What A World Listening: Amazing Stories from Around the Globe
Levels: 3 levels
Language: American English
Description
What A World Listening uses high-interest topics to help build students' English communication skills. The topics span history and the globe, from typical foods around the world, to the ancient Greeks, to man-made islands. Each unit opens with a question that is explored in the listening and continues with vocabulary, comprehension, note-taking, critical thinking, focused grammar, pronunciation, and conversation.
- Words that Go Together activities highlight collocations -- words that are easier to learn together
- Talking Notes activities challenge students to listen for main ideas and details in a short description of a person. place, or thing
- Short Conversations ask students to infer tone, attitude, or the context of the speakers' conversation
- Unit 1 What Are Some Different Types of Inventions?
- Unit 2 What Is Beauty Around the World?
- Unit 3 What Countries Have Royalty Today?
- Unit 4 What Are Some Rites of Passage?
- Unit 5 Who Are Some Famous Explorers?
- Unit 6 What Are Some Jobs that Are Unique to Australia?
- Unit 7 What Have the Chinese Given to the World?
- Unit 8 Who Are Some Famous Scientists in Medicine?
- Unit 9 Who Are Some Famous Detective Story Characters?
- Self-Test 1: Units 1-9
- Unit 10 What Are Some Endangered Species?
- Unit 11 What Are Some Ways People Get Married?
- Unit 12 What Are Some Extreme Sports?
- Unit 13 Who Are Some Famous Science Fiction Authors?
- Unit 14 What Do You Know about Sleep?
- Unit 15 What Is the Future of Transportation?
- Unit 16 What Are Some Fascinating Structures in Africa?
- Unit 17 What Are the Smallest Countries in the World?
- Unit 18 Where Do People Live the Longest?
- Self-Test 2: Units 10-18