Listening

Step 3: The topic sentence

So right after the thesis statement is the first topic sentence. That is why it is helpful to recognize the thesis statement because you...

Let's Practice: Steps 1 and 2

So we looked at steps 1 and 2 in taking notes to a lecture. We will quickly review, point out some practical points and practice. A...

Now to Step 2: The Introduction

A lecture is usually an essay and so it has an introduction. An introduction can begin in two ways: 1. with a hook 2. or not a hook. We...

Listening to Lectures, Step 1: Plan, preview and predict

Listening to Lectures, Step 1 Two other key areas of listening strategies are called top down and bottom up strategies. We are going to...

Listening to Lectures, Let's Start with Strategies

Listening to Lectures In our blog posts, we are going to look at how to listen to lectures. We’ll develop some steps and strategies to...

Karen Peterson: ESL4Everyone