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Academic Listening Encounters: Life in Society / Kim Sanabria (Cambridge University Press, 2004)

TYPE OF PROGRAM: English as a second language

ACCESSION DATE: June 2008

DESCRIPTION: ISBN 0-521-75486-0. Introduces students to the field of sociology and explores such high-interest topics as peer pressure, gender roles, and the influence of the media. Students develop their listening skills through such activities as listening for main ideas and listening for examples. They also learn a variety of important note-taking strategies, such as organizing your notes and using telegraphic language, and practice oral skills through discussions, interviewing and giving oral presentations. The topics covered coordinate with those in the companion reading and study skills book.

AUDIENCE: Intermediate

Set Call Number: EN2.077

Materials displayed with special permission from Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.

Chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Unit 1 Chapter 1 Marriage, Family, and the Home

• pg3 Listening for numerical information Step 2
• pg5 Listening for details Step 2
• pg7 Paraphrasing what you have heard Step 2
• pg11 Note taking: Listening for main ideas and supporting detials Step 1
• pg13 Note taking: Organizing for notes in columns Step 2
• pg15 Note taking: Organizing your notes in columns Step 2
  
  
  

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  Unit 1 Chapter 2 The Power of the Group
  
  
• pg18 Listening for specific information Step 2
• pg20 Listening for main ideas Step 2
• pg21 Listening for specific information Step 2
• pg26 Note taking: Listening for organizational phrases Step 2
• pg27 Note taking: Organizing your notes in outline form Step 2
• pg29 Note taking: Copying a lecturer's diagrams and charts Step 2
  
  
  

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  Unit 2 Chapter 3 Growing Up Male or Female
  
  
• pg34 Building background knowledge on the topic Step 2
• pg36 Answering multiple-choice questions Step 2
• pg38 Listening for specific information Step 2
• pg43 Note taking: Using symbols and abbreviations Step 3
• pg45 Note taking: Using symbols and abbreviations Step 2
• pg46 Note taking: Using your notes to write a summary Step 1
  
  
  

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  Unit 2 Chapter 4 Gender Issues Today
  
  
• pg51 Listening for specific information Step 3
• pg54 Answering multiple-choice questions Step 2
• pg55 Answering true/false questions Step 2
• pg60 Note taking: Using telegraphic language Step 2
• pg62 Note taking: Using telegraphic language Step 2
• pg63 Note taking: Using telegraphic language Step 2
  
  
  

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  Unit 3 Chapter 5 Mass Media Today
  
  
• pg67 Listening for specific information Step 1
• pg69 Answeirng multiple-choice questions Step 2
• pg70 Listening for specific information Step 2
• pg76 Note taking: Listening for signal words Step 2
• pg77 Note taking: choosing a format for organizing your notes Step 2
• pg80 Note taking: choosing a format for organizing your notes Step 1
  
  
  

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  Unit 3 Chapter 6 The Influence of the Media
  
  
• pg83 Recording numerical information Step 2
• pg85 Listening for specific information Step 1
• pg85 Listening for specific information Step 1
• pg87 Listening for specific information Step 1
• pg87 Listening for specific information Step 2
• pg92 Note taking: Organizing your notes as a map Step 2
• pg93 Note taking: Organizing your notes as a map Step 2
• pg95 Note taking: Organizing your notes as a map Step 2
  
  
  

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  Unit 4 Chapter 7 Crime and Criminals
  
  
• pg100 Building background knowledge on the topic: technical terms Step 1
• pg102 Answering true/false questions Step 2
• pg103 Retelling what you have heard Step 2
• pg108 Note taking: Clarifying your notes Step 2
• pg109 Note taking: Clarifying your notes Step 1
• pg111 Note taking: Using your notes to answer test questions Step 2
  
  
  

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  Unit 4 Chapter 8 Controlling Crime
  
  
• pg114 Listening for opinions Step 2
• pg117 Listening for specific information Step 2
• pg118 Listening for main ideas Step 1
• pg121 Note taking: Recording numerical information Step 2
• pg123 Note taking: using your notes to ask questions and make comments Step 1
• pg124 Note taking: Using your notes to ask questions and make comments Step 1
  
  
  

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  Unit 5 Chapter 9 Cultural Change
  
  
• pg129 Recording numerical information Step 2
• pg131 Listening for opinions Step 2
• pg132 Answering true/false questions Step 2
• pg136 Note taking: Listening for stress and intonation Step 2
• pg137 Note taking: Listening for stress and intonation Step 1
• pg138 Note taking: using your notes to answer test questions Step 2
  
  
  

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  Unit 5 Chapter 10 Global Issues
  
  
• pg142 Personalizing the topic Step 2
• pg144 Retelling what you have heard Step 2
• pg145 Listening for details Step 2
• pg151 Note taking: Using handouts to help you take notes Step 1
• pg152 Note taking: Combining the skills Step 1
• pg154 Note taking: Combining the skills Step 1
  
  

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