EFS 688/688V - STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Listening and Discussion - Section 3
EFS 688/688V - STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Listening and Discussion - Section 3
EFS 688/688V
Listening & Discussion 3
Notes Week 1.1
I. Class introduction
A. The course
B. Personal introductions (1 minute)
Your name, and how you want to be called
Where you're from and what you do
Why you've come to the US
What you like to do in your spare time
II. Review of today’s lecture: Jonathan Greenberg - The Arctic in World Environmental History
A. How well did you understand the talk? What made it easy? What made it difficult? Did you take notes? What were some of the key points you remember?
B. Discuss the following two questions in small groups
What was the most interesting part of the talk for you?
Who do you think the Arctic region should belong to? Give reasons for your position.
III. Three keys to improving listening.
A. Learning to comprehend more effectively
Getting the meaning
Retaining important points (notes & memory)
Interpreting
Integrating
B. Improving processing
Comprehending faster speech
Accommodating a range of accents
Making processing faster and more automatic
C. Increasing language knowledge
Sound system
Vocabulary (words and phrases)
Grammar
Discourse
IV. Sample academic lecture: Fred Hillier: An Introduction to Game Theory at www.stanford.edu/dept/lc/efs/2003/summer/FHSLecture2.html.
V. Website for listening practice
Randall’s Cyber Listening Lab – www.esl-lab.com. A non-commercial site developed by Randall Davis. Exercises are also divided into easy, medium, difficult, and very difficult. Lessons have pre- and post-listening exercises, the latter including quizzes, exercises, and text completion. Transcripts include glossed vocabulary.
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HOMEWORK
1) Try three exercises at www.esl-lab.com at different levels (easy, medium, difficult) and come to class Friday prepared to discuss your experience. Note that this should take you at least an hour. Use the following table and fill it out for this assignment--bring a printed copy to class (or bring your laptop and read it off of that).
| Name:________________ | Name of Exercise | Why did you pick it? | How well did you understand it? | What made it easy or difficult for you? |
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| Difficult/Very Difficult Level |
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2) Watch the rest of An Introduction to Game Theory at www.stanford.edu/dept/lc/efs/2003/summer/FHSLecture2.html. Take good notes--pause and repeat sections you have trouble understanding. Bring your notes to class on Friday: there will be a test on the material and you may use your notes to answer the questions. Most of the questions will come from the "content questions" list on the site.