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

The newly expanded Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn series prepares students for the rigors of academic classwork, helping them acquire the listening-comprehension and note-taking skills necessary for success. This two-book series offers students valuable tips for getting the most from college lectures, including note-taking skills, organization of information, recognition of language cues, and the acquisition of vocabulary. Students are shown how a typical lecture is organized, using extensive excerpts and transcripts from authentic lectures on high-interest topics from a wide range of academic discipline. Features: Includes new and updated material, including expanded vocabulary, extension, and post-lecture activities to encourage students to discuss, research, and write about ideas raised in the lectures. Teaches students how to recognize lecture organization, and how to evaluate and predict information. Focuses on the acquisition of vocabulary, especially from the Academic Word List, and on the recognition of language cues. Prepares students for academic testing with TOEFL-style test questions throughout the text. Audio CDs are also available for this text. Click on the links to the left of this page to purchase the Audio CDs. See also Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn 1.

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UNIT 1 STARTING OUT: PRE-COURSEWORK EVALUATION A. Evaluating Listening Comprehension and Note-Taking Skills LECTURE 1: Academic Listening (Linguistics) B. Teacher's Note-Taking Feedback Form C. Student's Goal-Setting Form UNIT 2 THE STRUCTURE OF A LECTURE A. Comparing the Language of Lecturing to the Language of Writing B. Noticing Lecture Structure and Cues C. Understanding the Role of Paraphrase, Repetition, Exemplification, and Digression D. Key Differences between the Language of Lecturing and the Language of Writing E. Using Context and Prediction to Get Main Ideas F. Predicting Content and Lecture Direction UNIT 3 USING INTRODUCTIONS, CONCLUSIONS, AND DIGRESSIONS A. Understanding Lecture Focus and Direction from Introductions B. Using Conclusions to Check the Lecture's Main Points C. Digressions UNIT 4 NOTE-TAKING BASICS A. Recognizing and Using Key Words B. Making Abbreviations Work for You C. Using Note-Taking Symbols and Abbreviations D. Visually Representing Relationships and the Relative Importance of Information LECTURE 2: Women and Work (Sociology) E. Note-Taking Practice F. Eight DOs and DON'Ts for Improving Lecture Comprehension and Note-Taking UNIT 5 NOTING NUMBERS AND STATISTICS EFFECTIVELY A. Numbers: A Review LECTURE 3: Milestones in Technology (History/Technology) LECTURE 4: Immigration to the United States (History/Sociology) UNIT 6 LISTENING FOR ORGANIZATION (PART 1) A. Understanding the Importance of Recognizing Lecture Organization B. Recognizing Organizational Plans within Lectures C. Defining Terms through Simple and Extended Definitions D. Listing Subtopics E. Exemplifying a Topic LECTURE 5: Amnesty International (Political Science/Management) LECTURE 6: Two 21st Century Eco-Heroes (Ecology) UNIT 7 LISTENING FOR ORGANIZATION (PART 2) A. Describing Characteristics B. Describing a Process or Sequence of Events C. Classifying Subtopics LECTURE 7: Paging Robodoc: Robots in Medicine (Biology/Technology) LECTURE 8: How to Look at Art (Art) UNIT 8 LISTENING FOR ORGANIZATION (PART 3) A. Describing a Causal Relationship B. Comparing and Contrasting C. Recognizing Generalizations and their Support LECTURE 9: Hall's Classification of Cultures (Sociology) LECTURE 10:Earthquakes: Can They Be Predicted? (Geology) UNIT 9 TYING IT TOGETHER: END-OF-COURSE EVALUATION LECTURE 11: Perfectionism (Psychology) LECTURE 12: High-Tech Harvesting: Hope or Horror? (Agriculture/Ecology/Biology) Appendix A Academic Word List Vocabulary Appendix B Lecture Index by Organizational Plan Appendix C Lecture Index by Subject Matter Appendix D Rewritten Notes for Lectures

