language: An Interview (2) Copyright Laws: A Documentary Report 8: RESPECTING OUR WORLD - Nature and the Environment Using the passive voice to ask for and give impersonal information Expressing disapproval and criticizing Expressing opinions with various degrees of certainty Expressing regrets Hypothesizing (1) Elephants in Zoos: A Radio Interview (2) The Effects of Climate Change on the Food Supply: A Documentary Report

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Irene McKay taught ESL at all levels in the Intensive English Program at George Brown College from 1970 to 2015. Most recently Professor and TESL Coordinator-International & Immigrant Education in the INTL School Of English As A Second Language, she has published five ESL books including two editions of OUP's Have Your Say!

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