Marr, Alastair Graham.
Academic Listening and Speaking 2 / Alastair Graham Marr. - 1st ed. - Tokyo : ABAX ELT Publishers, 2015. - 139 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. + 1 CD. - Academic Listening and Speaking. .
Includes scripts and appendices.
"Academic Listening and Speaking 2 is the second book in a three level series designed to help students develop the skills needed to use English in academic settings. Students get practice developing listening skills, note-taking skills, summarizing and paraphrasing, all with a focus on critical thinking. Introduces students to topics in the sciences, social sciences and the arts - reading them for study in an English academic setting" (Book cover). CONTENTS Unit 1: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: TRADE BLOCS Listening Skills: Weak forms Integrated Task: Casting doubt Focus on Note-taking: Using key words Critical Thinking: Writer purpose Listening Skills
Unit 2: ENVIRONMENT: PLATE TECTONICS Listening Skills: Linking sounds Integrated Task: Adding support Focus on Note-taking: Using abbreviations Critical Thinking: Ad hominem arguments Unit 3: SPACE: THE APOLLO PROGRAM Listening Skills: Weak forms and disappearing sounds Integrated Task: Adding information Focus on Note-taking: Omitting vowels Critical Thinking: Supporting evidence Unit 4: ANTHROPOLOGY: HUMAN SOCIETY
Listening Skills: Sentence stress Integrated Task: Casting doubt Focus on Note-taking: Using capital letters Critical Thinking: Defining ideas and concepts Unit 5: HISTORY: THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
Listening Skills: Sentence stress and weak forms
Integrated Task: Adding support
Focus on Note-taking: Point forms Critical Thinking: Supporting evidence Unit 6: FINE ARTS: REALISM AND CUBISM Listening Skills: Linking sounds Integrated Task: Adding information Focus on Note-taking: Headings - subheadings Critical Thinking: Fact vs opinion Unit 7: MARINE SCIENCES: OCEANOGRAPHY Listening Skills: Disappearing Sounds
Integrated Task: Adding information Focus on Note-taking: Using apostrophes Critical Thinking: Fact vs opinion/evidence
Unit 8: EDUCATION: THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM Listening Skills: Disappearing sounds and linking sounds Integrated Task: Casting doubt Focus on Note-taking: Using abbreviations Critical Thinking: Writer purpose Unit 9: PSYCHOLOGY: HUMAN BEHAVIOR Listening Skills: Weak forms and disappearing sounds Integrated Task: Adding information Focus on Note-taking: Headings and subheadings Critical Thinking: Examples supporting facts Unit 10: ECONOMICS: TAX POLICY Listening Skills: Reduced forms
Integrated Task: Casting doubt Focus on Note-taking: Using arrows and symbols Critical Thinking: Informing vs Persuading Unit 11: ENGINEERING: THE TITANIC DISASTER Listening Skills: Strategies - Filling in the gaps Integrated Task: Adding support Focus on Note-taking: Idea maps Critical Thinking: Supporting evidence
Unit 12: BIOLOGY: THE FOOD CHAIN Listening Skills: Strategies - Filling in the gaps Integrated Task: Adding support Focus on Note-taking: Idea maps
Critical Thinking: Informing vs Persuading
"Academic Listening and Speaking 2 is the second book in a three level series designed to help students develop the skills needed to use English in academic settings. Students get practice developing listening skills, note-taking skills, summarizing and paraphrasing, all with a focus on critical thinking. Introduces students to topics in the sciences, social sciences and the arts - reading them for study in an English academic setting" (Book cover). Unit 1: International Relations: Trade Blocs
Listening Skills: Weak forms
Integrated Task: Casting doubt
Focus on Note-taking: Using key words
Critical Thinking: Writer purpose
Listening Skills:
Unit 2: Environment: Plate Tectonics
Listening Skills: Linking sounds
Integrated Task: Adding support
Focus on Note-taking: Using abbreviations
Critical Thinking: Ad hominem arguments
Unit 3: Space: The Apollo Progam
Listening Skills: Weak forms and disappearing sounds
Integrated Task: Adding information
Focus on Note-taking: Omitting vowels
