Talk it Over! Listening, Speaking, and

The Talk It series helps students learn to communicate fluently and accurately by integrating listening, speaking, and pronunciation practice.

Skills Coverage in Talk It Over!

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Preface

ix

Family

Brainstorming

2

(1)

Listening One: Family: A Modern Viewpoint

3

(2)

Listening Two: Family: A Historical Viewpoint

5

(11)

Note Taking: Basic Skills

8

(2)

Pronunciation Activities: Thought Groups

10

(4)

Talk It Over!: Group Discussion

14

(2)

Further Practice

16

(2)

Self-Evaluation Chart

18

(2)

World Entertainment

Brainstorming

20

(1)

Listening One: The Universal Funny Bone

21

(3)

Listening Two: Game Shows Go Global

24

(10)

Note Taking: Listing

26

(2)

Pronunciation Activities: Intonation in Questions and Statements

28

(3)

Talk It Over!: Asking and Answering Questions

31

(3)

Further Practice

34

(2)

Self-Evaluation Chart

36

(2)

Environmental Activism

Brainstorming

38

(2)

Listening One: Wildlife Survival

40

(2)

Listening Two: The Road to Mt. Dioxin

42

(8)

Note Taking: Cause and Effect Organizational Patterns

43

(1)

Pronunciation Activities: Syllable Stress in Compound Words and Phrasal Verbs

44

(4)

Talk It Over!: Defending an Opinion

48

(2)

Further Practice

50

(2)

Self-Evaluation Chart

52

(2)

The Sounds of Language

Brainstorming

54

(1)

Listening One: A Taste of French

55

(3)

Listening Two: The Dialect Coach

58

(9)

Note Taking: The Cornell Method

59

(2)

Pronunciation Activities: Rhythm and Sentence Stress

61

(5)

Talk It Over!: Definitions

66

(1)

Further Practice

67

(1)

Self-Evaluation Chart

68

(2)

Biotechnology

Brainstorming

70

(1)

Listening One: Genetic Research: The Ethical Issues

71

(2)

Listening Two: Biosafety: An Introductory Lecture

73

(12)

Note Taking: Outlining

76

(3)

Pronunciation Activities: Focal Stress

79

(4)

Talk It Over!: Panel Presentations

83

(2)

Further Practice

85

(1)

Self-Evaluation Chart

86

(2)

Roots: Living in Two Cultures

Brainstorming:

88

(1)

Listening One: Values Under Siege

89

(3)

Listening Two: New Land/Old Roots

92

(10)

Note Taking: Idea Mapping

93

(3)

Pronunciation Activities: Using Intonation to Signal Complete and Incomplete Thoughts

96

(4)

Talk It Over!: Presenting to a Small Group

100

(2)

Further Practice

102

(3)

Self-Evaluation Chart

105

(3)

Making It Work

Brainstorming

108

(1)

Listening One: The Price of Success

109

(2)

Listening Two: The Business of Rock-n-Roll

111

(12)

Note Taking: Paragraph-Style Notes

113

(2)

Pronunciation Activities: Important Endings

115

(4)

Talk It Over!: Speaking Persuasively

119

(4)

Further Practice

123

(1)

Self-Evaluation Chart

124

(2)

Alternative Medicine

Brainstorming

126

(2)

Listening One: Buyer Beware

128

(2)

Listening Two: The New Healers

130

(9)

Note Taking: Strategies for Getting Complete Information

132

(3)

Pronunciation Activities: Linking and Other Features of Fast Speech

135

(2)

Talk It Over!: Formal Presentations

137

(2)

Further Practice

139

(3)

Self-Evaluation Chart

142

(1)

Pairwork Pages

Chapter 4: Communicative Pronunciation

143

(3)

Chapter 5: Practice Pronouncing Focal Stress

146

(1)

Evaluation Forms

147

(6)

Text Credits

153

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Talk it Over! Listening, Speaking, and Pronunciation

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