Tracks 2013
  • 1: A World of English
    • Where Do I Come From?
    • Becoming a Strategic Reader
    • Global English
    • Do You Speak Norwenglish?
    • Mari, Mariken and Magnus: Going Abroad
    • Reading Literature
    • Raising the Mango
    • Revision: Chapter 1
  • 2: Life and Society: North America
    • Q&A: Myths and Facts about the USA
    • Two Sides of the American Dream
    • Becoming a Strategic Listener
    • Issues in American Society
    • The Hunger Games
    • Detroit and Silicon Valley
    • No Speak English
    • Black and White
    • Canada: A Country of Contrasts
    • Revision: Chapter 2
  • 3: Work Matters
    • English at Work
    • What I Do for a Living
    • Finding a Job
    • Tricks of the Trade
    • Landing in the North
    • What's Gone Wrong?
    • Revision: Chapter 3
  • 4: Life and Society:The British Isles
    • Teens in the UK
    • I Am the Secret Footballer
    • Reading Poetry / Connected
    • Dora
    • Dying for Dreadlocks
    • British Festivals
    • Coping with Bad Times
    • Who Are the Irish?
    • Tommy from Dublin
    • The Sniper
    • Revision: Chapter 4
  • 5: Life and Society: The English-Speaking World
    • From British Empire to Commonwealth
    • Bollywood: The Global Cinema
    • Transmission
    • Extreme Sports in New Zealand
    • The All Blacks
    • Australian National Holidays
    • Does My Head Look Big in This?
    • My Country
    • South Africa Has It All!
    • The Ten Things ...
    • Revision: Chapter 5
  • 6: Work Values
    • The Little Red Hen
    • Work Ethics
    • Gender Roles in Working Life
    • Getting the Right Job
    • Child Labour
    • Safety at the Workplace
    • Health, Environment and Safety
    • Revision: Chapter 6
  • 7: We Were Here First
    • The First Australians / Son of Mine
    • Ta Moko / Butterflies
    • The Story of the Native Americans / Sure You Can ...
    • Revision: Chapter 7
  • Toolbox
  • Grammar
    • Adjectives and adverbs
    • Capital letters, punctuation and spelling
    • Prepositions
    • Contracted forms
    • It/There
    • Articles and nouns
    • Pronouns
    • Verbs: Concord
    • Verbs: Past and perfect tense
    • Verbs: Present progressive
    • Verbs: Revision
    • Do-support / Did-support
    • Tag questions
    • Wh-questions
    • Modal verbs
    • Word order
    • Joining sentences
  • Audio

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Issues in American Society

The issues that are dealt with in the three listening texts are:

- gun control

- celebrities

- law suits

See the textbook for introductions and more tasks.

issues guns

Documentary: Gun Nation

A revealing and unsettling journey to the heart of America’s deadly love affair with the gun.

Links

  • Documentary (Guardian)

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2016/sep/16/gun-nation-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-americas-gun-culture-video
    (theguardian.com)

Textbook Tasks

  • Listening tasks: The Gun Question
  • Listening tasks: How to Be a Celebrity
  • Listening tasks: I'll See You in Court

Extra Tasks

  • Reading strategies: News article (PDF)
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  • Find out more: Everyday life in the USA

Listening

  • Issue: The Gun Question
  • Issue: How to Be a Celebrity
  • Issue: I'll See You in Court

Visual Material

  • Map quiz: American states

Articles and Resources

  • Links: Capital punishment (Task 6)

Links

  • The Gun Debate (CNN)

    http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/us/gun-debate
    (edition.cnn.com)
  • Gun Control (Time Magazine)

    http://time.com/tag/gun-control/
    (time.com)
  • "I'm speaking up to end the violence"

    http://choices.scholastic.com/story/im-speaking-up-to-end-violence
    (choices.scholastic.com)
  • The world's most powerful celebrities (Forbes)

    http://www.forbes.com/celebrities/
    (forbes.com)
  • Ten Outrageous Lawsuits (HowStuffWorks)

    http://money.howstuffworks.com/8-outrageous-lawsuits.htm
    (money.howstuffworks.com)
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