Key Concepts 1: Listening, Note Taking, and Speaking Across the Disciplines / Edition 1

by Elena Vestri Solomon, John Shelley

Overview

Key Concepts 1 & 2 expose students to the material they will encounter in college-including discipline-based lectures, academic vocabulary from the Academic Word List, and structured speaking activities. Students gain valuable academic knowledge and essential note-taking skills necessary for success in college. The format for listening activities supports the listening section of the TOEFL and prepares students for further assessment and proficiency testing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780618382408
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	09/07/2005
Series:	Key Concepts: Listening, Note Taking, and Speaking Across the Disciplines
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	143
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Elena Vestri Solomon is currently a lecturer in the B. Ed program for future teachers in Abu Dhabi's Emirates College for Advanced Education. She received her MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of South Florida, Tampa, and has lived and worked in Italy, Spain, France, Hungary, Romania, Uzbekistan, and UAE. She has authored/co-authored over a dozen academic textbooks in composition, grammar, and listening/speaking/note-taking.

Table of Contents

1. The Student Experience: Success in College 2. From the Social Sciences: Psychology 3. From Business: Internatioinal Trade and Marketing 4. From the Socail Sciences: American Government 5. From the Biological Sciences: Biology 6. From the Social Sciences: Philosophy Appendixes