Lecture Ready : Strategies for Academic Listening, Note-taking, and Discussion

by Peg Sarosy; Katherine Sherak

• ISBN13: 9780194309684
• ISBN10: 0194309681
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Summary

Lecture Ready: Strategies for Academic Listening, Note-taking, and Discussion , prepares students to deal with academic lectures with skill and confidence. Students attend actual lectures via DVD or video after practice with targeted lecture language. The lectures include elements of natural speech, such as false starts and digressions, to provide practice in maintaining focus on the essential core of a lecture.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. iii
Author acknowledgements	p. v
To the student	p. viii
Marketing	p. 1
Gender and Spending	p. 2
Reading: "Women Enter the Electronics Market"	p. 3
Practice Lecture	p. 6
Lecture	p. 8
Ads Are Everywhere	p. 12
Reading: "Hiding in Plain Sight: Ads in Daily Life"	p. 13
Practice Lecture	p. 16
Lecture	p. 18
Social Sciences	p. 23
Work Habits in the United States	p. 24
Reading: "Life's Labors"	p. 25
Practice Lecture	p. 28
Lecture	p. 30
Leisure Time in the United States	p. 34
Reading: "All or Nothing: Current Trends in Leisure Time"	p. 35
Practice Lecture	p. 38
Lecture	p. 40
Science	p. 45
Science or Pleasure: Choosing What We Eat	p. 46
Reading: "The Food Guide Pyramid"	p. 47
Practice Lecture	p. 50
Lecture	p. 52
Unique Solutions to Pollution	p. 56
Reading: "The Effects of Air Pollution on Children"	p. 57
Practice Lecture	p. 60
Lecture	p. 62
Media Studies	p. 67
Getting the News in the High-Tech Age	p. 68
Reading: "The Nature of News"	p. 69
Practice Lecture	p. 72
Lecture	p. 74
Who's on TV?	p. 78
Reading: "Themes in Television Entertainment"	p. 79
Practice Lecture	p. 82
Lecture	p. 84
Linguistics	p. 89
What's Up with Slang	p. 90
Reading: "Get Your Own Slang!"	p. 91
Practice Lecture	p. 94
Lecture	p. 96
Global English	p. 100
Reading: "International English"	p. 101
Practice Lecture	p. 104
Lecture	p. 106
Teacher's Notes, About the Authors	p. 111
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