2006 academic listening (spring)

2006 Academic Listening (Spring Semester)

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The Academic Word List (AWL) is a list of words that appear with high frequency in English-language academic texts. It contains 570 word families divided into 10 sublists. Study the list and do practice exercises here. (intermediate & advanced levels)

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Short Talk 1: Planetology

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Day	Date	Textbook Lesson & Related Links	More Listening
1 2	4-14 (F) 4-18 (Tu)	Unit 1: Happiness (Psychology) 4The Science of Happiness (BBC News) 4What Makes You Happy? (BBC News) 4Summary of the lecture (Word)	4Transition from School to University (Hong Kong Polytechnic) (video, 5 min.) 4Transcript (pdf)
3 4	4-21 (F) 4-25 (Tu)	Unit 2: New Kinds of Food Biology (Science) 4Junk Food News: World Records 4How Safe is GM Food? (from '"The Why Files") 4The Great Corn Adventure (animation)¹
5 6	4-28 (F) 5-2 (Tu)	Unit 3: Public Art (Art) 4Chicago: The City of Art	Free listening & survey 1
7 8	5-9 (Tu) 5-12 (F)	Unit 4: Journey to Antarctica (History) 4Map 4Danger on the Ice 4Timeline & photos
9 10	5-16 (Tu) 5-19 (F)	Unit 5: Violence on Television (Media Studies) 4How TV Affects Children 4Children's TV series 4TV Violence Observation Form 4TV vs. Real Life Form	Free listening & survey 2
11 12	5-23 (Tu) 5-26 (F)	Unit 6: Too Old to Learn? (Linguistics)
13 14	5-30 (Tu) 6-2 (F)	Unit 7: Are We Alone? (Astronomy) 4The SETI Institute	Free listening & survey 3
15 16	6-6 (Tu) 6-9 (F)	Unit 8: Do the Right Thing (Ethics) 4Out on a Limb: A Guide to Getting Along (animation)¹ 4Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (Santa Clara Univ.)
17 18	6-13 (Tu) 6-16 (F)	Unit 9: A Good Night's Sleep (Public Health) 4Teens and Sleep (Nat'l Sleep Foundation) 4Women and Sleep (Nat'l Sleep Foundation) 4Healthy Sleep (Nat'l Institutes of Health) (with animation) 4News video with script ("Teen Sleep Disorders")¹	Free listening & survey 4
19 20	6-20 (Tu) 6-23 (F)	Unit 10: Negotiating for Success (Business)
21 22	6-27 (Tu) 6-30 (F)	Unit 11: Risking It (Statistics)	Free listening & survey 5
23 24	7-4 (Tu) 7-7 (F)	Unit 12: The Electronic Brain (Technology)
25 26	7-11 (Tu) 7-14 (F)	TBA (To Be Announced)

Textbook: Solorzano, H., & Frazier, L. (2002). Contemporary Topics 1 (2nd ed.). Longman.

Evaluation: Based on attendance, participation, written work, homework, quizzes, and a test.

Self-study on the Web! For more listening and reading practice, go to the course Web site: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m/and/

Updated July 6, 2006. Copyright © 2006 Melvin R. Andrade. All rights reserved. Audio files are for the temporary educational use of students who are enrolled in this course and have bought the textbook. These files have been put here following fair use guidelines and should not be downloaded or linked to. The external links on this site are provided for informational purposes. The author of this Web site is not responsible for their content. Book cover credit: Amazon