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Companion Site

Print Price: $69.95

Format:
Paperback
240 pp.
Approx. 50 2-colour photos, 12 maps, 8.375" x 10.875"

ISBN-13:
9780195444469

Publication date:
January 2012

Imprint: OUP Canada


Global Focus

Integrated Skills through Cultural Events

Gary G. Fogal

Global Focus is an advanced ESL text for adult and young adult learners. This four-skill book uses significant cultural events as a starting point for each theme-based chapter. It is the third level of the new Culture Link series of four-skill, culture-focused books.

Each chapter builds upon the content of the featured cultural event, examining new vocabulary, grammar structures, and themes. The book fulfills the practical teaching needs of the classroom in interesting ways through the use of authentic content, including popular songs and audio clips from sources including the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

The full Global Focus program includes the student book, audio CD containing authentic listening clips, iTunes iMix (available through iTunes) containing the songs studied in the student book, workbook, and online teacher's resource.

Readership : Advanced English text for adult and young adult ESL learners.

1. The Cold War
2. Music and Sport
3. Tragedies at Sea
4. Bloody Sunday
5. Apartheid
6. Race Relations in America
7. The Stolen Generation
8. Science and Crime
9. Space Exploration
10. Elements of War

Teacher's Resource: Global Focus Companion Site

Gary G. Fogal's academic background is in Linguistics, English Language Teaching, Philosophy, and English Literature. He has taught at universities in South Korea and Japan, and is currently a writing instructor at the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. student in the Second Language Education program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE/UT).

Global Focus Workbook - Jacqueline Dumas
Global Focus Audio CD - Gary Fogal
Reel Canada - Mohammad Hashemi
O Canada - Mohammad Hashemi

Special Features

  • Integrated skills are taught through culturally relevant, high-interest global themes.
  • Academic content and valuable guidance prepare students for the challenges of post-secondary programs.
  • Topics throughout are designed to stimulate discussion and keep students engaged in the learning process.