Videodisc contains interviews with Jimmy Chin, Andrew Evans, Dino Martins, Alex Honnold, Carol Beckwith.

"The new edition of the 'Listening & Notetaking Skills' series incorporates engaging National Geographic content and video featuring authentic interviews with National Geographic Explorers! This unique approach engages learners while enhancing listening comprehension and developing notetaking and study skills. Authentic National Geographic Videos provide a meaningful context for discussion and application of essential listening, notetaking, and vocabulary skills. New and updated academic lectures offer compelling, cross-curricular content that stimulate authentic scenarios for maximum academic readiness. Every unit introduces focused notetaking strategies to prepare students for success in their academic work." (Book Cover)

Unit 1 - Chronology: Talking about When Things Happen
Unit Video: Surviving and Avalanche

Chapter 1 - Napoleon: From Schoolboy to Emperor
Notetaking Basics: Abbreviations and Symbols
Task 1: Famous Historical Figures
Task 2: The History of the Bicycle

Chapter 2 - Pompeii: Destroyed, Forgotten, and Found
Using Symbols in Notes
Task 1: What Happened First?
Task 2: Famous Volcanoes of the World

Chapter 3 - Steve Jobs: A Man with a Vision
Time Lines
Task 1: The Evolution of the Computer
Task 2: Landmarks in Technology
Unit 2 - Process: Describing How Things Work
Unit Video: Tristan da Cunha Oil Spill

Chapter 4 - Roller Coasters: The Ups and Downs of How They Work
Steps in a Process
Task 1: Taking a Pulse
Task 2: Yoga Poses

Chapter 5 - Language: How Children Acquire Theirs
Abbreviating Frequently Repeated Words
Task 1: Stages in Language Development
Task 2: Writing and E-Mail

Chapter 6 - Robots: How They Work and Learn to Work
Listening for New Sections of a Lecture
Task 1: Steps in Doing Research
Task 2: A Simple Experiment

Unit 3 - Classification: Defining and Putting Things into Categories
Unit Video: People, Plants, and Pollinators

Chapter 7 - A Tidal Wave: What Is It? Can We Predict It?
Recording Definitions
Task 1: Listening for Definitions
Task 2: Natural Disasters

Chapter 8 - Levels of Language: Formal and Informal
Listening for Examples
Task 1: Homonyms and Homophones
Task 2: Classifying Parts of Speech

Chapter 9 - Power: The Kinds of Power People Use and Abuse
Listening for Classifying Language
Task 1: Classifying Animals
Task 2: What's That Animal?

Unit 4 - Comparison and Contrast: Describing Similarities and Differences
Unit Video: Free Soloing with Alex Honnold

Chapter 10 - Asian and African Elephants: Similarities and Differences
Making a Comparison Chart
Task 1: The Hippo and the Rhino
Task 2: Two Brothers

Chapter 11 - Lincoln and Kennedy: Different Times, Similar Destinies
Listening to the Lecture Overview
Task 1: Two First Ladies
Task 2: Two Vice Presidents

Chapter 12 - The "Titanic" and the "Costa Concordia": Tragedies at Sea
Making Your Notes Complete
Task 1: The Hindenburg Disaster
Task 2: Easily Confused Words

Unit 5 - Cause and Effect: Describing the Reason Things Happen
Unit Video: The Surma People

Chapter 13 - Dinosaurs: Why They Disappeared
Using Arrows for Cause and Effect
Task 1: What's the Reason?
Task 2: You Write the Ending

Chapter 14 - The U.S. Civil War: Why It Happened
When Not to Take Note
Task 1: The Revolution War
Task 2: Guessing Causes

Chapter 15 - Endangered Species: Why Are They Endangered?
Listening for a Review of the Lecture
Task 1: Endangered Species
Task 2: Types of Pollution

For Intermediate ESL students.