TY - BOOK AU - Karolina Kotorowicz-Jasińska PY - 2020 CY - Berlin, Germany PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 2365-8150 SN - 9783631823552 TI - Improving Academic Listening and Note-Taking Skills T2 - A Study in Foreign Learners’ Strategy Training DO - 10.3726/b17026 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1058804 N2 - The book investigates the effectiveness of long-term strategy training on how successfully and efficiently students listen to lectures and take notes. It is centered around a longitudinal study designed to measure to what extent a specially designed course allows 1st year undergraduate students to improve their academic skills. The research presented is grounded in theoretical perspectives on general listening comprehension, discourse processing, and teaching second language subskills. The book will be of interest to anyone interested in tertiary education and providing college and university students with courses useful in their academic performance. The readers might also gain insights into long-term research methodology of which the book gives a detailed account. KW - lecture comprehension, foreign language listening, language education, strategy development, researching listening, taking notes LA - English ER -