Longman English Listening and Speaking Course. Three (CD + Book)

Author: Roost
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: How do slang expressions come about? Is it possible to travel through time and space? How can one become a genius? Is the Internet safe? In CONTEMPORARY TOPICS 3, you will hear answers to these questions and more. CONTEMPORARY TOPICS 3 provides students with the opportunity to practice the skills needed for academic success. This book contains twelve lessons, covering knowledge from various disciplines such as communication studies, computer science, and psychology. Advanced English-level students can develop their listening and note-taking skills while listening to these materials. The exercises in this book focus on practicing the prediction and recognition of key information and organizational patterns, as well as summarizing and restructuring the content of listening materials based on notes. This book is an introduction of the newly published Contemporary Topics series by Longman, brought in by Nankai University Press. This series of teaching materials is suitable for senior undergraduate students, master's degree students, and doctoral degree students in college English listening and speaking courses.
Each volume in the Longman English Listening and Speaking Series consists of twelve authentic classroom lectures, with each lesson covering topics of interest to students, carefully selected from a wide range of disciplines. A key feature of this series is that each lesson is presented in an interactive format to showcase the natural and authentic language used in specialized English courses across various disciplines, while also training students on how to ask teachers questions and how to respond to teachers' inquiries. Additionally, each lesson clearly highlights keywords that help students remember the speech. Longman English Listening and Speaking 3 is an advanced listening textbook designed to cultivate students' ability to listen and take notes in specialized English across different disciplines. The content covers knowledge from various fields, including communication studies, computer science, and psychology. Each lesson provides students with authentic listening experiences to continuously build their listening skills and language knowledge.