Unit 5

Cross-Cultural Insights
• Listening
– Campus Conversation A student talks with a counselor about his feeling of
helplessness during a family crisis, when he’s far from his family.
– Academic Listening – Interview
• Reading
– Newspaper Article: In One School Many Sagas
• Speaking
– Integrated Task: Debate options for redesigning a college visitor center.
• Writing
– Independent Task: Which country or culture has made the most significant
contributions throughout history?
• Skill Focus
– Using Context Clues mean using surrounding information to understand
meaning and details, and make inferences.
counselor

A faculty member who advises students on personal and academic problems,

career choices, and the like.
sagas

epic, tale, history.

significant

important; of consequence.
contributions

Gift, donation, benefaction.

 surrounding

Enclosing or encircling. Being the environment or

adjacent area.
 heritage

Something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth; an

inherited lot or portion: traditions
be in touch with

talk to
 at stake

A lot is in danger if you keep on getting late at work.

a wreck

mentally stressed
give yourself a brake
Too much work?
 upset

To disturb mentally or emotionally; perturb: The

incident upset her.
Cross-Cultural insights