Volume: 1 : pbk ISBN 9780138140014

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The newly expanded Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn series prepares students for the rigors of academic classwork, helping them acquire the listening-comprehension and note-taking skills necessary for success. This two-book series offers students valuable tips for getting the most from college lectures, including note-taking skills, organization of information, recognition of language cues, and the acquisition of vocabulary. Students are shown how a typical lecture is organized, using extensive excerpts and transcripts from authentic lectures on high-interest topics from a wide range of academic discipline. Features: Includes new and updated material, including expanded vocabulary, extension, and post-lecture activities to encourage students to discuss, research, and write about ideas raised in the lectures. Teaches students how to recognize lecture organization, and how to evaluate and predict information. Focuses on the acquisition of vocabulary, especially from the Academic Word List, and on the recognition of language cues. Prepares students for academic testing with TOEFL-style test questions throughout the text. Audio CDs are also available for this text. Click on the link to the left of this page to purchase the Audio CDs. See also Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn 2.

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Unit 1 STARTING OUT: PRE-COURSEWORK EVALUATION A. Evaluating Listening Comprehension and Note-Taking Skills LECTURE 1: Study Tips (Psychology) B. Teacher's Note-Taking Feedback Form Unit 2 UNDERSTANDING LECTURE DESIGN A. Comparing the Language of Lecturing to the Language of Writing 1 B. Recognizing Cues C. Recognizing Paraphrase, Repetition, Exemplification, and Digression D. Summarizing Key Differences between the Language of Lecturing and the Language of Writing E. Getting the Main Ideas Using Context and Prediction F. Predicting Content and Lecture Direction Unit 3 RECOGNIZING INTRO DUCT ONS, CO NCL USIONS, AND DIGRES SIONS A. Using Introductions to Recognize Lecture Focus and Direction B. Recognizing and Comprehending Conclusions C. Recognizing Digressions Unit 4 THE BASICS OF NOTE-TAKING A. Noting Key Words B. Using Abbreviations Thoughtfully C. Using Note-Taking Symbols and Abbreviations D. Visually Representing Relationships and the Relative Importance of Information LECTURE 2: "Nu Shu": Women's Unique Language (Linguistics) E. Eight DOs and DON'Ts for Improving Lecture Comprehension and Note-Taking Unit 5 NOTING NUMBERS AND STATISTICS A. Differentiating between Numbers That Sound Similar B. Noting Years C. Noting Large Numbers in Isolation D. Noting Fractions and Decimals E. Noting Ratios LECTURE 3: Exploring a Market: Attitudes towards pets (Business/Sociology) LECTURE 4: Tobacco through the Millennia (Agriculture/History) Unit 6 FOCUS ON LECTURE ORGANIZATION (PART 1) A. Why Listen for Organization? B. Organizational Plans within Lectures C. Defining a Term D. Listing Subtopics E. Describing a Causal Relationship LECTURE 5: How to Deal with Stress (Psychology) LECTURE 6: Acid Rain (Ecology/Chemistry) Unit 7 FOCUS ON LECTURE ORGANIZATION (PART 2) A. Exemplifying a Topic B. Describing a Process or Sequence of Events C. Classifying Subtopics LECTURE 7: Archaeological Dating Methods (Anthropology) LECTURE 8: Pheromones (Biology) Unit 8 FOCUS ON LECTURE ORGANIZATION (PART 3) A. Describing Characteristics B. Comparing and Contrasting C. Making a Generalization and Providing Evidence LECTURE 9: The Near Side of the Moon (Astronomy) LECTURE 10: Drink Your Green Tea! (Food Science) Unit 9 TYING IT TOGETHER: END-OF-COURSE EVALUATION LECTURE 11: Voter Turnout in the United States (Political Science) LECTURE 12: The Pyramids of Egypt: An Engineering Feat (Engineering/History) Appendix A Academic Word List Vocabulary Appendix B Lecture Index by Organizational Plan Appendix C Lecture Index by Subject Matter Appendix D Rewritten Notes for Lectures 5-10

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