CHATTERBOX

As its subtitle indicates, Chatterbox is a compendium of pair and group activities formulated to enhance student fluency in everyday conversational situations of all kinds. Each unit deals with its topic-family and friends, work and business, leisure and sport, past and future- in a variety of provocative ways via highly motivating activities that pull students into the action and encourage them to really use English instead of merely practicing it.

◆Key Features and Functions; 9 comprehensive units, each with 6-8 activities that approach the unit's topic from a different viewpoint. Unit headings include: Getting to Know You/ Happy Eaters/ Nine to Five/ The Way We Are/ Going Places/ A Brighter Tomorrow/ Human Relationships. Activities encourage students to move around the classroom and talk to all their classmates, helping each other to greater fluency. Motivates students to overcome their fear of making mistakes―to become good listeners as well as less inhibited speakers. Develops composition skills through short, thought-provoking writing assignments that form the basis of in-class presentations and discussions. The Teacher's Manual spells out how each activity should be conducted, with suggestions for variations and supplementary activities

Unit 1 Getting To Know You
　1.1 Circular introductions
　1.2 Name cards
　1.3 Meeting your teacher
　1.4 Put your hand up if...
　1.5 A vacation experience
　1.6 Find someone who...
　1.7 Knowing you better
　1.8 What’s my name?
　Project: This is me!
　Key words and phrases
Unit 2 Happy Eaters
　2.1 Tastes and textures
　2.2 Favorites
　2.3 Let me have a taste
　2.4 Find someone who...
　2.5 Famous world dishes
　2.6 Today's recipe
　2.7 Healthy eating
　Project: A little restaurant
　Key words and phrases
Unit 3 Nine to Five
　3.1 Job matching
　3.2 What's my line?
　3.3 Good job, bad job
　3.4 The best job for me
　3.5 How much is fair?
　3.6 Losing it
　3.7 Get a job
　Project: photographic memories
　Key words and phrases
Units 1-3 Word Review
　Word Pyramid 1
　Hot Seat 1

Unit 4 The Way We Are
　4.1 You’re OK, I’m OK
　4.2 What’s in a face?
　4.3 My character, your character
　4.4 Frustration!
　4.5 Emotions
　4.6 Would I lie to you?
　4.7 What would you do?
　4.8 In a manner of speaking
　Project: photographic memories
　Key words and phrases
Unit 5 Going Pieces
　5.1 Travel - a quick survey
　5.2 My town
　5.3 Tourism - a mixed blessing
　5.4 Planning a trip
　5.5 Where in the world?
　5.6 Survival language
　5.7 Hotel receptionist
　Project: English-speaking world
　Key words and phrases
Unit 6 When We Were Young
　6.1 Golden days
　6.2 For the first time
　6.3 What a whopper!
　6.4 How things have changed
　6.5 Becoming an adult
　6.6 Help line
　6.7 Going to school
　Project: cherished object
　Key words and phrases
Units 4 - 6 Word Review
　Word Pyramid 2
　Hot Seat 2

Unit 7 A Brighter Tomorrow
　7.1 Predictions
　7.2 Your fortune in the stars
　7.3 The future in your hands
　7.4 Signs of progress?
　7.5 Twenty years on
　7.6 Looking back from the future 58
　7.7 What really matters to you? 59
　Project: scientific development
　Key words and phrases
Unit 8 Leisure and Sport
　8.1 A leisure activity for you
　8.2 What counts as sport?
　8.3 Sporting greats
　8.4 On record
　8.5 Square eyes
　8.6 A good story
　Project: show and tell
　Key words and phrases
Unit 9 Human Relationships
　9.1 Family trees
　9.2 Who would you speak to?
　9.3 The perfect friend
　9.4 What is love?
　9.5 The people in your life
　9.6 Conflict
　9.7 Emotional responses
　Project: two less lonely people
　Key words and phrases
Units 7-9 Word Review
　Word Pyramid 3
　Word Diamond 1
　Hot Seat 3

Appendix
　Unit 1.2 Name card
　Unit 1 Project: This Is Mel
　Unit 4.1 You’re OK, I’m OK
　Unit 5.4 Planning a trip: Information for Student A’s journey.
　Unit 5.4 Planning a trip: Information for Student B’s journey.