{"product_id":"academic-listening-strategies-julia-salehzadeh-9780472030965","title":"Academic Listening Strategies: A Guide to Understanding Lectures","description":"\u003ci\u003eAcademic Listening Strategies\u003c\/i\u003e offers additional listening comprehension practice and strategies for understanding lectures for students who are currently enrolled in a college or university. The exercises in this text will provide students with many opportunities to practice effective listening strategies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnit 1 begins with a diagnostic exercise to help students identify areas of lecture comprehension that may be most difficult for them. In Unit 2, students are introduced to some key bottom-up features (sound or word-level patterns) in everyday speech and given helpful strategies to begin unscrambling the stream of language that they will encounter in lectures. Unit 3 gives students a detailed look at common patterns in lectures and presents additional strategies that will help them to understand definitions, opinions, and jokes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the end of the book, students will gain the skills necessary to: \u003cbr\u003e\" Prepare for lectures\u003cbr\u003e\" Listen more effectively during lectures\u003cbr\u003e\" Recognize what information may have been missed\u003cbr\u003e\" Compensate for missed information with methods other than reading and rereading the assigned texts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book is also sold packaged with the DVDs. The DVDs are NOT sold separately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Salehzadeh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472030965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472030965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press ELT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.04w x 0.43d","brand":"Julia Salehzadeh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076051595519,"sku":"9780472030965","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9ad38ae7-787d-4980-9059-712b3147dbb7.jpg?v=1685462898","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/academic-listening-strategies-julia-salehzadeh-9780472030965","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}