Academic Listening Encounters: American Studies Student's Book with Audio CD: Listening, Note Taking, and Discussion (Academic Encounters) - Softcover

Sanabria, Kim; Sanabria, Carlos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521684323 ISBN 13: 9780521684323

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

The Academic Encounters series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. Academic Listening Encounters: American Studies engages students through interviews and academic lectures on stimulating topics from the field of American Studies. Topics include civil rights, traditional American values in relation to life today, country music, sports, and the globalization of American slang. Students practice note-taking skills, discuss content, express their personal opinions, and make presentations. A Student Audio CD with the lecture portion of the audio program is included. Topics correspond with those in Academic Encounters: American Studies. Each book may be used independently, or the two books may be used together to form a complete four-skills course.

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Book Description

Academic Listening Encounters: American Studies engages students through interviews and academic lectures on stimulating topics from the field of American Studies. Topics include civil rights, traditional American values in relation to life today, country music, sports, and the globalization of American slang. Students practice note-taking skills, discuss content, express their personal opinions, and make presentations. A Student Audio CD with the lecture portion of the audio program is included. Topics correspond with those in Academic Encounters: American Studies. Each book may be used independently, or the two books may be used together to form a complete four-skills course.

Synopsis

This intermediate listening, note-taking, and discussion text will engage students through interviews and academic lectures on stimulating topics within the field of American Studies. Topics include American government, race relations, the history of U.S. immigration, and American values and culture. Each chapter begins with a warm-up activity, then presents two or more informal interviews, and concludes with a two-part academic lecture. Exercises that accompany the listenings develop important skills such as listening for main ideas, listening for specific information, and making inferences. In preparation for the lectures, students practice note-taking skills such as using symbols and abbreviations and organizing their notes. There are many opportunities for students to discuss content, express their personal opinions, and make presentations to the class. An Audio CD with the lecture portion of the audio program is included with the book to provide extra listening practice. The complete class audio program is available for purchase separately, on three Audio CDs. The Academic Encounters series is an excellent tool for TOEFL preparation.Academic Encounters: American Studies is the reading, study-skills, and writing companion text to the listening book described above.

Each book may be used independently or the two books may be used together to form a four-skills integrated course.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521684323
• ISBN 13: 9780521684323
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Seal Bernard