Learn To Listen, Listen To Learn Student's Book 2nd Ed. (Am. En

Description: Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn has helped students prepare for the rigors of academic class work. Now, a new Second Edition continues to offer readers valuable tips for getting the most from lectures. This text shows how a typical lecture is organized, using actual excerpts and transcript from 19 authentic lectures covering a wide range of topics.
Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn utilizes a three-pronged approach to vocabulary instruction-defining, using, and retaining.

Features


Use language cues and conventions that indicate organization and emphasis.
Deal with numbers and statistics.
Predict upcoming information.
Organize their notes for maximum effectiveness.
Supplementary readings drawn from today's newspapers and magazines for pre- and post-lecture discussions.
Follow-up writing or speaking and listening activities designed to develop critical thinking skills

Table of Contents


Preface

Acknowledgements



UNIT 1 Pre-Coursework Evaluation



Evaluating Listening Comprehension and Note-Taking Skills

Lecture 1: The Process of Lecture Comprehension

Note-Taking Feedback Form



UNIT 2 Looking at Lecture Transcripts



Comparing the Language of Lecturing to the Language of Writing

Recognizing Cues

Recognizing Paraphrase, Repetition, Exemplification, and Tangential

Information

Summarizing Key Differences between the Language of Lecturing and the Language of Writing

Getting the Main Ideas Using Context and Prediction

Predicting Content and Lecture Direction



UNIT 3 Note-taking Basics



Noting Key Words

Using Note-Taking Symbols and Abbreviations

Visually Representing Relationships and the Relative Importance of Information

Lecture 2: Women and Work

Eight Dos and Don’ts for Improving Lecture Comprehension and Note-Taking



UNIT 4 Noting Numbers and Statistics



Differentiating between Numbers That Sound Similar

Noting Years

Noting Large Numbers in Isolation

Noting Fraction and Decimals

Listening to and Taking Notes on Lectures Containing Numbers and Statistics

Lecture 3: American Attitudes toward Work

Lecture 4: Milestones in Technology

Lecture 5: Immigration to the United States



UNIT 5 Listening for Organization in Lectures



Why Listen for Organization?

Using Introductions to Recognize Lecture Focus and Direction

Recognizing and Comprehending Conclusions

Organizational Plans within Lectures

Defining a Term

Listing Subtopics

Describing a Causal Relationship

Exemplifying a Topic

Describing a Process or Sequence of Events

Classifying Subtopics

Describing Characteristics

Comparing and Contrasting

Making a Generalization and Providing Evidence

Tangents



UNIT 6 Lecture Comprehension and Note-Taking Practice



Lecture 6: How to Deal with Stress

Lecture 7: Acid Rain

Lecture 8: Archaeological Dating Methods

Lecture 9: Amnesty International

Lecture 10: Pheromones

Lecture 11: The Near Side of the Moon

Lecture 12: Drink Your Green Tea!

Lecture 13: Voter Turnout in the United States

Lecture 14: How to Look at Art

Lecture 15: Paging Robodoc: Robots in Medicine

Lecture 16: Earthquakes: Can They Be Predicted?

Lecture 17: Hall’s Classification of Cultures



UNIT 7 Post-Coursework Evaluation



Lecture 18: The Pyramids of Egypt: An Engineering Feat

Lecture 19: Perfectionism



APPENDIX A Lecture Index by Organizational Plan

APPENDIX B Lecture Index by Subject Matter

APPENDIX C Rewritten Notes for Lectures