Language Building lesson 8: Authentic listening
До урока:
Complete this activity before class. Take a screenshot of your summary page and upload it to the D2L dropbox.
Домашнее задание:
Watch/listen to the video or podcast that we agreed upon for your topic. I recommend making an account with Readlang, which can help you understand listening texts while you listen.
Upload a document to D2L that answers the following questions in English:
- Paste in the link of the video or podcast that you listened to (and which minutes you listened to, if you listened to an excerpt).
- Summarize the video/podcast as well as you can (don’t worry if you don’t understand everything!).
- Why did you choose this video/podcast? What is interesting about it? How does it fit into your topic?
- What strategies did you use to understand it? What did you figure out that you weren’t sure of, and how did you do that?
- What things did you still have trouble understanding?
- What did this video/podcast contribute to your understanding of your topic in the Russian context?
- List 5 words from the video/podcast that are new to you that you think would be useful to remember.
- As you listen to the video/podcast, see if you notice any of the features of spoken speech discussed in the lesson above. Note them.
