TY - BOOK AU - Dunkel Patricia A. AU - Pialorsi, Frank TI - Listening and Notetaking Skills 3 / SN - 9781133950578 (Student Book) PY - 2014/// CY - Boston PB - National Geographic Learning KW - English language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers. KW - Notetaking KW - Problems and exercises KW - Listening comprehension KW - Listening and notetaking KW - Audio-visual aids. N1 - Includes audioscripts, videoscripts and appendices; "The new edition of the Listening and Notetaking Series now 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) ; CONTENTS ; Scope and Sequence; Unit Walkthrough; Unit 1: Anthropology: The Study of Humans and Their Creations; Chapter 1: Anthropologists: Working in a Diverse Profession; Notetaking Preparation: Recording important information ; _Vikings Filled Their Teeth, Skeleton Study Shows; Chapter 2: The Concept of Culture: Understanding One Another; Notetaking Preparation: Recording Information as a List ; Last of the Cave People; Video The Gift of Travelling; Unit 2: History: The Passing of Time and Civilizations ; Chapter 3: The Egyptian Pyramids: Houses of Eternity; Notetaking Preparation: Recording Numbers and Dates in Notes ; Ramses the Great; Chapter 4: The First Emperor of China: Building an Empire and a House of Eternity; Notetaking Preparation: Using Indentation and Spacing Effectively in Notes ; Terra-Cotta Army Protects First Emperor's Tomb; Video: Palenque; Unit 3: Sociology: The Changing World of Work; Chapter 5: The Distributed Workforce: Where and When People Work ; Notetaking Preparation: Using Intonation to Identify New Main Points ; Expansion: "Second Life", Other Virtual Worlds Reshaping Human Interaction; Chapter 6: Age and Work: The Graying of the Workforce; Notetaking Preparation: Showing Cause and Effect ; Why Are Young, Educated Americans Going Back to the Farm; An Actor and a Travel Writer; Unit 4: Communication: The Influence of Language, Culture, and Gender; Chapter 7: Classroom Communication: Language and Culture in the Classroom ; Notetaking Preparation: Recording Rhetorical Questions ; Expansion: Love that Lingua Franca; Chapter 8: Gender and Communication: Male-Female Conversation as Cross-cultural Communication; Notetaking Preparation: Contrast Cues and Charts ; Expansion: Smarter Teams Are More Sensitive, Have More Women; Video: Digital Nomad; Unit 5: Biology: The Genetics to Genetic Engineering; Chapter 9: The Origins of Genetics: Mendel and the Garden Pea Experiment; Notetaking Preparation: Anticipating and Recording Examples; Expansion: Genes and Population Genetics; Chapter 10: Genetic Engineering: Playing Roulette with Mother Nature's Designs?; Notetaking Preparation: Vocabulary: Recovering Meaning as You Listen Expansion: Food: How Altered?; Video: The Human Journey; Appendix A: Audioscripts ; Appendix B: Videoscripts; Credits; Intended for English language learners at the C1 (CEFR) level. UR - https://goo.gl/t6GkLy UR - http://www.cengage.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9781305493445 ER -