Contemporary Topics Intro: Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills

Jeanette Clement; Cynthia Lennox

ISBN 10: 0132075180 ISBN 13: 9780132075183

Publisher: Pearson Education, 2009

Synopsis

For Your Information 1 and 2 DVD Video Program features: Sixteen 2-5 minute video excerpts, many from ABC News broadcasts of World News Tonight, Good Morning America, and 20/20. Video activities including vocabulary comprehension, and discussion appear at the end of each Student Book unit. A DVD Guide packaged with the DVD includes step-by-step instructions for using the video in class as well as video transcripts.

About this title

From the Back Cover

 

What causes a society to collapse? What’s it like to grow up as a third culture kid?  How has microcredit changed people’s lives?

 

You’ll find the answers to these and other questions in Contemporary Topics Introductory, by Jeanette Clement and Cynthia Lennox  (Series Editor: Michael Rost) which features college lectures from several academic disciplines, including archaeology, anthropology, and economics.  Contemporary Topics Introductory prepares students for the challenge of college lectures with practice in a wide range of listening, speaking and note-taking skills and strategies. The lectures (available on CD and DVD) were filmed in realistic academic setting before line student audiences.

 

DVD Features

• Realistic college lectures from a range of academic disciplines (also on audio CDs)
• Student discussions of the lectures (also on audio CDs)
• Instructors’ Presentation Points
• Coaching Tips that guide students as they take notes
• Subtitles for lectures and student discussions

 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 TOEFLŪ  Listening Test for each unit

See also:

Contemporary Topics 1 (Intermediate)

Contemporary Topics 2 (High Intermediate)

Contemporary Topics 3 (Advanced)

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132075180
• ISBN 13: 9780132075183
• Binding: DVD-ROM
• Edition number: 1