Contemporary Topics 1: Int Listening & Notetaking Sb 2nd Ed.

Description: Contemporary Topics enhances academic listening and study skills, improves English language proficiency and incorporates real college lectures.

The Contemporary Topics Series prepares students for the challenges of college by presenting a wide range of listening and note-taking strategies and skills.
Targeting corpus-based vocabulary drawn from the Academic Word List, Contemporary Topics ensures that students will be familiar with the most frequently used academic terms. The twelve lectures at each level are drawn from a range of academic disciplines, and are recorded to reflect natural interaction between professor and students.

Features and Benefits

F: Realistic classroom lectures
B: Expose students to authentic classroom materials.
F: Nine new units
B: Current engaging topics keep students' interest.
F: Cumulative note-taking tips
B: Specific strategies presented, modeled, and recycled for each lecture.
F: Academic vocabulary
B: At least half of the target vocabulary drawn from academic word list.
F: Listening quizzes for each unit
B: Reproducible copies in Teacher's Manual.

Table of Contents


Unit 1 Happiness

Topic: Psychology

Note-Taking Tip: Note main ideas and details



Unit 2 New Kinds of Food

Topic: Biology

Note-Taking Tip: Note subtopics



Unit 3 Public Art

Topic: Art

Note-Taking Tip: Note descriptions



Unit 4 Journey to Antarctica

Topic: History

Note-Taking Tip: Note dates and events



Unit 5 Violence on Television

Topic: Media Studies

Note-Taking Tip: Note numbers



Unit 6 Too Old to Learn?

Topic: Linguistics

Note-Taking Tip: Listen for signal phrases



Unit 7 Are We Alone?

Topic: Astronomy

Note-Taking Tip: Listen for theoretical questions



Unit 8 Do the Right Thing

Topic: Ethics

Note-Taking Tip: Note definitions



Unit 9 A Good Night's Sleep

Topic: Public Health

Note-Taking Tip: Note causes and effects



Unit 10 Negotiating for Success

Topic: Business

Note-Taking Tip: Note examples



Unit 11 Risking It

Topic: Statistics

Note-Taking Tip: Note comparisons and contrasts



Unit 12 The Electronic Brain

Topic: Technology

Note-Taking Tip: Choose the best note-taking techniques



Appendix A: Academic Word List

Appendix B: Affix Charts