Page 9: Identifying main ideas.
In this part it taught us how to identify main ideas by considering the title, or finding clues from the conclusion and looking to see if the main idea is too broad or narrow.
Page 35: Making inferences.
I learned from this part that sometimes we have to come up with our own logical conclusion because the writer doesn't always state his or her idea directly.
Page 58: Listening for examples.
We can find these examples in two ways: 1. Listening for phrases that introduce examples; 2. Noticing rising intonation that signals items in a list. So by this tip, we can understand the concept that the speaker is trying to state.
Page 82: Recognizing appositives that explain.
By recognizing "appositives", we can learn more about the word or idea that was mentioned in the sentence.
Page 107: Organizing notes with a T-chart.
When we are organizing our notes with a T-chart, our notes will be much more organized and we can compare ideas or statements in the listening. We can also connect ideas together by using arrows and lines to help.
2. Which listening skill (mentioned above) did you find the most valuable? Why?
I would like the last skill most, which is organizing notes with a T-chart because taking notes is my weakest part in learning English. I have trouble taking down all the notes and concentrating to what the speaker is saying. By taking notes with a T-chart, I think I can definitely have a much organized note and therefore I can save a lot of time while I am taking notes.
3. What are some ways in which your listening in English has improved this
semester?
I like the way that we all keep a blog to ourselves and post interesting posts weekly. From doing this, I found a lot of cool video clips on YouTube and I also get to know more about my classmate when I go to their blogs and find out what they like. It is very interesting to get to know all kinds of movie clips, trailers and music videos. Sometimes there are just so many different attracting videos that I even find it hard to decide which one I should post. On the other hand, although listening to Jamal and his adventures all the time is sometimes really tiring, but in the end I think the whole class seemed to have went through this adventure together with Jamal and had a wonderful time. So I like practicing my listening and note-taking skills by listening to stories.
4. What are some challenges that you still face in your English listening? How do you plan to overcome these challenges?
As I've mentioned in the previous question, my biggest problem with English listening right now would be my note-taking skills. I think I have trouble taking down notes quickly, maybe because I write too slow or I haven't learned about further note-taking skills yet. In the future, I plan to work on my listening more by listening to English radio program or news. Also I will try to take notes and catch their point when I listen to these talks.
5. Based on your experience with listening to many different types of activities in English this semester (listening to radio reports, radio interviews, TED talks, the audio book, a song, etc.), what is the most efficient way that you can train yourself to improve your English listening on your own? Explain your answer.
Personally I think that TED talks and radio interviews are the two most efficient ways of learning English and improving listening skills. By watching TED talks, we can really experience the way English speakers talk or give speeches about academic ideas. Also, by watching them on video, we can learn about their facial expressions and their body languages. These can all support our listening and meanwhile give us a better view of what we are listening. If we listen to radio interviews, we can really practice our listening and note-taking skills because they target native speakers so the talk really fast which I think is a really great way to practice English listening.
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