Selected Topics : High-Intermediate Listening Comprehension

by Kisslinger, Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780801309670
• ISBN10: 0801309670
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

This outstanding three-title series prepares college-bound ESL students to understand academic lectures in English. Each text equips students for the challenges of college and university study by helping them listen selectively, take notes, review key ideas, retain information, and apply what they have learned. Twelve recorded lectures in each level are performed in lively and natural styles to provide a motivating introduction to academic listening. Lectures cover a wide range of thought-provoking contemporary topics. Controlled, realistic note-taking practice, ample rep-listening activities, vocabulary preview, post-lecture tests, and a wealth of illustrations also aid student understanding.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii	(4)
Acknowledgments	xi
UNIT 1 BUSINESS A Good Manager	1	(8)
UNIT 2 LINGUISTICS Computers and How We Talk	9	(8)
UNIT 3 PSYCHOLOGY Be Careful: Phobias	17	(8)
UNIT 4 LITERATURE A Lesson in Folktales	25	(8)
UNIT 5 EDUCATION Learning Difficulties: Dyslexia	33	(8)
UNIT 6 ANTHROPOLOGY Sand Painting	41	(8)
UNIT 7 PHYSICS Sound	49	(8)
UNIT 8 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Deserts: They Keep Expanding	57	(8)
UNIT 9 JOURNALISM Photographs Today: Do They Tell the Truth?	65	(8)
UNIT 10 BIOLOGY Allergies	73	(8)
UNIT 11 SOCIOLOGY World Music	81	(8)
UNIT 12 GEOGRAPHY Preventing Disasters	89	(8)
Appendix A Review Tests	97	(24)
Appendix B Answer Key	121	(6)
Appendix C Lecture Scripts	127	(18)
Credits	145