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Listening skills. Class 13 April 15, 2013. Today. Listening for lectures (cont.) - Listening strategy: Listening for definitions - Note taking strategy: abb. (abbreviations) - Discussion of lecture. Leisure time. Do you think you have enough leisure time as a college student?
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Listening skills Class 13 April 15, 2013
Today Listening for lectures (cont.) - Listening strategy: Listening for definitions - Note taking strategy: abb. (abbreviations) - Discussion of lecture
Leisure time • Do you think you have enough leisure time as a college student? • How do you usually spend your leisure time? • What are some differences in leisure time between you and retired (elderly) people?
Signals for a definition Sneakers, or athletic shoes are the most common shoes for high school students. Bytab, I mean tablet computer. What I mean bybombedis to fail an exam, or do poorly on an assignment or test. What do I mean byracket? Well, I mean noise.
p. 38 Exercise 5 1. Word: Findings Lecture language: Definition: or the results
p. 38 Exercise 5 2. Word: Charisma Lecture language: Definition: by…I mean… the ability to attract other people and make them admire you
p. 38 Exercise 5 3. Word: Bungee jumping Lecture language: Definition: What’s bungee jumping? It’s a sport in which you jump off something very high with a rope that stretches tied to your legs so you can go up again without touching the ground.
p. 38 Exercise 5 4. Word: Fakie Lecture language: Definition: What I mean by fakie is… Standing on the skateboard facing forward when the skateboard is moving backward
p. 38 Exercise 5 5. Word: Zilch Lecture language: Definition: Zilch is the informal term for the word… nothing
Note taking strategy - abbreviations Eayr avg. teacher salary aprox. 5%. Each year the average salary for a teacher increases by approximately 5 percent.
Note taking strategy - abbreviations Abbreviations (abb.), like symbols, can help you take notes more quickly and efficiently. Some other abbreviations? People because year International with month Government without
2. This leis. surv. Focus on ppl. Avg. age 25. All help i.d. impt. trend 3 .Exprt. Resrch how US pop spends leis. Time vs. how spend work time. 4. Exprt. Try get info how diff age grps and genders spend leis. time
Lecture Watch the lecture. - Take notes in outline form. Use: Symbols and abbreviations.
Homework Watch lecture from assignment 3 again (Gender and marketing). Cover the subtitles! Take notes using symbols and abbreviations. Submit: Wednesday (11:59 p.m.) See website for details.
Also Download and print next lecture’s material. Bring to class.