VE NORTHSTAR L/S BASIC 1 2/E BOOK/CD 143912

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.

Table of Contents:
Scope and Sequence   Unit 1       Offbeat Jobs     Theme: Work     Listening One: What’s My Job?             A game show     Listening Two: More Offbeat Jobs             A report on an unusual website     Vocabulary: Context clues, dictionary work, word definitions     Grammar: Descriptive adjectives   Unit 2       A Piece of the Country in the City                 Theme: The Country and the City                 Listening One: The CommunityGardens                         A radio interview                 Listening Two: Let’s Hear from Our Listeners                         A radio call-in show                 Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions                 Grammar: Simple past tense   Unit 3       A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned                 Theme: Money                 Listening One: A Barter Network                         A community meeting                 Listening Two: Saving Money                         Three conversations                 Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions                 Grammar: Comparative adjectives   Unit 4       At Your Service: Service Animals                 Theme: Animals                 Listening One: Kimba, the Hero Dog                         A news report                 Listening Two: Do People Help Animals Too?                         A conversation                 Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, synonyms, appropriate word usage                 Grammar: Simple present tense — wh- questions with do   Unit 5       “Celletiquette”                 Theme: Cell phone etiquette                 Listening One: Everyone Has an Opinion                         A radio call-in show                 Listening Two: Our Listeners Write                         A radio call-in show                 Vocabulary: Word definitions, context clues, appropriate word usage                 Grammar: Verbs plus gerunds and infinitives   Unit 6       Is It Women’s Work?                 Theme: Male and Female Roles                 Listening One: Who’s Taking Care of the Children?                         A TV talk show                 Listening Two: Who is Right for the Job?                         Three conversations                 Vocabulary: Context clues, word definitions, idiomatic expressions                 Grammar: Adverbs and expressions of frequency   Unit 7       Good-Mood Foods                 Theme: Food                 Listening One: Would You Like to Be on the Radio?                         A radio show                 Listening Two: What’s the Matter? Four cases     Vocabulary: Word definitions, synonyms, vocabulary classification, context clues, word association     Grammar: Count and non-count nouns   Unit 8      An Ice Place to Stay                 Theme: Travel                 Listening One: An Unusual Vacation                         A travel hotline                 Listening Two: Vacations Around the World                         Three Vacation packages                 Vocabulary: Context clues, dictionary work, vocabulary classification                 Grammar: Can and can’t   Unit 9       Staying Healthy                 Theme: Health and Illness                 Listening One: Thin-Fast                         A radio commercial                 Listening Two: Health Problems and Remedies                         Two conversations     Vocabulary: Word definitions, context clues                 Grammar: Should, ought to, and have to   Unit 10     Endangered Languages                 Theme: Endangered Languages                 Listening One: Language Loss                         A class session                 Listening Two: My Life, My Language                         An autobiographical account                 Vocabulary: Word definitions, context clues, editing inaccurate definitions     Grammar: Future with will   Student Activities Grammar Book References Audioscript The Phonetic Alphabet