Campus talk. Volume 1 : effective communication beyond the classroom / Silvana Dushku and Paul Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dushku, Silvana, author.

Thompson, Paul, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversation--Problems, exercises, etc.

Conversation.

Oral communication--Social aspects--Problems, exercises, etc.

Oral communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Summary:

The first of two workbooks aimed at upper-intermediate and advanced learners of English (CEFR B1-C2) to promote interactional language awareness and develop active listening skills.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Information

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

UNIT 1: CONNECTING WITH EACH OTHER

PART 1: Striking up a conversation

Activity 1: Let's Get Started

Activity 2: Let's Review: Greetings, Responses, and Follow-up

Activity 3: Forms of Address - Focus on Usage

PART 2: Sharing and responding to news

Activity 1: Talking About What's New

Activity 2: News Breaking and Responses - Let's Practice

Activity 3: Ellipsis - Let's Make It Real

PART 3: Making small talk/chatting

Activity 1: Let's Review: Small Talk Topics

Activity 2: Keeping the Conversation Going - Focus on Strategies

Activity 3: Let's Review: Ending the Conversation

UNIT 1 Final Unit Task

UNIT 1 SELF-ASSESSMENT: What Progress Did I Make?

UNIT 1 VOCABULARY LIST

UNIT 1 QUIZ

UNIT 2: PUTTING YOUR HEADS TOGETHER

PART 1: Managing group communication

Activity 2: Group Communication Skills

Activity 3: Having a Group Discussion

Activity 4: Managing Turns in Conversation

PART 2: Expressing andreacting to an opinion

Activity 1: Expressing Certainty/Uncertainty

Activity 2: Expressing Opinions Through Reaction Phrases

Activity 3: Expressing Degrees of Agreement

Activity 4: Expressing Degrees of Disagreement

Activity 5: Project Group Discussion

PART 3: Making and responding to a suggestion/recommendation

Activity 1: Making Suggestions - Focus on Appropriateness

Activity 2: What Would You Suggest/Recommend?

Activity 3: Dealing with "Sticky" Problems

Activity 4: Peer Evaluation

UNIT 2 FINAL UNIT TASK

UNIT 2 SELF-ASSESSMENT: What Progress Did I Make?

UNIT 2 VOCABULARY LIST

UNIT 2 QUIZ

UNIT 3: EXPRESSING YOURSELF

PART 1: Expressing and responding to positive feelings

Activity 1: Let's Get Started.

Activity 2: Let's Review: Expressions of Joy and Enthusiasm

Activity 3: Expressing Empathy

Activity 4: Expressing Sympathy and Sorrow

PART 2: Expressing and responding to negative feelings

Activity 1: How Well Do You Manage Anger?

Activity 2: Expressing Anger

Activity 3: What Upsets You?

Activity 4: Expressing Your Feelings

PART 3: Talking about feelings

Activity 1: Describing Degrees of Feelings

Activity 2: Phrasal Verbs of Feelings

Activity 3: Feelings Through Idiomatic Expressions

UNIT 3 FINAL UNIT TASK

UNIT 3 SELF-ASSESSMENT: What Progress Did I Make?

UNIT 3 VOCABULARY LIST

UNIT 3 QUIZ

UNIT 4: GETTING THINGS DONE

PART 1: Making and responding to direct requests

Activity 2: Making Pre-requests

Activity 3: Responding to Requests

Activity 4: Making Face-to-Face Requests

Activity 5: Making Requests on the Phone

PART 2: Making and responding to indirect requests

Activity 1: Identifying Indirect Requests

Activity 2: Understanding and Responding to Indirect Requests

Activity 3: Making Indirect Requests

PART 3: Softening requests

Activity 1: Understanding the Use of "Please"

Activity 2: Using Hedgers

Activity 3: Now Let's Play!

UNIT 4 FINAL UNIT TASK

UNIT 4 SELF-ASSESSMENT: What Progress Did I Make?

UNIT 4 VOCABULARY LIST

UNIT 4 QUIZ

LISTENING TRANSCRIPTS

UNIT 1: Connecting with each other

Part 1, Activity 1B

Part 1, Activity 4A

Part 2, Activity 1A

Part 2, Activity 3A

Part 3, Activity 1A

Part 3, Activity 2A

Part 3, Activity 3B

UNIT 2: Putting your heads together

UNIT 3: Expressing yourself

Part 1, Activity 2A

Part 1, Activity 3B

Part 1, Activity 4C

Part 2, Activity 2B.

UNIT 4: Unit 4: Getting things done

Part 1, Activity 1A

Part 1, Activity 5B

Part 2, Activity 2A

Part 3, Activity 1.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-1939-9

1-4744-1937-2

OCLC:

1243532680