Great debates : language and culture skills for ESL students / Meredith Westfall and John McCarthy ; illustrations by Renee McCauley.
Material type:
TextPublication details: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004.Description: vi, 256 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: - 0472089552 (pbk.)
- 9780472089550 (pbk.)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | NonFiction | 428.34 W527 | Available | 33111006799650 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book provides vocabulary, conversation tips, language learning tips, and discussion activities to help students debate on a wide variety of fairly non-controversial topics, from dining in or eating out, using the phone or e-mail, type A or type B, fiction or non-fiction, love at first sight or love over time, to diet or exercise.
Along with the discussion activities, the book contains some reading, writing, and vocabulary activities.
Each of the 30 units includes:
pre-debate discussion questions
new vocabulary words
a reading that outlines both sides of the debate
comprehension questions
discussion activities that include expressions used in debate-related speech acts and those pertaining to language learning
writing assignments
idiom and vocabulary review.