Contemporary topics : listening and note-taking skills
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Contemporary topics : listening and note-taking skills
Pearson Education, c2002
2nd ed.
- 3. advanced
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v. 3 by David Beglar, Neil Murray
v. 3 is accompanied by 3 sound cassettes, 3 sound disks and teacher's pack
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Unit 1 Slang: Talking Cool
Topic: Communication Studies Note-Taking Tip: Organize main ideas and supporting detail
Unit 2 Murphy's Law
Topic: Statistics Note-Taking Tip: Note numbers and statistics
Unit 3 Types of Memory
Topic: Cognitive Science Note-Taking Tip: List and number items
Unit 4 Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Topic: Psychology Note-Taking Tip: Use abbreviations and symbols
Unit 5 Marriage: Traditions and Trends
Topic: Sociology Note-Taking Tip: Make charts
Unit 6 Black Holes, White Holes, and Wormholes
Topic: Astronomy Note-Taking Tip: Draw sketches
Unit 7 Animal Talk
Topic: Cognitive Linguistics Note-Taking Tip: Note descriptions
Unit 8 Gender Differences in Language
Topic: Language and Communication Note-Taking Tip: Note comparisons and contrasts
Unit 9 Fashion and Status
Topic: Fashion Design Note-Taking Tip: Note definitions
Unit 10 The Making of Genius
Topic: Behavioral Science Note-Taking Tip: Note processes
Unit 11 The New Global Superculture
Topic: Sociology Note-Taking Tip: Note examples
Unit 12 Computer Security
Topic: Computer Science Note-Taking Tip: Note causes and effects
Appendix A: Academic Word List
Appendix B: Affix Charts
by "Nielsen BookData"