Recap• Listening VS hearing• Listening Barriers• Physical Barriers• Psychological Barriers• Language Barriers

• How to overcome these barriers?• The Process of Listening• The Four Ears of Listeners

Week 5

Listening Skills

(Activities)

Activity 1

http://www.ets.org/toefl_junior/prepare/standard_sample_questions/listening_comprehension

Activity 2

http://listenandwrite.com/

Activity 3

Train 2

Activity 3 (Quiz on Train 2)

1. Where does the man want to go?A. Tokyo Subway StationB. Tokyo Art MuseumC. Tokyo Tower

2. How much is the train fare?A. 130 yenB. 140 yenC. 150 yen

Activity 3 (Quiz on Train 2)

3. Where should the man get on the train?A. platform number 3B. platform number 4C. platform number 5

4. How often do the trains come?

A. about every five minutesB. about every six minutesC. about every seven minutes

Activity 3 (Quiz on Train 2)

5. Where should the man get off the train?A. at Kamiyacho StationB. at Kamigaya StationC. at Kamiyama Station

Activity 3 (Quiz on Train 2)

Answers:1. Tokyo Tower2. 130 yen3. Platform number 44. about every six minutes5. at Kamiyacho Station

Activity 4

• Steve Jobs Speech

Activity 4 (Quiz on Speech)

1. How many stories is Steve Jobs going to present?

a. 3b. 4c. 5

2. Did SteveJobs graduate from college?

d. He graduated from college.e. He never graduated from college.

Activity 4 (Quiz on Speech)

3. Where is he presenting?a. At Yaleb. At Harvardc. At Stanford

4. What is the first story about?

d. connecting the dotse. love and lossf. death

Activity 4 (Quiz on Speech)

5. When did he drop out?a. After the first 3monthsb. After the first 6monthsc. After the first 9months

6. Who his father and mother wanted their adopted baby to be?

d. A girle. A boyf. They didn't care about it.

Activity 4 (Quiz on Speech)

7. Why did he decide to drop out?a. He wanted to go to another college.b. He wanted to run a company by himself.c. He didn't see the value in college.

8. What did he think about his decisions?d. One of the best decisionse. One of the worst decisionsf. Not a big deal.

Activity 4 (Quiz on Speech)

9. After dropping out, what did he drop in (take) ?a. Business classb. Calligraphy classc. Grammar class

10. What kind of typefaces did he learn in the calligraphy class?

d. Serif and semi serife. Serif and san seriff. Seris and van serif

Activity 4 (Quiz on Speech)

11. Which company copied the Mac?a. IBMb. Toshibac. Microsoft

12. Considering the whole content of the speech, what does the title of speech "connecting the dots" mean?

d. The outline of the project has revealed.e. Something has been the turning point of one's life.f. An array of events which looks like irrelevant each other

becomes relevant in the end.

Activity 4 (Quiz on Speech)

13. What was his biological mothers' hope when she decided to put him up for adoption?

a. Her son being adopted to parents who graduated from college.b. Her son being adopted to parents who are very rich.c. Her son being adopted to parents who are in the field of IT.

14. Why does Steve Jobs regard his decision, dropping out his college, as a best determination in his life considering his future career?

d. Because of that, he could enter better college.e. Because of that, he could be employed good in company.f. Because of that, he could make a computer which has good

fonts.

References

• www.lifeofexcellence.com• www.listenandwrite.com• http://www.ets.org/toefl_junior/prepare/stan

dard_sample_questions/listening_comprehension