Full Description
Raise the Issues helps advanced students develop critical thinking skills as they gain insight into American Attitudes and values. It combines original broadcasts from NPR® with authentic articls from publications such as The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, and the International Herald-Tribune to present dffering viewpoints on contemporary topics. Each of the ten units provides stimulating content that integrates listening, reading, speaking, and writing. As students clarify, interpret, and evaluate ideas from the material, they improve their command of sophisticated vocabulary and complex structures.
The third edition features five new units on topical issues such as international adoptions, immigration, alternative energy, and the place of sports in higher education.
See also:
Face the Issues, Third Edition
Consider the Issues, Third Edition
Contents
1 ENFORCING THE LAW
Commentator: Daniel Pinkwater from All Things Considered
2 BETTER DEAD THAN COED?
Commentator: katharine Ferguson from Morning Edition
3 THE GLOBAL CHILD
Commentator: Marcos McPeek Villatoro from Day to Day
4 BEYOND DARWINISM
Commentator: Lauren Weinstein from Morning Edition
5 SPORT FOR SPORT'S SAKE
Commentator: Frank Deford from Morning Edition
6 DRAWING THE LINE ON IMMIGRATION
Commentator: Jim Gilchrist from All Things Considered
7 THE RIGHT TO DIE VS. THE RIGHT TO LIFE
Commentator: Philip Gerard from All Things Considered
8 THE GLOBAL VILLAGE
Commentator: Andrew Lam from All Things Considered
9 FOR EVERY WINNER, THERE'S A LOSER
Commentator: Joe Loconte from All Things Considered
10 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Commentator: Jeremy Rifkin from Morning Edition
