Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn Set :

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.Also included are: Supplementary readings drawn from today's newspapers and magazines for pre- and post-lecture discussions. Follow-up writing or speaking and listening activities designed to develop critical thinking skills. A three-pronged approach to vocabulary instruction -- defining, using, and retaining. A variety of quiz and test questions that familiarize students with the challenges of true/false, multiple choice, and short answer items.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Pre-Coursework Evaluation Evaluating Listening Comprehension and Note-Taking Skills
The Process of Lecture Comprehension Note-Taking Feedback Form
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
Note-taking Basics Noting Key Words
Using Note-Taking Symbols and Abbreviations
Visually Representing Relationships and the Relative
Importance of Information
Women and Work Eight Dos and Donts for Improving Lecture Comprehension and Note-Taking
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
American Attitudes toward Work
Milestones in Technology
Immigration to the United States
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
Lecture Comprehension and Note-Taking Practice
How to Deal with Stress
Acid Rain
Archaeological Dating Methods
Amnesty International
Pheromones
The Near Side of the Moon
Drink Your Green Tea!
Voter Turnout in the United States
How to Look at Art
Paging Robodoc: Robots in Medicine
Earthquakes: Can They Be Predicted?
Halls Classification of Cultures
Post-Coursework Evaluation
The Pyramids of Egypt: An Engineering Feat
Perfectionism
Lecture Index by Organizational Plan
Lecture Index by Subject Matter
Rewritten Notes for Lectures
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Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn Set : Academic Listening and Note-Taking

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