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

by Kisslinger, Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780130948588
• ISBN10: 0130948586
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson ESL

Summary

The Contemporary Topics Series prepares students for the challenges of college by presenting a wide range of listening and note-taking strategies and skills. Targeting corpus-based vocabulary drawn from the Academic Word List, Contemporary Topics ensures that students will be familiar with the most frequently used academic terms.

Table of Contents

What's in a Name?

Topic: Cultural Anthropology

Note-Taking Tip: Identify main ideas

Unit English: A Global Language?

Topic: Linguistics

Note-Taking Tip: Use signal words to organize your notes

High Anxiety: Phobias

Topic: Psychology

Note-Taking Tip: Note and explain key words

TV: What We Watch

Topic: Media Studies

Note-Taking Tip: Create topic headings and indent subtopics

Learning Differently

Topic: Education

Note-Taking Tip: Note supporting details below main ideas

Immigration: Bound for the United States

Topic: History

Note-Taking Tip: Make columns to note dates and numbers

Who's Calling the Shots?

Topic: Business Administration

Note-Taking Tip: Use symbols and abbreviations

Right and Wrong on the Net

Topic: Computer Ethics

Note-Taking Tip: Make numbered lists

Which Way Will It Go?

Topic: Environmental Science

Note-Taking Tip: Draw arrows to show cause and effect

It's in the DNA

Topic: Biology

Note-Taking Tip: Cluster related ideas in a web

Staying Healthy

Topic: Public Health

Note-Taking Tip: Group related ideas with brackets and arrows

Prepare, Prepare

Topic: Public Administration

Note-Taking Tip: Write down questions as you listen

Academic Word List

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