Contemporary Topics 3

Now in a fourth edition, Contemporary Topics expands on its highly respected approach to developing academic listening and study skills. Organized around realistic college lectures, the text guides learners through carefully sequenced activities in skills such as note-taking, focusing attention, intensive listening, and vocabulary building. It also helps students evaluate their interests and explore possible career paths.

• Corpus vocabulary drawn from the Academic Word List ensures that students are exposed to core academic vocabulary.
• Collaborative activities with presentation strategies and peer evaluations allow students to make connections and develop critical thinking skills.
• Unit comprehension tests assess students’ grasp of key concepts presented in the unit lecture.
• Mapped to the Global Scale of English.