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 4-1
I. Comments on Friday's discussion
A. Turn taking: basketball (mid considerateness & involvement), bowling (high considerateness), and rugby (high involvement) style: see http://www1.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/a-23-a-2005-04-05-1-1-83123837.html
B. Disagreeing politely
C. Handout on discussion skills
II. Video. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4294999797759269911 What did you learn?
Pre-listening strategy: view all or part of a video silently and try to figure out what's going on before you begin listening
III. Video 2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5031375692606487930: Introduction to listening to informational videos (history, culture, science, technology...)
Discuss: What do you know now about this man?
IV. Video 3: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=448493458864593229
Take notes: What are the most important points of this? How well did you understand it?
V. Discussion: the best and worst decades of life
A. Preparation
B. Group discussion
C. Follow-up
VI. Preparation for Friday's lecture: Richard Powers: 1950s Rock & Roll Cha Cha as Seen on American Bandstand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P12u2kBF7v4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdMltIZDZWI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXsSJ_yDodE&NR=1
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HOMEWORK: Bring your answers to these to class on Friday
1. Listen to http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=448493458864593229 again. Try to find as many new words or phrases as you can (at least 5). If you are unable to hear/spell the word clearly enough to look it up, write down the phrase or sentence it occurs in.
2. Listen to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_fdyA24BdU. Who are the three main characters? How well do you understand what's going on?
3. Watch the first few minutes of http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3211083609505219709&ei=MGfQSdB1oNqoA8uf2PoD. How easy was it to understand after watching the previous videos? Watch more of later if you liked it.
For Friday's talk, take some general notes, but mostly, just try to understand and enjoy it.