Ecen the most able student in a traditional classroom can fell overhelmed and umprepared 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 eith 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 ciew on their own or in class

*Themed chpters, arranged into units that