ESL 251 High-Intermediate Listening/Speaking
Updated 3/12/2019
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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 |
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Title: Northstar Listening and Speaking 4, 4th ed. Author: Ferree, Tess and Kim Sanabria ISBN-13: 978-0-13-428083-7 (Interactive Student Book with MyEnglishLab) ISBN-13: 978-0-13-428080-6 (online book only with MyEnglishLab) Publisher: Pearson |
Authentic listening selections, mostly newscasts and interviews, on a variety of high-interest but academic topics. Interactive Student Book comes with MyEnglishLab, an online component that offers extra practice. |
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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. |
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Title: Q 3 Author: ISBN-13: Publisher: |
Comes bundled with an 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: Pearson English Interactive Level 4 |
Some students say this is too easy for them. Free MyEnglishLab codes available from George Hein in ATC 305. |
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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