Table of Contents

Part 1    Language Focus

Unit 1    Understanding Reduced Forms

Unit 2    Understanding Intonation

Unit 3    Understanding Idioms

Part 2    Comprehension Focus

Building Skills

    Unit 1    Listening for Main Ideas, Supporting Ideas, and Details

    Unit 2    Making Inferences

    Unit 3    Distinguishing Facts and Opinions

    Unit 4    Understanding Patterns of Organization

Applying Skills

    Unit 5    What's Up? McArthur's Universal Corrective Map

    Unit 6    Aha! Moments

    Unit 7    To the Bottom of the World ... by Tractor

Part 3    Note-Taking Skills

Building Skills

    Unit 1    Organizing your Notes

    Unit 2    Omitting Unnecessary Words

    Unit 3    Using Abbreviations and Symbols

    Unit 4    Determining What's Important

Applying Skills

    Unit 5    Evaluating Your Notes

    Unit 6    Note-Taking Practice

Part 4    Listening for Pleasure

Unit 1    Comedy Routine: Lucky Jack at the Laugh Factory

Unit 2    A Radio Play -- the Crimson Parrot: The Glory of the Seas