Overview ix
CHAPTER ONE
Listen In
Part One Learning New Strategies
Part Two Listening Attack Strategies
1. Using What You Already Know
2. Scanning for Background Information
3. Scanning for the Main Idea
4. Scanning for the Important Points
5. lnferencing (Making Intelligent Guesses)
6. Scanning for Specific Pieces of Information
7. Using Context Clues
8. Using Structure and Intonation Clues
9. Revising Assumptions (Checking What You Understood) Vocabulary Review
Part Three Oral Journal Homework Assignment
Part FourUsing It: My Home Town
CHAPTER TWO
Kicking the Habit
Part One Pre-Listening: Health Survey
Part Two Main Dialogue
Oral Journal Homework Assignment
Part ThreeExpansion
Section 1: Diet and Exercise
Section 2: Counting Calories
Part Four Focus: Conditionals
Part Five Practice
Part Six Using It: How To Make a Speech
CHAPTER THREE
Cruisin' Cross Country
Part One Pre-Listening: State Names
Part Two Main Dialogue
Oral Journal Homework Assignment
Part ThreeExpansion
Section 1: American Regions, Rivers, Mountains, and Lakes
Section 2: The Census
Part Four Focus: Expressions of Time
Part Five Practice
Part Six Using It: Planning a Vacation
CHAPTER FOUR
What's My Line?
Part One Pre-Listening: What's in an Interview?
Part Two Main Dialogue
Oral Journal Homework Assignment
Part Three Expansion: Rules for Good Interviews
Part Four Focus: Using Stress for Clarification
Part Five Practice
Part Six Using It: Interview Project
CHAPTER FIVE
Face the Issues
Part One Pre-Listening: What Worries You the Most?
Part TwoMain Dialogue
Oral Journal Homework Assignment
Part Three Expansion
Section I: The United States Government
Section 2: The State of the Union Address
Part FourFocus: Changes in Meaning Through Stress and Pitch
Part Five Practice
Part SixUsing It: People's Greatest Concerns
CHAPTER SIX
What's Bugging You?
Part One Pre-Listening: Radio Schedule
Part Two Main Dialogue
Oral Journal Homework Assignment
Part Three Expansion: The Newspaper
Part Four Focus: Tag Questions
Part Five Practice
Part Six Using It: Making News
CHAPTER SEVEN
I've Got Your Number!
Part One Pre-Listening: Buyer Beware
Part Two Main Dialogue
Oral Journal Homework Assignment
Part Three Expansion: Propaganda
Part Four Focus: Active and Passive Forms
Part Five Practice
Part Six Using It: Product Design and Advertising
CHAPTER EIGHT
How Green Are You?
Part OnePre-Listening: Energy Efficiency Survey
Part TwoMain Dialogue
Part ThreeExpansion
Section 1: Earth Day and Environmental Problems
Section 2: Environmental Organizations and Volunteerism
Oral Journal Homework Assignment
Part Four Focus: Compound Noun Stress Versus Noun Phrase Stress
Part FivePractice
Part Six Using It: Taking the Green Pledge
