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New Dynamic English, Level
4
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Disc 1
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Lesson
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Description
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Life Choices:
Harry's Accident
Joan's Challenge
Joe's Cafe
Sandra's Dilemma
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Introduces conditional constructions
to talk about past and future events and their consequences. Presents
different types of cause-and-effect relationships using connecting phrases
such as "as a result," "even though," "because
of," and "unless."
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Life Choices:
Question Practice
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Intensive question
practice focuses on the language of choice, causal relations, and inferences.
Reinforces the vocabulary and structures from the previous lesson.
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Life Choices:
Focus on Conditionals |
Click and drag
words to construct the appropriate conditional which follows from a given
fact. |
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Epidemic:
Our Changing Lives
Fighting Infections
The Adaptability of Life
Preparing for our Future
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In this lesson students learn
to focus their listening on either the main idea or the supporting facts
and examples in a presentation. Develops vocabulary related to health
and other global issues.
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Epidemic:
Sentence Reordering |
Focuses on connecting
phrases and other discourse markers that link sentences together and create
coherent paragraphs. |
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Space & Time Sequences:
Space Game
Time Game
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This innovative lesson focuses
on the language of spatial relationships, explanation, specification,
exception, conditional action, and time sequencing. Features two games
which use click and drag activities to test comprehension.
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Review Exercises:
Dictations
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Listening-based review of
important vocabulary, grammar, and word recognition in context. An oral
cloze type format.
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Review Exercises:
Fill-Ins
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Students use speech recognition
to complete gap-filling exercises. Focuses on detailed comprehension
and inferring from context. Reviews grammar and meaning distinctions
from previous lessons.
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Review Exercises:
Speech Practice
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Sentence Reading,
Answering Questions, and Speech Quiz sections offer speaking practice
using speech recognition. Reviews previous lessons. |
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Video Interactions
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Natural conversations
with native English speakers reinforce key language, including useful
telephone expressions. Select "Interactive" to participate in
the conversation, using Speech Recognition. Includes: Telephone for Business,
Telephone Invitation, Interview with an Actor, Dinner Conversation, and
Hot Seats. |
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Disc 2
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Lesson
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Description
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The Secret Code:
Setting a Trap
The Suspect
The Investigation
Guilty or Not Guilty
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Students examine evidence
in a mystery and draw conclusions from the evidence as they try to solve
it. The focus is on degrees of certainty, making inferences, conditionals
and suppositions. This lesson follows up Level 4, Disc 1, which also
focuses on conditionals.
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The Secret Code:
Focus Exercises |
Sentence-making
exercises reinforce key grammar and vocabulary. Click and drag words to
construct sentences from the lesson. |
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Matrix Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Practice
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Prepares students
to discuss global issues, trends and news events. Presents vocabulary
in five categories: famous people, regions of the world, disasters, a
history of the world, and human accomplishments. |
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Matrix Vocabulary:
Matrix Game |
An interactive
game in which students answer comprehension questions and try to improve
their score. Questions are randomly arranged so that each game is different.
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UFOs: For & Against:
Arguments:-For & Against
For or Against?
Drakes Equation:
-Intelligent Life
Relativity:-Rulers & Clocks
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This
lesson presents arguments for and against the existence of UFOs.
The focus is on the structure of simple arguments and counter arguments,
note-taking, and important vocabulary. Prepares students to follow and
engage in critical thinking and debates. |
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UFOs:
For & Against
Sentence Reordering |
Focuses
on connecting phrases and other discourse markers that link sentences
together and create coherent arguments. |
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Review Exercises:
Dictations
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Listening-based review of
important vocabulary, grammar, and word recognition in context. An oral
cloze type format.
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Review Exercises:
Fill-Ins
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Students use speech recognition
to complete gap-filling exercises. Focuses on detailed comprehension
and inferring from context. Reviews grammar and meaning distinctions
from previous lessons.
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Review Exercises:
Speech Practice
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Sentence Reading,
Answering Questions, and Speech Quiz sections offer speaking practice
using speech recognition. Reviews previous lessons. |
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Video Interactions
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Natural
conversations with native English speakers reinforce key language, including
useful telephone expressions. Select "Interactive" to participate
in the conversation, using Speech Recognition. Includes: Telephone for
Business, Friends on the Telephone, UFO Interview, and Press Conference. |
