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Raise the issues : an integrated approach to critical thinking / Carol Numrich ; in cooperation with NPR .

By: Numrich, Carol.
Contributor(s): National Public Radio (U.S.).
White Plains, NY : Pearson Education, 2010Edition: Third edition.Description: xv, 204 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780137007301 (pbk.).Subject(s): English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers | Critical thinking -- Problems, exercises, etcDDC classification: 428.24 N91
Contents:
Enforcing the law / commentator: Daniel Pinkwater from All Things Considered Better dead than coed? / commentator: Katharine Ferguson from Morning Edition The global child / commentator: Marcos McPweek Villatoro from Day to Day Beyond Darwin / commentator: Lauren Weinstein from Morning Edition Sport for sports sake / commentator: Frank Deford from Morning Edition Drawing the line on immigration / commentator: Jim Gilchrist from All Things Considered The right to die vs. the right to life / commentator: Philip Gerard from All Things ConsideredThe global village / commentator: Andrew Lam from All Things Considered For every winner, there's a loser / commentator: Joe Loconte from All Things Considered Alternative energy / commentator: Jeremy Rifkin from Morning Edition
Summary: 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 articles from publications such as The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, and the International Herald-Tribune to present differing 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." -- Amazon.com viewed August 26, 2020
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Enforcing the law / commentator: Daniel Pinkwater from All Things Considered Better dead than coed? / commentator: Katharine
Ferguson from Morning Edition
The global child / commentator: Marcos McPweek Villatoro from Day to Day Beyond Darwin / commentator: Lauren Weinstein
from Morning Edition
Sport for sports sake / commentator: Frank Deford from Morning Edition
Drawing the line on immigration / commentator: Jim Gilchrist from All Things Considered The right to die vs. the right to life / commentator: Philip Gerard from All Things ConsideredThe global village / commentator: Andrew Lam from All
Things Considered For every winner, there's a loser / commentator: Joe Loconte from All Things Considered
Alternative energy / commentator: Jeremy Rifkin from Morning Edition

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 articles from publications such as The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, and the International Herald-Tribune to present differing 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." -- Amazon.com viewed August 26, 2020

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