Challenge to think

Student's Edition

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Christine Frank

Mario Rinvolucri

Marge Berer

Grafikus

John Jensen

Oxford

'Christine Frank: Challenge to think ' összes példány

Kiadó:	Oxford University Press
Kiadás helye:	Oxford
Kiadás éve:	1987
Kötés típusa:	Ragasztott papírkötés
Oldalszám:	80 oldal
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Nyelv:	Angol
Méret:	25 cm x 19 cm
ISBN:	0-19-453250-X
Megjegyzés:	Fekete-fehér illusztrációkkal, fotókkal.

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Challenge to Think Why do the twins have nightmares about a kitchen? Are schools like prisons? And prisons like schools? How did the company chairman get mixed up with storks? What was the meaning of the 20,000 left-foot shoes? Provocative, amusing, controversial, bafíling. Challenge to Think is a fascinating compendium of English language puzzles, problems, thinking games, questions and issues, to give intermediate students practice in vitai language skills. Part 1 Speaking: spoken exercises promote the asking of correct questions, statement analysis, intensive discussion and creative thinking, with exercises such as Puzzle Stories, Causes and Consequences, and Switch Sentences. Part 2 Reading and Speaking: students read and share opinions about stories, problems and issues, practising comprehension, logical thinking and self-expression. Exercises include Deduction Puzzles, Contradictions and Lies, All Lies! Part 3 Writing and Speaking: written solutions provide a basis for shared... Tovább

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Contents
PART 1 SPEAKING
6 Puzzle Stories
Asking 'yes/no' questions about unexplained
stories.
7 Three-Item Stories
Asking 'yes/no' questions to find the stories
linking three items.
9 Switch Sentences
Discussing the difference in meaning
between statements in which words have
been switched.
11 Switch Photos
Discussing the links between the subjects of
two photographs.
17 Causes and Consequences
Determining the causes and consequences of
statements of fact.
18 Designs
Criticizing the design and use of familiar
objects; creating new designs.
22 Context and Meaning
Discovering the varied meanings statements
may have in different contexts.
PART 2 READING AND SPEAKING
28 Two-in-One Stories
Separating and sequencing two stories mixed
together; retelling the stories from memory.
33 Contradictions
Reading and discussing stories full of
contradictions.
35 Matchings
Discussing newspaper headlines and
matching headlines to articles.
44 Deduction Puzzles
Reading a problem story and answering
questions that lead to a solution.
54 Psychology Questionnaires
Discussion of people's feelings in a variety of
situations; role-playing the situations.
59 Role-play the News
Reading of a news story; role-playing the
story.
60 Lies, AULies!
Finding the lies in reading passages;
identifying things from a deceptive
description; talking about different kinds of
lies; discussing people's attitudes to lies.
64 Morál Issues
Reading and debating morál issues.
PART 3 WRITING AND SPEAKING
68 Creative Drills
Writing solutions to unusual problems;
comparing different solutions.
71 Creative Crosswords
Solving and comparing crosswords, and
writing clues.
73 What's in a Blot?
Speculating about and writing descriptions of
ink blots.
75 Describe Yourself
Writing descriptions of people, places and
things and analysing what they mean.
78 Finish the Story
Writing the end of an unfinished story and
comparing different endings.