Raise the Issues : An Integrated Approach to Critical Thinking

by Numrich, Carol

• ISBN13: 9780201621006
• ISBN10: 0201621002
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson ESL

Summary

An exciting, proven approach to listening comprehension and discussion, based on authentic radio broadcasts from National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" and "Morning Edition". Students are presented with interesting and relevant content in unedited everyday speech including hesitations, redundancies, and various dialectical patterns.

Table of Contents

Scope and Sequence	vi
Introduction	ix
The Internet: A Driving Force for Change?	1	(20)
Commentator: David Weinberger from All Things Considered
Better Dead Than Coed?	21	(27)
Commentator: Katharine Ferguson from Morning Edition
When Does Life Begin?	48	(25)
Commentator: Andrei Codrescu from All Things Considered
Economic Might vs. Ecologic Right	73	(23)
Commentator: James Trefil from Morning Edition
Beyond Darwin	96	(23)
Commentator: Lauren Weinstein from Morning Edition
To Know More About Less or Less About More	119	(27)
Commentator: Rod MacLeish from Weekend Edition
``Just Say `No' to Drugs''?	146	(23)
Commentator: Linda Chavez from Morning Edition
The Right to Die vs. the Right to Life	169	(24)
Commentator: Philip Gerard from All Things Considered
The Global Village	193	(22)
Commentator: Andrew Lam from All Things Considered
``For Every Winner, There's a Loser''	215
Commentator: Joe Loconte from All Things Considered