Contemporary Topics 1: Intermediate: Listening and note-taking skills: Student book: Teachers book: 01 CD

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This academic listening and note-taking series prepares students for the challenges of attending university lectures. The texts contain 12 lectures per level, topic preview activities to activate background knowledge, and listening strategies such as predicting, inferring and listening for gist.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Unit 1 Happiness Topic
• Psychology Note-Taking Tip
• Note main ideas and details
• Unit 2 New Kinds of Food Topic
• Biology Note-Taking Tip
• Note subtopics
• Unit 3 Public Art Topic
• Art Note-Taking Tip
• Note descriptions
• Unit 4 Journey to Antarctica Topic
• History Note-Taking Tip
• Note dates and events
• Unit 5 Violence on Television Topic
• Media Studies Note-Taking Tip
• Note numbers
• Unit 6 Too Old to Learn? Topic
• Linguistics Note-Taking Tip
• Listen for signal phrases
• Unit 7 Are We Alone? Topic
• Astronomy Note-Taking Tip
• Listen for theoretical questions
• Unit 8 Do the Right Thing Topic
• Ethics Note-Taking Tip
• Note definitions
• Unit 9 A Good Night's Sleep Topic
• Public Health Note-Taking Tip
• Note causes and effects
• Unit 10 Negotiating for Success Topic
• Business Note-Taking Tip
• Note examples
• Unit 11 Risking It Topic
• Statistics Note-Taking Tip
• Note comparisons and contrasts
• Unit 12 The Electronic Brain Topic
• Technology Note-Taking Tip
• Choose the best note-taking techniques Appendix A
• Academic Word List Appendix B
• Affix Charts