Key Concepts 2 Skills Overview

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 STUDENT SUCCESS

LISTENING 1 Time Management -- Activity 1 Check Your Schedule -- Listen and Take Notes -- Activity 2 Listen to Mini-Lecture 1: Managing Time in College

LISTENING 2 Note-Taking Methods -- Outline Method -- Word Maps -- The Cornell Method -- Key Word Method -- Paragraph Method -- Listen and Take Notes -- Activity 3 Listen to Mini-Lecture 2: Note-Taking Strategies -- Vocabulary Development -- Activity 4 Identify Parts of Speech -- Activity 5 Work with Word Forms -- Phrasal Verbs -- Activity 6 Work with Phrasal Verbs

SPEAKING Surveying -- Activity 7 Conduct Surveys about Student Success -- Activity 8 Conduct Another Survey

CHAPTER 2 FROM THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

LISTENING 1 Short Conversations -- Get Ready to Listen -- Activity 1 Brainstorming and Discussion -- Expressions with "Time" -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 2 Listen to Conversations -- Activity 3 Work with Time Words

LISTENING 2 Mini-Lecture: Cultural Universals -- Vocabulary: Academic Word List -- Activity 4 Vocabulary Practice -- Word Forms -- Activity 5 Work with Word Forms -- Discourse Markers and Commonly Used Expressions -- Activity 6 Understand Discourse Markers and Commonly Used Expressions -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 7 Listen to the Mini-Lecture -- First Listening: Listen for Vocabulary -- Second Listening: Listen and Outline -- Activity 8 Answer Questions about the Mini-Lecture -- LISTENING 3 Pronunciation: Stress and Pitch Patterns -- Activity 9 Listen for Stress and Pitch Patterns

LISTENING 4 Extended Lecture: Classification of Supernatural Beliefs -- Vocabulary: Academic Word List -- Activity 10 Vocabulary Practice with Word Forms -- Activity 11 Make the Word Form Connections -- Activity 12 Define Discourse Markers and Commonly Used Expressions -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 13 Listen to the Extended Lecture -- First Listening: Listen for Word Forms -- Second Listening: Listen and Take Notes -- Activity 14 Answer Questions about the Extended Lecture -- Activity 15 Think Critically: Choose the Category

SPEAKING Summarizing -- Activity 16 Research and Summarize Topics -- Activity 17 Research Beings from Folklore

CHAPTER 3 FROM BUSINESS: BUSINESS ETHICS

LISTENING 1 Short Conversations -- Get Ready to Listen -- Activity 1 Brainstorming and Discussion -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 2 Listen to Conversations

LISTENING 2 Mini-Lecture: Business Ethics in the Workplace -- Vocabulary -- Activity 3 Vocabulary Practice with Word Forms -- Discourse Markers and Commonly Used Expressions -- Activity 4 Work with Discourse Markers and Expressions -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 5 Listen to the Mini-Lecture -- First Listening: Listen for Vocabulary -- Second Listening: Listen and Take Notes -- Activity 6 Answer Questions about the Mini-Lecture

LISTENING 3 Pronunciation: Stress for Meaning -- Activity 7 Listen for Stress

LISTENING 4 Extended Lecture: Business Ethics in Management -- Vocabulary: Academic Word List -- Activity 8 Vocabulary Practice -- Activity 9 Work with Discourse Markers and Commonly Used Expressions -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 10 Listen to the Extended Lecture -- First Listening: Listen for Vocabulary -- Second Listening: Listen and Take Notes -- Activity 11 Answer Questions about the Extended Lecture -- Activity 12 Think Critically: Review a Contract

SPEAKING Extemporaneous Speaking -- Activity 13 Give an Extemporaneous Speech

CHAPTER 4 FROM LANGUAGE ARTS: ENGLISH LITERATURE

LISTENING 1 Short Conversations -- Get Ready to Listen -- Activity 1 Brainstorming and Discussion -- Listen and Respond -- Divisible (Separable) Phrasal Verbs -- Activity 2 Listen to Conversations -- Activity 3 Review Phrasal Verbs

LISTENING 2 Mini-Lecture: Elements of Literature -- Vocabulary: Academic Word List -- Activity 4 Vocabulary Practice -- Activity 5 Vocabulary Practice with Word Forms -- Discourse Markers -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 6 Listen to the Mini-Lecture -- First Listening: Listen for Vocabulary and Discourse Markers -- Second Listening: Listen and Take Notes -- Activity 7 Answer Questions about the Mini-Lecture

LISTENING 3 Pronunciation: Pauses -- Activity 8 Listen for Pauses

LISTENING 4 Extended Lecture: Combining the Elements of Literature -- Vocabulary: Academic Word List -- Activity 9 Vocabulary Practice with Word Forms -- Discourse Markers -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 10 Listen to the Extended Lecture -- First Listening: Listen for Discourse Markers -- Second Listening: Listen and Take Notes -- Activity 11 Answer Questions about the Extended Lecture -- Activity 12 Think Critically: Analyze a Famous Fairy Tale

SPEAKING Interviewing -- Activity 13 Conduct Interviews: Analyze People's Reading Habits -- Activity 14 Compare Book Reviews

CHAPTER 5 FROM MATHEMATICS: APPLIED MATHEMATICS

LISTENING 1 Short Conversations -- Get Ready to Listen -- Activity 1 Brainstorming and Discussion -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 2 Listen to Conversations -- Activity 3 Review Phrasal Verbs