Critical Thinking: Supporting evidence
Unit 4: Anthropology: Human Society
Listening Skills: Sentence stress
Integrated Task: Casting doubt
Focus on Note-taking: Using capital letters
Critical Thinking: Defining ideas and concepts
Unit 5: History: The Age of Exploration
Listening Skills: Sentence stress and weak forms
Integrated Task: Adding support
Focus on Note-taking: Point forms
Critical Thinking: Supporting evidence
Unit 6: Fine Arts: Realism and Cubism
Listening Skills: Linking sounds
Integrated Task: Adding information
Focus on Note-taking: Headings - subheadings
Critical Thinking: Fact vs opinion
Unit 7: Marine Sciences: Oceanography
Listening Skills: Disappearing Sounds
Integrated Task: Adding information
Focus on Note-taking: Using apostrophes
Critical Thinking: Fact vs opinion/evidence
Unit 8: Education: The Flipped Classroom
Listening Skills: Disappearing sounds and linking sounds
Integrated Task: Casting doubt
Focus on Note-taking: Using abbreviations
Critical Thinking: Writer purpose
Unit 9: Psychology: Human Behavior
Listening Skills: Weak forms and disappearing sounds
Integrated Task: Adding information
Focus on Note-taking: Headings and subheadings
Critical Thinking: Examples supporting facts
Unit 10: Economics: Tax Policy
Listening Skills: Reduced forms
Integrated Task: Casting doubt
Focus on Note-taking: Using arrows and symbols
Critical Thinking: Informing vs Persuading
Unit 11: Engineering: The Titanic Disaster
Listening Skills: Strategies - Filling in the gaps
Integrated Task: Adding support
Focus on Note-taking: Idea maps
Critical Thinking: Supporting evidence
Unit 12: Biology: The Food Chain
Listening Skills: Strategies - Filling in the gaps
Integrated Task: Adding support
Focus on Note-taking: Idea maps
Critical Thinking: Informing vs Persuading
Intended for intermediate (B1) level students.
9781896942889
English language --Listening--Studying and teaching
English language --Note-taking--Listening skills
English language --Critical thinking--Studying and teaching
English language--Summarizing and paraphrasing--Skills
B1 (CEFR).
Intermediate.
Academic Listening and Speaking 2 / Alastair Graham Marr. - 1st ed. - Tokyo : ABAX ELT Publishers, 2015. - 139 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. + 1 CD. - Academic Listening and Speaking. .
Includes scripts and appendices.
"Academic Listening and Speaking 2 is the second book in a three level series designed to help students develop the skills needed to use English in academic settings. Students get practice developing listening skills, note-taking skills, summarizing and paraphrasing, all with a focus on critical thinking. Introduces students to topics in the sciences, social sciences and the arts - reading them for study in an English academic setting" (Book cover). CONTENTS Unit 1: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: TRADE BLOCS Listening Skills: Weak forms Integrated Task: Casting doubt Focus on Note-taking: Using key words Critical Thinking: Writer purpose Listening Skills
Unit 2: ENVIRONMENT: PLATE TECTONICS Listening Skills: Linking sounds Integrated Task: Adding support Focus on Note-taking: Using abbreviations Critical Thinking: Ad hominem arguments Unit 3: SPACE: THE APOLLO PROGRAM Listening Skills: Weak forms and disappearing sounds Integrated Task: Adding information Focus on Note-taking: Omitting vowels Critical Thinking: Supporting evidence Unit 4: ANTHROPOLOGY: HUMAN SOCIETY
Listening Skills: Sentence stress Integrated Task: Casting doubt Focus on Note-taking: Using capital letters Critical Thinking: Defining ideas and concepts Unit 5: HISTORY: THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
Listening Skills: Sentence stress and weak forms
Integrated Task: Adding support
Focus on Note-taking: Point forms Critical Thinking: Supporting evidence Unit 6: FINE ARTS: REALISM AND CUBISM Listening Skills: Linking sounds Integrated Task: Adding information Focus on Note-taking: Headings - subheadings Critical Thinking: Fact vs opinion Unit 7: MARINE SCIENCES: OCEANOGRAPHY Listening Skills: Disappearing Sounds
Integrated Task: Adding information Focus on Note-taking: Using apostrophes Critical Thinking: Fact vs opinion/evidence
