Contemporary Topics 2: High Intermediate Listening and Note-Taking Skills, Second Edition (Student Book)
TheContemporary Topics Seriesprepares 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 Topicsensures that students will be familiar with the most frequently used academic terms. The twelve lectures at each level are drawn from a range of academic disciplines, and are recorded to reflect natural interaction between professor and students.Each level offers these features:Realistic lectureson topics of current interest.Pre-listening activitiesdesigned to activate prior knowledge, to introduce key vocabulary, and to provide notetaking tips, models, and practice.A wide range oflistening strategiesincluding predicting, inferring, listening for the main idea, and listening for details."Using Your Notes"lecture review activities.Projectsincluding in-class discussions, presentations, contact assignments, and research projects.Listening quizzesfor each unit.Teacher Packsfor each level, including photocopiable quizzes, answer keys, and audioscripts for both lectures and quizzes.Sample audioListen to a sample form the audio program:Unit 2: English: A Global Language?Lecture (8:45) Click here to order the audio program. www.longman.com/contemporarytopics