David. Speaking By Speaking, Skills For Social Competence

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Compass Publishing, 2010. – 108 p.Speaking by Speaking, Skills for Social Competence is designed to support the intermediate English language learner. A variety of conversations expose students to a wide range of significant modern topics while useful expressions provide students with a context for each dialog. Tables, graphs, and charts included with each unit give opportunities for students to develop analytical and mathematical thinking skills. By balancing communicative activities with grammar, vocabulary, listening, and reading practice, Speaking by Speakingprovides students with the tools to expand their conversational skills as well as allowing for rapid progress.Key FeaturesSociolinguistic frameworkCommunicative speaking practiceBrainstorming activities to access prior topic-related vocabularyGuided speaking to build conversational skillsGrammar and usage components to examine their varied functions in communicationChoral reading as an intensive listening exerciseVarious colorful and informative chartsComprehensive and issue-specific graphsMultiple, helpful, and practical tablesFree MP3 CD for listening passages and exercises/file/1018078/ audio

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Speaking by Speaking Skills for Social Competence Speaking by Speaking Skills for Social Competence David W. Dugas / Ronald T. DesRosiers © 2010 Compass Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Acquisitions Editor: Tamara Gaskill Cover/Interior Design: Design Plus Email: [email protected] http://www.compasspub.com ISBN: 978-1-59966-571-9 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 14 13 12 11 Photo Credits Unless otherwise stated, all photos are from Shutterstock Images LLC. p. 23 © iStock International Inc. p. 39 © BigStockPhoto.com Cover © Shutterstock, Inc. Every effort has been made to trace all sources of illustrations/photos/information in this book, but if any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publisher will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Contents How to Use This Book ● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 6 Part A Part B Invitations● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 17 Part A Describing Appearances● ●●●●●●● 21 Part B Body Image Part A Shopping at Stores●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 29 Part B Shopping Online●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 33 Part A Reaching Agreement●●●●●●●●●●●● 37 Part B Finding Solutions● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 41 Part A Cultural Gaps● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 45 Part B Cultural Identity Part A The Bright Side Part B The Dark Side Part A Hobbies Part B Sports● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 65 Part A Job Interview● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 69 Part B Working●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 73 Part A Check Out Part B Tourism●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 81 Part A Checking● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● 85 Pa