Using a content-based approach, Academic Listening Encounters prepares high-intermediate ESL/EFL students for listening to lectures and taking notes in an English-speaking college or university environment. The content focus of this book is human beh avior, which includes such high-interest topics as stress and health, intelligence, and friendship. Each chapter explores one of these topics using both academic and informal conversational materials. Students have the opportunity to practice listeni ng skills such as summarazing or listening for implied information they also can engage in discussion and note-taking activities.