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Advanced Listening and Vocabulary Development

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EFS 693B
Week 6 Notes
 

CLASS OBJECTIVES

I. Groundhog Day - continued. See www.eslnotes.com for a synopsis (a summary of the story) and vocabulary list with definitions--don't read the plot summary yet. We will be watching the rest of this later.

II. Review: discussion of dictation as an aid to processing. Remember the following:

  1. the objective is to get as close to the exact vocabulary and grammar as possible and then identify what you're missing;

  2. you can work on two levels--easy material you're trying to get 100% right and harder (for example accented or especially fast) to challenge yourself

  3. you can focus on chunks smaller than a full sentence: ultimately you're going for speed, accuracy, and capacity;

  4. spelling isn't critical as long as you know you have the right word (though try to learn from mistakes);

  5. only go through a chunk twice (three times at most) before moving on;

  6. do this with just 1-2 minutes worth of speech to avoid boredom/overload: even 30 seconds can be helpful;

  7. normally, do dictation last, after you've already listened to a piece well enough to understand it and looked up vocabulary;

  8. you need to have an accurate transcript (or accurate subtitles) to check your answers;

  9. at the end of a segment, after you've noted and thought about your mistakes, listen again to hear what's really there;

  10. finally, as an option, you can try "oral dictation", repeating rather than writing; in that case you should record yourself to check your answers.

III. Homework: impressions of www.ted.com; www.englishbaby.com. Discuss in groups.

IV. Practicing vocabulary: www.ichi2.net/anki. Note that Anki has mobile versions as well for Android and iOS.

About Anki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih67nqyLEkg

See also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD9tj_jSBTc, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEldkZJszjc and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vkG0CTNSwg. You can see a list of 54 Anki videos here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryCaHU3Gj3c&list=PLIkmuYM_WTKdWriIDopNhqaKtAEUYdoE0

V. Movie support materials:

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 captions or transcripts.

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

You may be able to find transcripts of movies by searching under the movie name and "transcript".

VI. Revisiting the speed control: Quicktime 7. Use ctrl-k (PC) or cmd-k (Mac) to bring up the speed control slider

VII. Groundhog Day continued.

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1) This week the assignment for your independent project is to do a minimum of three hours Upload your report (available here) through Coursework  by Monday, February 16, at 8:00 PM.

2) Explore http://www.ankisrs.net/ and download the program to your computer or a mobile device. Put in the 35 words from this week's independent project work (and/or Groundhog Day). Practice these on at least three different days (more is better). Come prepared to discuss your experience in the next class. Note: if you already have a preferred program or mobile app, you may add your words to that and report on it instead, but if not, you need to give Anki a serious try. As an alternative, you could also do www.flippity.net, which automatically turns a Google spreadsheet into flashcards.

3) Finish Groundhog Day. I have DVDs to check out to you or you can look for it online.

Last modified February 10, 2015, by Phil Hubbard