Learn to listen, listen to learn : academic listening and note-taking

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Learn to listen, listen to learn : academic listening and note-taking

Roni S. Lebauer

Longman , Pearson Education, c2000

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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"Student book" -- P. [4] of cover

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A new edition of the best-selling Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn continues to prepare advanced students for the rigors of academic classwork and to offer valuable tips for getting the most from lectures. This text shows how a typical lecture is organized, using actual excerpts and transcripts from 19 authentic lectures covering a wide range of topics.

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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

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