OUP, 2007. —125 pages.Even the most able student in a traditional classroom can feel overwhelmed and unprepared in an academic lecture. Oxford's new series. Lecture Ready: Strategies for Academic Listening, Note-taking, and Discussion, prepares students to encounter academic lectures with skill and confidence.Students attend actual lectures via DVD after practicing with targeted lecture language. The lectures include elements of natural speech, such as false starts and digressions, to aid students in recognizing and deciphering language that might otherwise distract them from the meaningful content of a lecture.Key Features:■ DVD, with academic lectures for students to view on their own or in class■ Themed chapters, arranged into units that align with core academic content areas: Social Science, Business, Media Studies, Science, and Humanities■ Academic vocabulary strand, to help students maximize their comprehension of lecture material■ Listening Strategies, to help Students recognize and tune in to verbal and nonverbal language markers typically used by professors in the lecture setting■ Note-taking Strategies, to help students manage information intake■ Discussion Strategics, to help students participate fully and smoothly in classroom discussion■ Audio program, with all lectures plus exercises targeting specific lecture language.Transcripts, Answer Key and Audio: /file/1626338/