<P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>What causes a society to collapse? What's it like to grow up as a third culture kid?  How has microcredit changed people's lives?</I></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I> </I></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">You'll find the answers to these and other questions in <B><I>Contemporary Topics Introductory, </I></B>by Jeanette Clement and Cynthia Lennox  (Series Editor: Michael Rost), which features college lectures from several academic disciplines, including archaeology, anthropology, and economics.  <B><I>Contemporary Topics Introductory</I></B> prepares students for the challenge of college lectures with practice in a wide range of listening, speaking and note-taking skills and strategies. The lectures (available on CD and DVD) were filmed in realistic academic setting before line student audiences.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B>DVD Features</B></P> <UL> <LI>Realistic college lectures from a range of academic disciplines (also on audio CDs) <LI>Student discussions of the lectures (also on audio CDs) <LI>Instructors' Presentation Points <LI>Coaching Tips that guide students as they take notes <LI>Subtitles for lectures and student discussions</LI></UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>Course Features</B></P> <UL> <LI>Corpus-based vocabulary drawn from the Academic Word List <LI>Practical listening and note-taking strategies <LI>Note-review practice that allows students to analyze their note-taking skills and consolidate their understanding of the lecture <LI>Academic research and speaking tasks: presentation, discussions, and role plays <LI>A Teacher's Pack for busy instructors with: <UL> <LI>Suggested bonus activities <LI>Teaching notes <LI>Answer keys <LI>Audioscripts <LI>Simulated TOEFL®  Listening Test for each unit</LI></UL></LI></UL> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><B>See also:</B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>Contemporary Topics 1</I> (Intermediate)</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>Contemporary Topics 2 </I>(High Intermediate)</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"><I>Contemporary Topics 3</I> (Advanced)</P>