Key Concepts 1 : Listening, Note Taking And Speaking Across The Disciplines - Text - 06 edition

1. The Student Experience: Success in College

Listening 1. Short Conversations Activity 1. Brainstorming and Discussion Activity 2. Listen to Conversations Activity 3. Make Suggestions

Listening 2. Mini-lecture: Community Colleges vs. Universities Activity 4. Vocabulary Practice Activity 5. Listen and Use Strategies You Learned Activity 6. Answer Comprehension Questions about the Mini-Lecture

Listening 3. Listening Strategy: Listen for Context Activity 7. Guess Meaning from Context

Listening 4. Extended Lecture: About Note-taking Activity 8. Check the Definitions Activity 9. Vocabulary Practice Activity 10. Listen and Use Strategies You Learned Activity 11. Compare Notes Activity 12. Think Critically: About You Activity 13. Interviewing: Analyzing Study Skills and Higher Education Preferences Activity 14. Take It One Step Further: Expand Your Interview Questions

2. From the Social Sciences: Psychology

Listening 1. Short Conversations Activity 1. Brainstorming and Discussion Activity 2. Read for Meaning and Inference Activity 3. Listen to Conversations

Listening 2. Mini-lecture: Kinds of Psychologists Activity 4. Vocabulary Practice Activity 5. Listen and Use Strategies You Learned Activity 6. Answer Comprehension Questions about the Mini-Lecture

Listening 3. Listening Strategy: Identify Pronunciation Differences in the Activity 7. Listen for Pronunciation Differences

Listening 4. Extended Lecture: Research Methods in Psychology Activity 8. Vocabulary Practic Activity 9. Listen and Use Strategies You Learned Activity 10. Answer Comprehension Questions about the Extended Lecture Activity 11. Think Critically: Evaluate and Compare Information from the Lecture Activity 12. Survey: Coming up with Techniques for Studying Twins Activity 13. Take It One Step Further: Compare Psychology Syllabi Online

3. From Business International Trade and Marketing

Listening 1. Short Conversations Activity 1. Brainstorming and Discussion Activity 2. Explain Events in Relation to Time Activity 3. Listen to Conversations

Listening 2. Mini-lecture: International Trade Activity 4. Take Notes in a Word Map Activity 5. Vocabulary Practice Activity 6. Listen and Use Strategies You Learned Activity 7. Answer Comprehension Questions About the Mini-Lecture Activity 8. Think Critically: Compare Exporting Methods Activity 9. Academic Word List Review: Word Forms. S-T-R-E-T-C-H Your Knowledge Activity 10. Sequencing with Discourse Markers

Listening 3. Listening Strategy : Distinguishing Regular Past Tense and Past Participles Activity 11. Listen For The Past Form of Verbs and Participles

Listening 4. Extended Lecture: The Global Marketplace Activity 12. Vocabulary Practice Activity 13. Listen and Use Strategies You Learned Activity 14. Answer Comprehension Questions about the Extended Lecture Activity 15. Extemporaneous Speaking Activity 16. Take It One Step Further: Ask Questions

4. From The Social Sciences: American Government

Listening 1. Short Conversations Activity 1. Brainstorming and Discussion Activity 2. Listen for Phrasal Verbs

Listening 2. Mini-lecture: The United States Government Activity 3. Vocabulary Practice Activity 4. Practice the Cornell Method Activity 5. Listen and Use Strategies You Learned Activity 6. Answer Comprehension Questions about the Mini-Lecture

Listening 3. Listening Strategy : Reduced [schwa] sounds Activity 7. Listen for Vowel Reductions

Listening 4. Extended Lecture: The Constitution and the Government Activity 8. Vocabulary Practice Activity 9. Listen and Use Strategies You Learned Activity 10. Answer Comprehension Questions about the Extended Lecture Activity 11. Think Critically: What Do You Remember? Activity 12. Define Transition Signals Activity 13. Participate in a Debate: Arguments and Rebuttals for and against the Constitutional Amendments Activity 14. Take It One Step Further: Find Out about More Key Concepts

5. From the Biological Sciences: Biology

Listening 1. Short Conversations Activity 1. Brainstorming and Discussion Activity 2. Listen for Phrasal Verbs in Context

Listening 2. Mini-lecture: The Theory of Natural Selection Activity 3. Vocabulary Practice Activity 4. Listen and Use Strategies You Learned Activity 5. Check Information about the Mini-Lecture

Listening 3. Listening Strategy: Word Combinations in Sound Groups Activity 6. Identify Sound Groups

Listening 4. Extended Lecture: Natural Selection in Finches Activity 7. Vocabulary Practice Activity 8. Listen and Use Strategies You Learned Activity 9. Write without Notes Activity 10. Think Critically: Summarize Darwin''s Theory Activity 11. Give a Group Presentation Activity 12. Take It One Step Further: Use the Internet

6. From the Social Sciences: Philosophy

Listening 1. Short Conversations Activity 1. Brainstorming and Discussion Activity 2. Listen for Phrasal Verbs

Listening 2. Mini-lecture: Overview of Philosophy Activity 3. Vocabulary Practice Activity 4. Listen and Use Strategies You Learned Activity 5. Answer Comprehension Questions about the Mini-Lecture

Listening 3. Listening Strategy: Understand Reduction Strings Activity 6. Listen and Write Sentences

Listening 4. Extended Lecture: Existentialism Activity 7. Vocabulary Practice Activity 8. Use Discourse Markers to Introduce New Subjects and Ideas Activity 9. Listen and Use Strategies You Learned Activity 10. Answer Comprehension Questions about the Extended Lecture Activity 11. Think Critically: Think Like an Existentialist Activity 12. Researching and Summarizing Topics Activity 13. Take It One Step Further: Find Out about More Key Concepts

Appendices 1. Academic Word List Vocabulary 2. Speaking in Class: Strategies for Public Speaking, Giving Presentations, and Asking and Answering Questions 3. Sample Evaluation Forms (gradesheets) for Oral Presentations 4. Note-Taking Symbols 5. Note-Taking Strategies 6. Discourse Markers 7. Common Phrasal Verbs