LISTENING 2 Mini-Lecture: Graphs -- Vocabulary: Academic Word List -- Activity 4 Vocabulary Practice with Word Forms -- Discourse Markers -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 5 Listen to the Mini-Lecture -- First Listening: Listen for Vocabulary -- Second Listening: Listen and Take Notes -- Activity 6 Answer Questions about the Mini-Lecture

LISTENING 3 Pronunciation: Modals can and can't -- Activity 7 Listen for can and can't

LISTENING 4 Extended Lecture: Kinds of Graphs and Their Functions -- Vocabulary: Academic Word List -- Activity 8 Vocabulary Practice with Word Forms -- Activity 9 More Practice with Word Forms -- Discourse Markers -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 10 Listen to the Extended Lecture -- First Listening: Listen for Specific Information -- Second Listening: Listen and Take Notes -- Activity 11 Answer Questions about the Extended Lecture -- Activity 12 Think Critically: Circuits and Paths

SPEAKING Using Visual Aids -- Activity 13 Explain a Visual -- Activity 14 Describe a Circuit

CHAPTER 6 FROM HISTORY: AMERICAN HISTORY

LISTENING 1 Short Conversations -- Get Ready to Listen -- Activity 1 Brainstorming and Discussion -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 2 Listen to Conversations

LISTENING 2 Mini-Lecture: Europeans and Native Americans -- Vocabulary: Academic Word List -- Activity 3 Vocabulary Practice -- Activity 4 Vocabulary Practice with Word Forms -- Discourse Markers and Commonly Used Expressions -- Activity 5 Sequence Statements and Match Definitions -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 6 Listen to the Mini-Lecture -- First Listening: Listen for Vocabulary -- Second Listening: Listen and Take Notes -- Activity 7 Answer Questions about the Mini-Lecture

LISTENING 3 Pronunciation: Vowel and Syllable Length in Stress and Pitch -- Activity 8 Listen for Vowel Length -- Activity 9 Listen for Syllable Length and Pitch

LISTENING 4 Extended Lecture: Manifest Destiny -- Vocabulary: Academic Word List -- Activity 10 Vocabulary Practice -- Activity 11 Unscramble and Use Word Forms -- Activity 12 Work with Discourse Markers and Phrases -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 13 Listen to the Extended Lecture -- First Listening: Listen for Vocabulary -- Second Listening: Listen and Take Notes -- Activity 14 Answer Questions about the Extended Lecture -- Activity 15 Think Critically: Roles in History

SPEAKING Debating -- Activity 16 Participate in a Debate: Modern Native Americans -- Activity 17 Make a Poster about a Native American

CHAPTER 7 FROM THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES: PHYSICS

LISTENING 1 Short Conversations -- Get Ready to Listen -- Activity 1 Brainstorming and Discussion -- Listen and Respond -- Three-Part Phrasal Verbs -- Activity 2 Listen to Conversations -- Activity 3 Review Phrasal Verbs

LISTENING 2 Mini-Lecture: Force and Motion -- Vocabulary: Academic Word List -- Activity 4 Vocabulary Practice with Word Forms -- Discourse Markers -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 5 Listen to the Mini-Lecture -- First Listening: Listen for Vocabulary -- Second Listening: Listen and Take Notes -- Activity 6 Answer Questions about the Mini-Lecture

LISTENING 3 Pronunciation: Modal Auxiliaries -- Activity 7 Listen for Modal Auxiliaries

LISTENING 4 Extended Lecture: Newton's First Law -- Vocabulary: Academic Word List -- Activity 8 Vocabulary Practice with Word Forms -- Discourse Markers -- Listen and Respond -- Activity 9 Listen to the Extended Lecture -- First Listening: Listen for Discrete Vocabulary -- Second Listening: Listen and Take Notes -- Activity 10 Answer Questions about the Extended Lecture -- Activity 11 Think Critically: Apply Newton's First Law

SPEAKING Presentations -- Activity 12 Give a Group Presentation -- Activity 13 Build a Rollercoaster

APPENDICES: Appendix 1: Academic Word List Vocabulary -- Appendix 2: Discourse Markers and Commonly Used Expressions -- Appendix 3: Common Phrasal Verbs -- Appendix 4: Word Forms of Words from the Academic Word List -- Appendix 5: Note-Taking Symbols -- Appendix 6: Speaking in Class: Strategies for Presentations and Interactive Communication -- Appendix 7: Sample Evaluation Forms (Gradesheets) for Oral Presentations

"Key Concepts covers academic material — discipline-based lectures, academic vocabulary, and structured speaking — that students are bound to encounter in higher education. In Key Concepts, students gain not only academic knowledge but also valuable note-taking skills necessary for success in college. These combined skill sets raise students' comfort levels with academic information while giving them ample opportunity to interact with each other and the instructor. Chapters are categorized into the most common disciplines students will encounter in community colleges and universities, such as psychology, American history, philosophy, biological sciences, and business, and vocabulary items come from the Academic Word List, a comprehensive list of the most frequently used vocabulary terms in higher education. The lectures presented in Key Concepts are similar to the ones tested on the new TOEFL, integrating the skills of note taking and answering questions from various college disciplines. Key Concepts audio CDs [...] include short dialogues, longer lectures, and discrete pronunciation items." (Book Cover)

Intended for High-Intermediate Students.