EFS 693B - STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Advanced Listening and Vocabulary Development
EFS 693B - STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Advanced Listening and Vocabulary
Development
EFS 693B
Notes: Week 1
I. Introductions: instructor, students, and course
II. Sample 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=3211083609505219709&ei=MGfQSdB1oNqoA8uf2PoD 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. Importance of vocabulary - How many words do you know? How many words do native English speakers know? What do you know when you know a word?
1. General service list; Academic word list (similar to the University Word List)
2. www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/levels/: a set of tests at various levels
3. Babylon:
www.babylon.com;
Google definitions;
Note that for listening, you need to connect to the
sound
4. Keeping a list and
reviewing it:
a) note unknown words that 1) you've seen before, 2)
that seem important: decide whether to take time to learn them (check
frequencies)
b) get the word, its definition, and a sentence from
the context you saw it in if possible
c) collect in groups of 10-20 and review regularly
(till you know them)
d) try actively to notice these words in other
contexts, and use Google to find more examples
To find word frequencies, go to http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc/ and paste in a transcript (up to 2000 words): this will help you determine which words to learn. The lower the frequency, the less likely you are to see the word again soon. In general focus on words at the 9000 level or below.
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HOMEWORK
1. Listen to
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=448493458864593229 again. Pause when
you notice an unfamiliar word. 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. Important: Bring your list to class next week.
2. Review the General Service List at http://jbauman.com/gsl.html. Make two sublists: 1) words you think you know but aren't sure of, and 2) words you are sure you don't know. Send those lists to me at efs@stanford.edu by 8:00 PM Monday, April 5 at the latest. Please put in one document and title your document YourName-GSL; (e.g.PhilHubbard-GSL).
4. Start thinking about what you want to do for your first independent listening project.