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Unit 1: Psychology Chapter 1: The First Day in Social Psychology Class -- Listening: Listening Strategies -- Build Background Knowledge to Understand Lectures -- Recognize Types of Information Included in Lectures -- Predict the Lecture's Content from Your Background -- Knowledge -- Listening: Note-Taking Strategies -- Leave Out Words That Are Not Very Meaningful -- Assess and Revise Your Notes -- Speaking: Academic Discussion Strategies -- Show Interest During the Discussion -- Speaking: Presentation Strategies -- Use Good Posture and Eye Contact
Chapter 2: The Pace of a Place -- Listening: Listening Strategies -- Recognize Lecture Language -- Listening: Note-Taking Strategies -- Write Down the Words with the Most Meaning -- Summarize the Lecture -- Speaking: Academic Discussion Strategies -- Lead the Group Discussion -- Speaking: Presentation Strategies -- Use Your Hands Effectively

Unit 2: Business Chapter 3: Business Innovation -- Listening: Listening Strategies -- Recognize Lecture Language That Signals the Topic -- Listening: Note-Taking Strategies -- Use an Informal Outline -- Speaking: Academic Discussion Strategies -- Enter the Discussion -- Speaking: Presentation Strategies -- Catch the Audience's Attention Chapter 4: Global Business: The Case of MTV -- Listening: Listening Strategies -- Recognize Lecture Language That Signals the Big Picture -- Listening: Note-Taking Strategies -- Leave Space in Your Informal Outline -- Speaking: Academic Discussion Strategies -- Contribute Your Ideas to the Discussion -- Speaking: Presentation Strategies -- Signal a Transition

Unit 3: Media Studies
Chapter 5: Celebrities in the Media -- Listening: Listening Strategies -- Recognize Lecture Language That Signals a Transition -- Listening: Note-Taking Strategies -- Use Symbols Instead of Words -- Speaking: Academic Discussion Strategies -- Interrupt and Ask for Clarification -- Speaking: Presentation Strategies -- Create Rapport with the Audience Chapter 6: Communication Revolutions -- Listening: Listening Strategies -- Recognize Lecture Language That Signals a Definition -- Listening: Note-taking Strategies -- Use Abbreviations Instead of Full Words -- Speaking: Academic Discussion Strategies -- Ask for More Information -- Speaking: Presentation Strategies -- Open the Floor to Questions

Unit 4: Science Chapter 7: How Sleep Affects Thinking -- Listening: Listening Strategies -- Recognize Lecture Language That Signals an Example -- Listening: Note-taking Strategies -- Use a Visual Form -- Speaking: Academic Discussion Strategies -- Agree and Disagree -- Speaking: Presentation Strategies -- Make Word Visuals
Chapter 8: The Influence of Geography on Culture -- Listening: Listening Strategies -- Recognize Lecture Language That Signals an Explanation -- Listening: Note-Taking Strategies -- Organize Ideas into a Chart -- Speaking: Academic Discussion Strategies -- Show Respect for Others' Opinions -- Speak Effectively about Visuals

Unit 5: Humanities Chapter 9: The Story of Fairy Tales -- Listening: Listening Strategies -- Recognize Lecture Language That Signals an Explanation -- Listening: Note-Taking Strategies -- Highlight Important Ideas -- Speaking: Presentation Strategies -- Emphasize Important Words -- Speaking: Academic Discussion Strategies -- Support Your Opinion Chapter 10: Architecture: Form or Function? -- Listening: Listening Strategies -- Review the Listening Strategies -- Listening: Note-Taking Strategies -- Review the Note-Taking Strategies -- Speaking: Academic Discussion Strategies -- Connect Your Ideas to Other Students' Ideas -- Speaking: Presentation Strategies -- Pace Your Speech

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