LISTENING SKILLS

April 15, 2015

Reminders

Quiz 3: Monday April 27

Mid-term exam: Wednesday April 29

- same classroom and time (9:00 am – 10:15 am)

Today

Listening for lectures (cont.)

- Listening strategy: Listening for definitions

- Note taking strategy: abb. (abbreviations)

- Discussion of lecture

Leisure time

1. Do you think you have enough leisure time as a college student?

2. How do you usually spend your leisure time?

3. What are some differences in leisure time between you and retired (elderly) people?

Signals for a definition (p. 43)

Sneakers, or athletic shoes are the most common shoes for high school students.

By tab, I mean tablet computer.

What I mean by bombed is to fail an exam, or do poorly on an assignment or test.

What do I mean by racket? Well, I mean noise.

p. 43 Exercise J

Example: “ponder”

Example: “ponder”

- My first word is ponder. What I mean by ponder is, to think about something.

- My next word is…

p. 44 Exercise L

1. Word: Findings

Lecture language:

Definition:

or

the results

p. 44 Exercise L

2. Word: Charisma

Lecture language:

Definition:

by…I mean…

the ability to attract other people and make them admire you

p. 44 Exercise L

3. Word: Bungee jumping

Lecture language:

Definition:

What’s bungee jumping?

It’s a sport in which you jump off something very high with a rope that stretches tied to your legs so you can go up again without touching the ground.

p. 44 Exercise L

4. Word: Fakie

Lecture language:

Definition:

What I mean by fakie is…

Standing on the skateboard facing forward when the skateboard is moving backward

p. 44 Exercise L

5. Word: Zilch

Lecture language:

Definition:

Zilch is the informal term for the word…

nothing

Note taking strategy - abbreviations

Ea yr avg. teacher salary approx. 5%.

Each year the average salary for a teacher increases by approximately 5 percent.

Note taking strategy - abbreviations

Abbreviations (abb.), like symbols, can help you take notes more quickly and efficiently.

Some other abbreviations?

People (ppl.) because (bc) year (yr.)

International (intl.) with (w/) month (mth.)

Government (govt.) without (w/o)

2. This leis. surv. Focus on ppl. Avg. age 25. All help i.d. impt. trend

3 .Exprt. Resrch how US pop spends leis. Time vs. how spend work time.

4. Exprt. Try get info how diff age grps and genders spend leis. time

Lecture

Watch the lecture.

- Take notes in outline form.

Use: Symbols and abbreviations.

Definition language from ch. 4 lecture

- Sped-up: that is….

- Current: by current, I mean…

- Multi-task: for example, …. In other words, …

- Down time: What I mean by down time is….

- Couch potatoes: What do I mean by…?

Homework

Watch Chapter 1 lecture again (Gender and marketing).

Take notes in outline form using symbols and abbreviations.

Submit: Tomorrow (11:59 p.m.)

See website for details

Before next class

Do the reading and vocabulary for Chapter 7 (pp. 81-82)