Lecture Ready 3 prepares students for listening, note taking, and academic discussion through videos of realistic and engaging lectures. Explicit presentation skills prepare students for public speaking, a requirement in today's academic and professional world. Audio and video material is available via Kelburn campus computers to students enrolled in the English Language Proficiency Programme.

Through the use of realistic and engaging lectures, Lecture Ready Second Edition prepares students for the demands and atmosphere of the higher-education classroom. Note-taking strategies focus on accurate and concise recording of class material. Academic discussion strategies help students participate fully and smoothly in classroom discussions. Students are more competent and confident when they learn how to present using proven strategies for academic success. These strategies help students meet their presentation challenges in and beyond the language classroom.

Prepares students for the demands and expectations of the academic lecture classroom. Each DVD contains film lectures that are the centerpiece of each student book chapter. Targeted listening exercises are available on the audio program.

Presents lecture training along with a student book and a DVD of filmed lectures that prepares students to experience the demands of an actual lecture.

Academic Encounters Second edition is a paired skills series with a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. Academic Encounters Level 3 Teacher's Manual Reading and Writing Life in Society will contain general teaching guidelines for the course, tasks by task teaching suggestions, answers for all tasks, and chapter quizzes and quiz answers.

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.