With its fresh new look, the third edition of the Summit program helps develop confident English speakers who are able to navigate a host of social and professional situations.This two-level course provides high-intermediate learners with an integrated set of global communication skills. It delivers immediate, demonstrable results through its goal- and achievement-based pedagogy and continual recycling of language.The two levels of Summit can be used with Top Notch as the fifth and sixth books in a complete six-level series. Summit 1 covers competencies from B2 to B2 #43

This fully revised third edition of Summit prepares confi dent speakers to navigate the social and professional situations they will encounter in their lives. Summit delivers immediate, demonstrable results through its goals- and achievement-based pedagogy and continual recycling of language. The two levels of Summit can be used with Top Notch as the fi fth and sixth books in a complete six-level series.

Summit helps the high-intermediate learner continue to grow through a balanced development of both fluency and accuracy. Summit offers a unique conversational syllabus and extensive opportunities for discussion, debate, presentations, and projects as well as contextualized grammar review, expansion, and practice. Summit prepares students for academic study through development of word skills, reading and listening skills and strategies, and critical thinking. MyEnglishLab for Summit is a powerful online learning tool for personalized practice and assessment.

A two-level high-intermediate/advanced course, "Summit," by Joan Saslow and Allen Ascher, is the perfect next step for learners who have completed a beginning to intermediate-level course. "Summit" develops competence and confidence in all four skills. "Summit"'s simple instructional design has two essential, motivating features: Concise two-page multiple skills lessons are each designed for one class session. Communication activities at the end of each lesson enable students to set their own progress. Other important features: Ten essential model conversations apply a wide array of conversation strategies for confident communication. Unique step-by-step "Discussion Builders" guarantee successful, thoughtful free discourse. An intensive vocabulary syllabus builds key word skills. Comprehensive writing sections feature rhetorical skills, prewriting, and error correction. Bound-in Grammar and Pronunciation Boosters provide additional reference and practice.

FOREWORD BY GUY KAWASAKI Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the Net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen challenges the conventional wisdom of making "slide presentations" in today’s world and encourages you to think differently and more creatively about the preparation, design, and delivery of your presentations. Garr shares lessons and perspectives that draw upon practical advice from the fields of communication and business. Combining solid principles of design with the tenets of Zen simplicity, this book will help you along the path to simpler, more effective presentations.

With its fresh new look, the third edition of the Summit program helps develop confident English speakers who are able to navigate a host of social and professional situations.This two-level course provides high-intermediate learners with an integrated set of global communication skills. It delivers immediate, demonstrable results through its goal- and achievement-based pedagogy and continual recycling of language.The two levels of Summit can be used with Top Notch as the fifth and sixth books in a complete six-level series. Summit 1 covers competencies from B2 to B2 #43