Contemporary Topics 2: Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills (High Intermediate)

Ellen Kisslinger (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2009 | 3rd edition
Pearson Education (US) (Verlag)
978-0-13-234524-8 (ISBN)

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This 4 level series makes academic lectures accessible to students who are preparing for college or university classes in English. Students develop listening and note-taking skills while listening to academically diverse lectures.

Why is architect Frank Gehry's work notable? What principles should journalists be following today? What are the keys to owning a successful restaurant?

You’ll find the answers to these and other questions in Contemporary Topics 2, by Ellen Kisslinger (Series Editor: Michael Rost), which features college lectures from several academic disciplines, including architecture, media studies, and culinary arts. Contemporary Topics 2 prepares students for the challenge of college lectures with practice in a wide range of listening, speaking and note-taking skills and strategies.

Course Features

Corpus-based vocabulary drawn from the Academic Word List
Practical listening and note-taking strategies
Note-review practice that allows students to analyze their note-taking skills and consolidate their understanding of the lecture
Academic research and speaking tasks: presentation, discussions, and role plays
A Teacher’s Pack for busy instructors with:

Suggested bonus activities
Teaching notes
Answer keys
Audioscripts
Simulated TOFEL® Listening Test for each unit

This is the standalone book, if the customer wants the Book/Audio CD they should order the ISBN below:

0132469405 / 9780132469401 Contemporary Topics 2: Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills (Student Book and Classroom Audio CDs)
Package consists of:
0132345242 / 9780132345248 Contemporary Topics 2: Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills (High Intermediate)
0136005144 / 9780136005148 Contemporary Topics 2 Audio CDs

UNIT 1            SOCIOLOGY

                                    Names

UNIT 2            LINGUISTICS

                                    Global English

UNIT 3            PSYCHOLOGY

                                    Phobias

UNIT 4            CULINARY ARTS

                                    Owning a Successful Restaurant

UNIT 5            EDUCATION

                                    How We Each Learn Best

UNIT 6            HISTORY

                                    The Silk Road

UNIT 7            BUSINESS

                                    Team Building

UNIT 8            ARCHITECTURE

                                    Frank Gehry

UNIT 9            PUBLIC HEALTH

                                    Building Immunity

UNIT 10          MEDIA STUDIES

                                    Principles of Journalism

UNIT 11          BIOLOGY

                                    DNA Testing

UNIT 12          PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

                                    Risk Management

APPENDIX A: ACADEMIC WORD LIST

APPENDIX B: AFFIX CHARTS

CD/DVD TRACKING GUIDES

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.2.2009
Verlagsort	Upper Saddle River
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 276 mm
Gewicht	270 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
ISBN-10	0-13-234524-2 / 0132345242
ISBN-13	978-0-13-234524-8 / 9780132345248
Zustand	Neuware