Contemporary Topics 2: Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills, 3rd Edition

Contemporary Topics 2: Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills, 3rd Edition

<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I>Why is architect Frank Gehry's work notable? What principles should journalists be following today? What are the keys to owning a successful restaurant?</I> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <I> </I> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">You’ll find the answers to these and other questions in <B> <I>Contemporary Topics 2, </I> </B>by Ellen Kisslinger (Series Editor: Michael Rost), which features college lectures from several academic disciplines, including architecture, media studies, and culinary arts.  <B> <I>Contemporary Topics 2 </I> </B> prepares students for the challenge of college lectures with practice in a wide range of listening, speaking and note-taking skills and strategies.  </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Course Features</B> </P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Corpus-based vocabulary drawn from the Academic Word List </DIV> <LI>Practical listening and note-taking strategies <LI>Note-review practice that allows students to analyze their note-taking skills and consolidate their understanding of the lecture <LI>Academic research and speaking tasks: presentation, discussions, and role plays <LI>A Teacher’s Pack for busy instructors with: <UL> <LI>Suggested bonus activities <LI>Teaching notes <LI>Answer keys <LI>Audioscripts <LI>Simulated TOFEL®  Listening Test for each unit</LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>This is the standalone book, if the customer wants the Book/Audio CD they should order the ISBN below:<BR> <BR> </B> <B>0132469405 / 9780132469401 Contemporary Topics 2: Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills (Student Book and Classroom Audio CDs)<BR> </B>Package consists of: <BR>0132345242 / 9780132345248 Contemporary Topics 2: Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills (High Intermediate)<BR>0136005144 / 9780136005148 Contemporary Topics 2 Audio CDs</P>