Unit 8: EDUCATION: THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM Listening Skills: Disappearing sounds and linking sounds Integrated Task: Casting doubt Focus on Note-taking: Using abbreviations Critical Thinking: Writer purpose Unit 9: PSYCHOLOGY: HUMAN BEHAVIOR Listening Skills: Weak forms and disappearing sounds Integrated Task: Adding information Focus on Note-taking: Headings and subheadings Critical Thinking: Examples supporting facts Unit 10: ECONOMICS: TAX POLICY Listening Skills: Reduced forms
Integrated Task: Casting doubt Focus on Note-taking: Using arrows and symbols Critical Thinking: Informing vs Persuading Unit 11: ENGINEERING: THE TITANIC DISASTER Listening Skills: Strategies - Filling in the gaps Integrated Task: Adding support Focus on Note-taking: Idea maps Critical Thinking: Supporting evidence
Unit 12: BIOLOGY: THE FOOD CHAIN Listening Skills: Strategies - Filling in the gaps Integrated Task: Adding support Focus on Note-taking: Idea maps
Critical Thinking: Informing vs Persuading
"Academic Listening and Speaking 2 is the second book in a three level series designed to help students develop the skills needed to use English in academic settings. Students get practice developing listening skills, note-taking skills, summarizing and paraphrasing, all with a focus on critical thinking. Introduces students to topics in the sciences, social sciences and the arts - reading them for study in an English academic setting" (Book cover). Unit 1: International Relations: Trade Blocs
Listening Skills: Weak forms
Integrated Task: Casting doubt
Focus on Note-taking: Using key words
Critical Thinking: Writer purpose
Listening Skills:
Unit 2: Environment: Plate Tectonics
Listening Skills: Linking sounds
Integrated Task: Adding support
Focus on Note-taking: Using abbreviations
Critical Thinking: Ad hominem arguments
Unit 3: Space: The Apollo Progam
Listening Skills: Weak forms and disappearing sounds
Integrated Task: Adding information
Focus on Note-taking: Omitting vowels
Critical Thinking: Supporting evidence
Unit 4: Anthropology: Human Society
Listening Skills: Sentence stress
Integrated Task: Casting doubt
Focus on Note-taking: Using capital letters
Critical Thinking: Defining ideas and concepts
Unit 5: History: The Age of Exploration
Listening Skills: Sentence stress and weak forms
Integrated Task: Adding support
Focus on Note-taking: Point forms
Critical Thinking: Supporting evidence
Unit 6: Fine Arts: Realism and Cubism
Listening Skills: Linking sounds
Integrated Task: Adding information
Focus on Note-taking: Headings - subheadings
Critical Thinking: Fact vs opinion
Unit 7: Marine Sciences: Oceanography
Listening Skills: Disappearing Sounds
Integrated Task: Adding information
Focus on Note-taking: Using apostrophes
Critical Thinking: Fact vs opinion/evidence
Unit 8: Education: The Flipped Classroom
Listening Skills: Disappearing sounds and linking sounds
Integrated Task: Casting doubt
Focus on Note-taking: Using abbreviations
Critical Thinking: Writer purpose
Unit 9: Psychology: Human Behavior
Listening Skills: Weak forms and disappearing sounds
Integrated Task: Adding information
Focus on Note-taking: Headings and subheadings
Critical Thinking: Examples supporting facts
Unit 10: Economics: Tax Policy
Listening Skills: Reduced forms
Integrated Task: Casting doubt
Focus on Note-taking: Using arrows and symbols
Critical Thinking: Informing vs Persuading
Unit 11: Engineering: The Titanic Disaster
Listening Skills: Strategies - Filling in the gaps
Integrated Task: Adding support
Focus on Note-taking: Idea maps
Critical Thinking: Supporting evidence
Unit 12: Biology: The Food Chain
Listening Skills: Strategies - Filling in the gaps
Integrated Task: Adding support
Focus on Note-taking: Idea maps
Critical Thinking: Informing vs Persuading
Intended for intermediate (B1) level students.
9781896942889
English language --Listening--Studying and teaching
English language --Note-taking--Listening skills
English language --Critical thinking--Studying and teaching
English language--Summarizing and paraphrasing--Skills
B1 (CEFR).
Intermediate.