NOTEWORTHY 2E

by Lim, Phyllis L.; Smalzer, William

• ISBN13: 9780838450093
• ISBN10: 0838450091
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-16
• Publisher: Heinle ELT

Summary

Noteworthy, 2/E offers both stimulating topics for study and great versatility. It is a high intermediate to advanced level ESL/EFL listening and notetaking program with three major goals: to improve listening comprehension and develop academic notetaking skills through intensive practice, to provide foreign students with a deeper, clearer understanding of life and culture in the United States, and to increase productive skills through tasks in which students use aural input for reproduction and transfer activities in speaking and writing.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
To the Teacher	vi
UNIT ONE The Face of the People	1	(34)
The Population	3	(8)
Notetaking Preparation: Number Notation Rhetorical Cues
Immigration: Past and Present	11	(10)
Notetaking Preparation: Dates: Teens and Tens Language Conventions: Countries and Nationalities
Americans at Work	21	(14)
Notetaking Preparation: Abbreviations Rhetorical Cues
Quiz Preparation	29	(6)
UNIT TWO The American Character	35	(34)
The American Family	37	(10)
Notetaking Preparation: Key Words: Content Words Rhetorical Cues
Religion	47	(10)
Notetaking Preparation: Commonly Used Symbols and Abbreviations Rhetorical Cues
Passages: Birth, Marriage, and Death	57	(12)
Notetaking Preparation: Key Words: Listening Adverbs as Content Words
Quiz Preparation	65	(4)
UNIT THREE American Trademarks	69	(34)
Multiculturalism	71	(10)
Notetaking Preparation: Key Words: Listening Rhetorical Cues: Transition Words
Crime and Violence in the United States	81	(10)
Notetaking Preparation: Structuring Rhetorical Cues
Technology: The Better Mousetrap	91	(12)
Notetaking Preparation: Structuring Rhetorical Cues
Quiz Preparation	99	(4)
UNIT FOUR Education	103	(36)
Public Education: Philosophy and Funding	105	(10)
Notetaking Preparation: Structuring: Outlining Rhetorical Cues
Postsecondary Education: Admissions	115	(10)
Notetaking Preparation: Structuring: Listening Acronyms
University Life	125	(14)
Notetaking Preparation: Deciphering Notes Rhetorical Cues
Quiz Preparation	134	(5)
UNIT FIVE The Official Side	139
The Role of Government in the Economy	141
Notetaking Preparation: Prelecture Reading Rhetorical Cues
Government by Constitution: Separation of Powers/Checks and Balances	151
Notetaking Preparation: Prelecture Reading Practicing the Language of Political Science
Common Law and the Jury System	161
Notetaking Preparation: Prelecture Reading Courtroom Language
Quiz Preparation	170