TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hill, David
AU  - Hill,David
TI  - Academic Connections 2: David Hill
SN  - 9780132338448 (Student Book)
AV  - PE1408 .A223 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - White Plains, NY
PB  - Pearson Education
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - Report writing
KW  - Listening
KW  - Reading comprehension
KW  - College readers
N1  - Comes with MyEnglishLab online component; "Level 2 of Academic Connections has a systematic step-by-step approach that helps students develop their academic and test-taking skills.
; Academic Connections includes a range of authentic tasks including; - listening to lectures
; - note-taking
; - participating in debates
; - preparing oral and written reports
; - writing essays" (Publisher's Website)
; CONTENTS; 1. Biology: Experiments and the common cold; - Main ideas and Supporting details
; - Reading: Finding main ideas, skimming; Finding specific information: scanning
; - Listening: Getting the gist: understanding a speaker's main ideas; Listening for supporting details
; - Writing: Writing a paragraph; Recognizing a part of a paragraph
; - Integrated Writing: Writing a paragraph about a biological experiment; 2. Marketing: New Ways to Spread the Message; - Organizational Structure
; - Reading: Recognizing organisation of written texts; Recognizing purpose of texts; Understanding relationships within a reading text
; - Listening: Recognizing relationships among parts of a lecture; Organisational structure and note-taking
; - Speaking: Expressing relationships between ideas
; - Integrated Speaking: Designing and presenting a stealth or viral marketing campaign; 3. Astronomy: Collisions from Space; - Coherence and Cohesion
; - Reading: Recognizing reference in cohesion
; - Listening: Recognizing logical connectives in lectures; Listing ideas
; - Writing: Writing cohesive texts
; - Integrated Writing: Writing a paragraph about the usefulness of research into Near-Earth Objects (NEOs); 4. Acting: Imagination
; - Summarizing
; - Reading: Recognizing summary statements and conclusions
; - Listening: Recognizing digressions and asides; Distinguishing major from minor points
; - Speaking: Preparing spoken summaries
; - Integrated Speaking: Summarizing how an actor might use imagination when preparing for a role
; 5. Psychology: Emotions; - Synthesizing Information
; - Reading: Recognizing abstract ideas and concrete examples
; - Listening: Recognizing relationships between ideas from two spoken sources
; - Writing: Writing summary statements in paragraphs; Synthesizing information in writing
; - Integrated Writing: Writing a paragraph about where emotional responses come from

; 6. Sociology: The Effects of Prosperity; - Fact and Opinion
; - Reading: Distinguishing between facts and opinions
; - Listening: Identifying and evaluating information presented to support a position; Recognizing a speaker's degree of certainty
; - Speaking: Discussing opinions and supporting ideas; Supporting opinions
; - Integrated Writing: Discussing an issue of prosperity versus happiness

; 7. Literature: Chinua Achebe; - Purpose
; - Reading: Recognizing multiple purposes in texts
; - Listening: Recognizing a speaker's attitude
; - Writing: Writing introductions and conclusions in essays; Considering your audience
; - Integrated Writing: Writing an academic essay about Marriage Is a Private Affair

; 8. Earth Science: The Water Cycle; - Inference
; - Reading: Inferring meaning from context
; - Listening: Inferring the speaker's purpose
; - Speaking: Using intonation to convey meaning; Persuading your audience
; - Integrated Writing: Giving a persuasive talk about human intervention in the water cycle; Level: Intermediate
ER  -