EFS 693B - STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Listening and Communication
EFS 693B - STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Listening and Communication
EFS 693B
Notes: 3 - 2
I. Warmup: listening to a British accent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4
II. Review HW in groups
A. What elllo interviews did you listen to? What do you remember from them?
B. Were you able to understand the accents of the speakers?
C. What differences did you notice between "text first" and "text second" approach?
D. What else did you see on the www.elllo.org site that looked helpful?
III. The English sound system - an overview.
A. Basic sounds (phonemes): http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#
B. Rhythm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_timing
C. Stress: www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/word-stress.htm
D. Intonation: www.americanaccent.com/intonation.html
E. Linking: www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/linking.htm
F. Reduced forms: www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/ReducedForms.html See also the handout
IV. How to do your Independent Project: example from CNN Student News: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/. Note that this is just one of many possible procedures
A. Listening for meaning
1. Pre-listening: Preview the topic and think about it before listening; predict what you might hear
2. While listening: Use the pause and other available controls
3. Post-listening: Write or record a quick summary of what you remember
4. Determine what you understood and missed the first time (if possible): focus on figuring out missed parts
5. Repeat, starting at #2
B. Improving processing: dictation
1. Listen again to the first 30 seconds or so--pause.
2. Do a dictation of the next 20-30 seconds or so. Try to listen to a short piece (2-3 seconds), pause, and then write what you heard. Don't repeat until the end of the 30-second segment.
3. After 2-3 times through. Check your answer against the script. Pay close attention to what you're missing. Especially, note linkings, reduced forms, and grammar errors.
4. Listen to the next 30 seconds or so without dictating, then start another dictation segment if you want.
C. Increase language knowledge: build vocabulary
1. Look through the text without listening and underline every word or phrase that you aren't sure of. Double underline any that look particularly interesting or important
2. Listen again while you read. Pause when you come to an underlined word and try to guess the meaning from the context. Move on quickly if you can't.
3. Use an online dictionary to look up all the double underlined words; use Google to look for other examples and definitions of phrases/idioms (note: you may not find all of them--that's OK).
4. Keep the new words/phrases in a list and study them regularly
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Homework:
Note: there is no class next week, 4/20 and 4/22--I will be out of the country.
I'll see you in class on the 27th.
1. Visit the sites listed above for the English sound system. Be sure you
understand how each of these concepts affects your listening, and try to connect
them to your pronunciation as well..
2. Work on your independent projects for at least two hours this week. Naturally, more is better. Send me a report by 10:00 PM Sunday night (4/19) (efs@stanford.edu), using the form I emailed you.
3. I will try to email you feedback on your report. In the meantime, continue with your individual project. Do at least two hours again the following week, and send me your report by 10:00 PM on 4/26.