Contemporary Topics 3: Advanced Listening and Note-Taking Skills, 2nd Edition

This academic listening and note-taking series prepares students for the challenges of attending university lectures. The texts contain 12 lectures per level, topic preview activities to activate background knowledge, and listening strategies such as predicting, inferring and listening for gist.

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Beglar, David

Murray, Neil

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This academic listening and note-taking series prepares students for the challenges of attending university lectures. The texts contain 12 lectures per level, topic preview activities to activate background knowledge, and listening strategies such as predicting, inferring and listening for gist.

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

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

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 This interactive listening-speaking series prepares students for the challenges of college lectures with a wide range of listening, speaking, and note-taking strategies and skills. The lectures are drawn from a range of academic disciplines and reflect authentic lecture settings, featuring engaging instructors and live student audiences.

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Could we colonize Mars if we wanted to? Has surveillance reached "Big Brother" proportions? What are some of the latest theories for slowing aging? You’ll find the answers to these and other questions in Contemporary Topics 3 (Series Editor: Michael Rost), which features college lectures from several academic disciplines, including astronomy, political science, and biology. Contemporary Topics 3 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 the separate Audio CDs and DVD) were filmed in realistic academic setting before line student audiences. The Classroom DVD (ISBN 9780131358102) and the Audio CDs (ISBN 9780136005162) are available separately. DVD Features <ul>
<li>Realistic college lectures from a range of academic disciplines (also on audio CDs) </li>
<li>Student discussions of the lectures (also on audio CDs) </li>
<li>Instructors’ Presentation Points </li>
<li>Coaching Tips that guide students as they take notes </li>
<li>Subtitles for lectures and student discussions</li> </ul>
 Course Features <ul>
<li>Corpus-based vocabulary drawn from the Academic Word List </li>
<li>Practical listening and note-taking strategies </li>
<li>Note-review practice that allows students to analyze their note-taking skills and consolidate their understanding of the lecture </li>
<li>Academic research and speaking tasks: presentation, discussions, and role plays </li>
<li>A Teacher’s Pack for busy instructors with: <ul>
<li>Suggested bonus activities </li>
<li>Teaching notes </li>
<li>Answer keys </li>
<li>Audioscripts </li>
<li>Simulated TOEFL® Listening Test for each unit</li> </ul>
</li> </ul>
 See also: Contemporary Topics Introductory (High Beginner) Contemporary Topics 1 (Intermediate) Contemporary Topics 2 (High Intermediate)

Could we colonize Mars if we wanted to? Has surveillance reached "Big Brother" proportions? What are some of the latest theories for slowing aging? You’ll find the answers to these and other questions in Contemporary Topics 3 (Series Editor: Michael Rost), which features college lectures from several academic disciplines, including astronomy, political science, and biology. Contemporary Topics 3 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 <ul>
<li>Realistic college lectures from a range of academic disciplines (also on audio CDs) </li>
<li>Student discussions of the lectures (also on audio CDs) </li>
<li>Instructors’ Presentation Points </li>
<li>Coaching Tips that guide students as they take notes </li>
<li>Subtitles for lectures and student discussions</li> </ul>
 Course Features <ul>
<li>Corpus-based vocabulary drawn from the Academic Word List </li>
<li>Practical listening and note-taking strategies </li>
<li>Note-review practice that allows students to analyze their note-taking skills and consolidate their understanding of the lecture </li>
<li>Academic research and speaking tasks: presentation, discussions, and role plays </li>
<li>A Teacher’s Pack for busy instructors with: <ul>
<li>Suggested bonus activities </li>
<li>Teaching notes </li>
<li>Answer keys </li>
<li>Audioscripts </li>
<li>Simulated TOEFL® Listening Test for each unit</li> </ul>
</li> </ul>
 See also: Contemporary Topics Introductory (High Beginner) Contemporary Topics 1 (Intermediate) Contemporary Topics 2 (High Intermediate)

Contemporary Topics 3: Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills (Student Book and Classroom Audio CD) (3rd Edition)

Contemporary Topics 3 Streaming Video Access Code Card

Contemporary Topics 3 Student Book with Streaming Video Access Code Card

Now in a fourth edition, Contemporary Topics expands on its highly respected approach to developing academic listening and study skills. Organized around realistic college lectures, the text guides learners through carefully sequenced activities in skills such as note-taking, focusing attention, intensive listening, and vocabulary building. It also helps students evaluate their interests and explore possible career paths. New to This Edition <ul>
<li> New subject areas, presented as one-on-one academic lectures, emphasize professional applications such as software engineering, multimedia design, information technology, urban planning, and social psychology. </li> <li> Learning Outcomes listed at the outset of each unit let students know the goals of each unit and what their learning experience will be. </li> <li> New audio interviews with topic experts provide context for the upcoming unit lecture. </li> <li> Bottom-up listening and pronunciation exercises emphasize important principles and improve real-time perception. </li> <li> An oral presentation activity, supported by specific preparation and delivery strategies, concludes each unit and includes the opportunity for peer evaluation. </li> <li> Proficiency assessments composed of short academic audio lectures and multiple-choice exams simulate TOEFL-style test format for practice on high-stakes tests. </li> <li> New Essential Online Resources include audio, video, and teacher materials (assessments, teaching notes, answer keys, audioscripts, presentation points, and more). </li> </ul> Other Highlights <ul>
<li> Corpus vocabulary drawn from the Academic Word List ensures that students are exposed to core academic vocabulary. </li> <li> Collaborative activities with presentation strategies and peer evaluations allow students to make connections and develop critical thinking skills. </li> <li> Unit comprehension tests assess students’ grasp of key concepts presented in the unit lecture. </li> <li> Mapped to the Global Scale of English. </li> </ul>

Contemporary Topics 3 with Essential Online Resources (4th Edition)

Teacher’s Pack for busy instructors with: • Suggested bonus activities • Teaching notes • Answer keys • Audioscripts • Simulated TOEFL Listening Test for each unit This interactive listening-speaking series prepares students for the challenges of college lectures with a wide range of listening, speaking, and note-taking strategies and skills. The lectures are drawn from a range of academic disciplines and reflect authentic lecture settings, featuring engaging instructors and live student audiences.

Contemporary Topics 3: Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills, Teacher's Pack

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Contemporary Topics 3: Advanced Listening and Note-Taking Skills, 2nd Edition

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

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

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

Contemporary Topics 3: Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills (Student Book and Classroom Audio CD) (3rd Edition)

Contemporary Topics 3 Streaming Video Access Code Card

Contemporary Topics 3 Student Book with Streaming Video Access Code Card

Contemporary Topics 3 with Essential Online Resources (4th Edition)

Contemporary Topics 3: Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills, Teacher's Pack

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