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Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn 1: Academic Listening and Note-Taking (Student Book and Classroom Audio CD)

Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn 1: Academic Listening and Note-Taking (Student Book and Classroom Audio CD)


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Students are shown how a typical lecture is organised, using extensive excerpts and transcripts from authentic lectures on high-interest topics from a wide range of academic disciplines.

  • vocabulary, extension and post-lecture activities to encourage students to discuss, research and write about ideas raised in the lectures
  • strategies to help students recognise lecture organisation and know how to evaluate and predict information
  • a focus on acquisition of vocabulary - especially from the Academic Word List - and the recognition of language cues
  • preparation for academic testing through TOEFL-style test questions, which appear throughout the text
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Table of Contents:
  • STARTING OUT: PRE-COURSEWORK EVALUATION
  • A. Evaluating Listening Comprehension and Note-Taking Skills
  • LECTURE 1: Study Tips (Psychology)
  • B. Teacher’s Note-Taking Feedback Form
  • Unit 2 UNDERSTANDING LECTURE DESIGN
  • A. Comparing the Language of Lecturing to the Language of Writing
  • B. Recognizing Cues
  • C. Recognizing Paraphrase, Repetition, Exemplifi cation, and Digression
  • D. Summarizing Key Differences between the Language of Lecturing and the Language of Writing
  • E. Getting the Main Ideas Using Context and Prediction
  • F. Predicting Content and Lecture Direction
  • Unit 3 RECOGNIZING INTRODUCTIONS, CONCLUSIONS, AND DIGRESSIONS
  • A. Using Introductions to Recognize Lecture Focus and Direction
  • B. Recognizing and Comprehending Conclusions
  • C. Recognizing Digressions
  • Unit 4 THE BASICS OF NOTE-TAKING
  • A. Noting Key Words
  • B. Using Abbreviations Thoughtfully
  • C. Using Note-Taking Symbols and Abbreviations
  • D. Visually Representing Relationships and the Relative Importance of Information
  • LECTURE 2: "Nu Shu": Women’s Unique Language (Linguistics)
  • E. Eight DOs and DON’Ts for Improving Lecture Comprehension and Note-Taking
  • Unit 5 NOTING NUMBERS AND STATISTICS
  • A. Differentiating between Numbers That Sound Similar
  • B. Noting Years
  • C. Noting Large Numbers in Isolation
  • D. Noting Fractions and Decimals
  • E. Noting Ratios
  • LECTURE 3: Exploring a Market: Attitudes toward Pets (Business/Sociology)
  • LECTURE 4: Tobacco through the Millennia (Agriculture/History)
  • Unit 6 FOCUS ON LECTURE ORGANIZATION (PART 1)
  • A. Why Listen for Organization?
  • B. Organizational Plans within Lectures
  • C. Defi ning a Term
  • D. Listing Subtopics
  • E. Describing a Causal Relationship
  • LECTURE 5: How to Deal with Stress (Psychology)
  • LECTURE 6: Acid Rain (Ecology/Chemistry)
  • Unit 7 FOCUS ON LECTURE ORGANIZATION (PART 2)
  • A. Exemplifying a Topic
  • B. Describing a Process or Sequence of Events
  • C. Classifying Subtopics
  • LECTURE 7: Archaeological Dating Methods (Anthropology)
  • LECTURE 8: Pheromones (Biology)
  • Unit 8 FOCUS ON LECTURE ORGANIZATION (PART 3)
  • A. Describing Characteristics
  • B. Comparing and Contrasting
  • C. Making a Generalization and Providing Evidence
  • LECTURE 9: The Near Side of the Moon (Astronomy)
  • LECTURE 10: Drink Your Green Tea! (Food Science)
  • Unit 9 TYING IT TOGETHER: END-OF-COURSE EVALUATION
  • LECTURE 11: Voter Turnout in the United States (Political Science)
  • LECTURE 12: The Pyramids of Egypt: An Engineering Feat (Engineering/History)
  • APPENDIX A Academic Word List Vocabulary
  • APPENDIX B Lecture Index by Organizational Plan
  • APPENDIX C Lecture Index by Subject Matter
  • APPENDIX D Rewritten Notes for Lectures 5–10


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780132170307
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson Education (US)
  • Height: 270 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Academic Listening and Note-Taking (Student Book and Classroom Audio CD)
  • Width: 210 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0132170302
  • Publisher Date: 26 Apr 2012
  • Binding: SA
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 45 mm
  • Weight: 588 gr


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