Explore fascinating content while building language competence and critical thinking skills. The best-selling NorthStar series offers two strands: a reading and writing strand and a listening and speaking strand. Both strands stimulate students' imagination, encourage critical thinking, and promote personal expression.

NorthStar Intermediate Listening and Speaking, Second Edition (Student Book with Audio CD)

Reference

Helen S. Solorzano

Jennifer P.L. Schmidt

English as a Second Language

Pearson ESL

Now in a fourth edition, Contemporary Topics expands on its highly respected approach to developing academic listening and study skills. Organized around realistic college lectures, the text guides learners through carefully sequenced activities in skills such as note-taking, focusing attention, intensive listening, and vocabulary building. It also helps students evaluate their interests and explore possible career paths. New to This Edition <ul>
<li> New subject areas, presented as one-on-one academic lectures, emphasize professional applications such as software engineering, multimedia design, information technology, urban planning, and social psychology. </li> <li> Learning Outcomes listed at the outset of each unit let students know the goals of each unit and what their learning experience will be. </li> <li> New audio interviews with topic experts provide context for the upcoming unit lecture. </li> <li> Bottom-up listening and pronunciation exercises emphasize important principles and improve real-time perception. </li> <li> An oral presentation activity, supported by specific preparation and delivery strategies, concludes each unit and includes the opportunity for peer evaluation. </li> <li> Proficiency assessments composed of short academic audio lectures and multiple-choice exams simulate TOEFL-style test format for practice on high-stakes tests. </li> <li> New Essential Online Resources include audio, video, and teacher materials (assessments, teaching notes, answer keys, audioscripts, presentation points, and more). </li> </ul>
Other Highlights <ul>
<li> Corpus vocabulary drawn from the Academic Word List ensures that students are exposed to core academic vocabulary. </li> <li> Collaborative activities with presentation strategies and peer evaluations allow students to make connections and develop critical thinking skills. </li> <li> Unit comprehension tests assess students' grasp of key concepts presented in the unit lecture. </li> <li> Mapped to the Global Scale of English. </li> </ul>

Contemporary Topics 1 with Essential Online Resources (4th Edition)

Pearson Education ESL

Northstar, now in its third edition, motivates students to succeed in their academic as well as personal language goals. For each of the five levels, the two strands — Reading and Writing and Listening and Speaking — provide a fully integrated approach for students and teachers. Note: This is a standalone book. What is Special about the Third Edition? <ul>
<li> New Themes and Updated Content — presented in a variety of genres and in authentic materials — challenge and engage students intellectually. </li> <li> Enhanced Focus on Academic Skills, more purposeful integration of critical thinking, and an enhanced focus on academic skills such as inferencing, synthesizing, notetaking, and test taking help students develop strategies for success in the classroom and on standardized tests. </li> <li> A structured approach gives students opportunities for more extended and creative oral practice, for example, presentations, simulations, debates, speeches, public service announcements and more. </li> <li> A New Design with full color pages, more photos, illustrations, and graphic organizers fosters student engagement and makes the content come alive. </li> </ul>
 MyNorthStarLab NorthStar is now available with MyNorthStarLab — an easy-to-use, powerful online program for students and teachers that saves time and improves test scores. <ul>
<li> Students receive personalized instruction and practice in all four skills. Audio, video, and test preparation are all in one place — available anywhere, anytime. </li> <li> Teachers can take advantage of many resources including online assessments, a flexible gradebook, and tools for monitoring student progress. </li> <li> Unlimited access to reading and audio selections, DVD segments, as well as original activities that support and extend the Northstar program. </li> </ul>
 Teacher’s Manual <ul>
<li> A unit-by-unit guide including overviews, suggested times, step-by-step teaching suggestions, expansion and homework activities, and links to the companion strand and to MyNorthStarLab </li> <li> Detailed multi-level strategies and activities so instructors can reach students at different proficiency levels </li> <li> The Student Book Answer Key and unit word lists for easy reference </li> <li> Reproducible Unit Achievement Tests to save time and allow teachers to evaluate students’ progress </li> </ul>

NorthStar: Listening and Speaking, Level 3, 3rd Edition

Computers & Technology

Pearson/Longman

NorthStar Listening and Speaking 3, Third Edition (Teacher's Manual and Achievement Tests with Audio CD)

The NorthStar Audio CDs contain the audio of all listening passages and listening exercises in the Student book . NorthStar, now in its third edition, motivates students to succeed in their academic as well as personal language goals. For each of the five levels, the two strands-Reading and Writing and Listening and Speaking—provide a fully integrated approach for students and teachers.

NorthStar: Listening and Speaking Level 3, 3rd Edition

NorthStar is an integrated, four-level series with two powerful strands. One focuses on developing listening and speaking skills, whilst the other focuses on reading and writing. The parallel books are linked at each level by theme, grammar and vocabulary.

Northstar: Focus on Listening and Speaking: Intermediate Test/Cassette Pack (NorthStar)

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Pearson Education Limited

Clear and easy-to-follow, the NorthStar listening/speaking and reading/writing books follow the same unique unit outline. Each unit is flexible enough to customize for your individual classroom needs. And while the exercises in steps 1 to 4 are essential for comprehension of the topic, you can choose from exercises 5 to 7 or assign those activities for homework.

Northstar: Focus on Listening and Speaking--Intermediate

Longman Pub. Group

North Star Focus on Listening And Speaking

Words, Language & Grammar

Pearson Educacion

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