Raise the Issues An Integrated Approach to Critical Thinking

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.The series: -- Develops essential listening strategies, including predicting, looking at language, understanding main ideas and points of view, focusing on details, and note-taking.-- Fosters critical thinking skills through follow-up activities that include discussion, debate, values clarification, and writing assignments.-- Integrates language and concepts through sophisticated grammar and vocabulary activities.Audiocassettes of the original radio broadcasts are available for each book.This book integrates all four skills through the introduction of alternative viewpoints to the broadcasts, presented in authentic newspaper and magazine editorials. Controversial topics include censorship, euthanasia, and official language policy.Numrich, Carol is the author of 'Raise the Issues An Integrated Approach to Critical Thinking' with ISBN 9780801313752 and ISBN 0801313759.