EFS 693B - STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Listening and Communication

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EFS 693B
Week 6 Notes
 

I. Groundhog Day, Scene 2: 1) with subtitles; 2) without subtitles;

II. Groundhog Day dictation results

III. Homework: impressions of www.ted.com; http://www.edict.com.hk/TextAnalyser/wordlists.htm; www.englishbaby.com

What learning or practice objectives is each associated with?

IV. Practicing vocabulary: www.flashcarddb.com; (see also www.ichi2.net/anki; www.wordchamp.com). Concept of spaced repetition: Leitner system --- http://flashcarddb.com/leitner

V. Movie support materials:

www.script-o-rama.com has many movie transcripts: you can also try putting the movie title plus "transcript" into Google

www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/index.html has examples of movie clips--scenes from movies--and "trailers"--advertisements that preview scenes from the movie to interest you in watching it. Includes comprehension questions but no transcripts.

www.eslnotes.com/ has movie guides for a number of good films. It has a summary of the movie and extensive vocabulary support

V. Watching movies for language learning: discuss

1) What are the best types of movies to watch for language learning? Why?

2) What are the worst types? Why?

3) Think about a movie you watched recently--how could you use it to improve your listening skills

4) See handout: Listening-to-Movies.doc

VI. Groundhog Day continued

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Homework:

1) Continue working on your independent project for three hours this week. Email your report (available here) to efs@stanford.edu by Monday February 15 (Tuesday class) or Tuesday February 16 (Wednesday class) by 8:00 PM. Remember to do your practice on at least three different days.

2) Explore www.flashcarddb.com. Put in at least 20 words from your independent project work and/or from our class lists, divided into two, 10-word lessons. Practice these on at least two different days. Come prepared to discuss your experience. Spend a few minutes exploring the other two sites and see if either of them seems better for your purposes: www.ichi2.net/anki; www.wordchamp.com