Lecture Ready » (1st Edition)

Lecture Ready: Strategies for Academic Listening, Note-taking, and Discussion, prepares students to deal with academic lectures with skill and confidence.
Students attend actual lectures via DVD or video after practice with targeted lecture language. The lectures include elements of natural speech, such as false starts and digressions, to provide practice in maintaining focus on the essential core of a lecture.

Introduction     iii
Author acknowledgements     v
To the student     viii
Marketing     1
Gender and Spending     2
Reading: "Women Enter the Electronics Market"     3
Practice Lecture     6
Lecture     8
Ads Are Everywhere     12
Reading: "Hiding in Plain Sight: Ads in Daily Life"     13
Practice Lecture     16
Lecture     18
Social Sciences     23
Work Habits in the United States     24
Reading: "Life's Labors"     25
Practice Lecture     28
Lecture     30
Leisure Time in the United States     34
Reading: "All or Nothing: Current Trends in Leisure Time"     35
Practice Lecture     38
Lecture     40
Science     45
Science or Pleasure: Choosing What We Eat     46
Reading: "The Food Guide Pyramid"     47
Practice Lecture     50
Lecture     52
Unique Solutions to Pollution     56
Reading: "The Effects of Air Pollution on Children"     57
Practice Lecture     60
Lecture     62
Media Studies     67
Getting the News in the High-Tech Age     68
Reading: "The Nature of News"     69
Practice Lecture     72
Lecture     74
Who's on TV?     78
Reading: "Themes in Television Entertainment"     79
Practice Lecture     82
Lecture     84
Linguistics     89
What's Up with Slang     90
Reading: "Get Your Own Slang!"     91
Practice Lecture     94
Lecture     96
Global English     100
Reading: "International English"     101
Practice Lecture     104
Lecture     106
Teacher's Notes, About the Authors     111