Clement, Jeanette

Contemporary Topics Introductory : Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills (High-Beginner) / Contemporary topics introductory Jeanette Clement and Cindy Lennox. - 3rd ed. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Longman, 2009. - xi, 102 p. : cov. ill.; 12 cm. + 2 CD - Contemporary Topics .

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UNIT 1a ARCHAEOLOGY: What Can We Learn from the Past? UNIT 1b ARCHAEOLOGY: What Causes a Society to Collapse? UNIT 2a ANTHROPOLOGY: Culture Shock UNIT 2b ANTHROPOLOGY: Third Culture Kids UNIT 3a HEALTH SCIENCES: New Diets UNIT 3b HEALTH SCIENCES: Food Addictions UNIT 4a BUSINESS: High- and Low-Context Communication UNIT 4b BUSINESS: Managing International Business Meetings UNIT 5a ECONOMICS: Five Tips for Your Financial Future UNIT 5b ECONOMICS: Microcredit: Changing Lives APPENDIX A: ACADEMIC WORD LIST APPENDIX B: AFFIX CHARTS CD/DVD TRACKING GUIDES

" What causes a society to collapse? What's it like to grow up as a third culture kid? How has microcredit changed people's lives? You'll find the answers to these and other questions in Contemporary Topics Introductory, by Jeanette Clement and Cynthia Lennox (Series Editor: Michael Rost) which features college lectures from several academic disciplines, including archaeology, anthropology, and economics. Contemporary Topics Introductory prepares students for the challenge of college lectures with practice in a wide range of listening, speaking and note-taking skills and strategies. The lectures (available on CD and DVD) were filmed in realistic academic setting before line student audiences." (Back Cover)

High beginner

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High-Beginner A2 (CEFR)