EFS 688/688V - STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Listening and Discussion - Section 3
EFS 688/688V
Listening &
Discussion 3
Notes Week
4-2
I. Tesla followup
A. Review word lists:
note difficulty of picking out words from audio or video only.
B. Movie clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_fdyA24BdU. Who are
the three main characters? How well do you understand what's going on?
C. Additional clip:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3211083609505219709&ei=MGfQSdB1oNqoA8uf2PoD
D. Final clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90YsTGklRqA&feature=related
E. See video with
captions or transcripts at
o
Randall’s listening lab:
www.esl-lab.com. Recorded dialogues by ESL teacher Randall Davis. Many
are humorous.
o
Nova online:
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/. Example:
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3318/03.html. Clips or whole shows from
this science program on PBS.
o
English Language Listening Library Online
www.elllo.org. Interviews and other listening activities. Good for
practicing listening to different accents.
o
CNN student news:
www.cnn.com/studentnews/. A 10-minute program of news and features aimed
at US secondary school students.
o
PBS Online News Hour:
www.pbs.org/newshour/.
Longer news stories and features for deeper understanding.
o
This I Believe audio/text
essays:
www.thisibelieve.org/view_featured_essays.php.
Personal, inspirational essays read out loud by the writers
o
Stanford Entrepreneurship Corner:
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/.
Talks related to business, industry, and technology
o
Technology, Entertainment & Design: www.ted.com.
Talks by international experts on a variety of topics.
o
Use Google advanced video search to look for captioned videos:
http://video.google.com/videoadvancedsearch?hl=en (e.g., search Google
Tech Talks)
II. Discussion of the best and worst decades
(no leaders). Try to avoid extremes of either high involvement or high
considerateness styles
A. Discuss the topic to
see if you generally agree or disagree; see if anyone changes his or her mind on
the basis of others' arguments
B. If you complete the
task early, discuss 1) why the best decades for most might be bad for others; 2)
what you can do personally to make the worst decades better; and/or 3) what has
personally been your best year so far and why.
III. Leading or facilitating a discussion:
how do you do it? Handout and assignment.
IV. Preparation for Tuesday's lecture:
Cliff Nass (Communication) "Is Multi-tasking good for you?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zuDXzVYZ68
V. FlashACE: Comprehension and processing
practice for the final exam (Tuesday August 10, Meyer 280E):
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/lc/efs/FlashACE/
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HOMEWORK
1.
Prepare your assigned discussion topic that you will present to your group. You'll
have one minute to present the topic (the background and the position with at
most one argument in favor of it) and five minutes to discuss it and
summarize the results. Note: leaders 1-6 will present Tuesday and 7-13 Friday.
2. Practice FlashACE Intermediate lessons 1, 3, and 5. Do 1 and 3
as practice (listening multiple times if needed) and 5 as a test, listening just
once and responding within 10 seconds. You may do
the other intermediate ones if you have time (note that there are three errors
in Intermediate-2). Come prepared to discuss your experience. Note--we will do
the advanced level for the next
assignment, so don't do that yet.
3. Enjoy the Friday talk: bring notes and questions/comments to
class Tuesday.
Last modified: July 30, 2010, by Phil Hubbard