This practical book helps high-beginning to low-intermediate English as a second language or foreign language students develop their ability to comprehend lectures, to take notes, and to recall, restate and discuss lecture material. Students of English as a second or foreign language will find this book an effective first step in acquiring the listening skills that are all-important for academic lectures.
Special features to note:
*lesson exercises show students how to listen for main ideas and relevant details, answer comprehension questions, take notes, recall material orally and in writing, and restate the material in their own words
*minilecture topics are drawn from education, science, society and business
*vocabulary is explained through definitions, paraphrase or illustration