Product Description Lecture Ready: Strategies for Academic Listening, Note-taking, and Discussion, prepares students to deal with academic lectures with skill and confidence. Students attend actual lectures via DVD or video after practice with targeted lecture language. The lectures include elements of natural speech, such as false starts and digressions, to provide practice in maintaining focus on the essential core of a lecture. About the Author Peg Sarosy is an Academic Coordinator at the American Language Institute at San Francisco State University. Kathy Sherak is Associate Director of the American Language Institute at San Francisco State University. She previously taught in San Francisco State University s ESL program and was a Fulbright Teacher Trainer in Italy.