Listening
Listening 9 - ELP:
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Learning Objectives:
By the end of this class I can:
follow a fast-paced conversation between fluent speakers well enough to be able to contribute.
recognize coherence devices and follow complex arguments on unfamiliar topics.
understand the intended double meaning of a word used in a joke.
follow presentations on abstract and complex topics outside their field of interest.
follow films employing a considerable degree of slang and idiomatic usage.
recognize a wide range of idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms, appreciating register shifts.
understand the details of extended and linguistically complex talks on a range of political, environmental, and social issues.
Tasks
C/ Community access tasks:
Get information from a radio / television program featuring a panel of experts discussing a complex social or political issue or a complex personal /household issue (e.g., tax and investment decisions). In community search and rescue exercises, follow extensive continuous oral directions with complex navigational detail on how to reach a location which is remote or difficult to identify.
S / Study / Academic tasks:
While listening to a lecturette / a 20-minute oral presentation , complete a listening task demonstrating comprehension of its main points. While listening to a lecturette / a 20-minute oral presentation, take notes.
W / Workplace tasks:
Obtain specific extensive information (literal and inferred) by listening to presentations, discussions, or interviews. Summarize complex and abstract ideas from a 20-minute oral presentation. In emergency response / search and rescue / delivery jobs, follow extensive continuous oral directions with complex navigational detail on how to reach a location which is remote or difficult to identify.