LiEN Exercise 01
STEP 1: Focused Listening! Listen to the recording without reading the text. Focus and try to understand as much as you can.
Listen to the recording! Do not read the text!
STEP 2: Text Analyses! Read and understand the text. Make sure you understand every word. Take your time. Use dictionary if needed.
Read the text carefully!
It’s time for Academic Listening - a series for students at English-speaking universities. Imagine: today is the first day of your uni life ... How do you feel? Excited and confident? Or maybe a little anxious? How do you think you’ll cope? And how can you make the learning experience easier? For an insight, join Susan Fearn and members of the World Service class of 2001. In this series we’ll enter the world of further education and focus particularly on some of the linguistic problems experienced by students like you. And we’ll try to identify strategies for coping with study in another language. Students and teachers will share their tips on effective learning, and give advice on some of the pitfalls to avoid. There’ll be a mix of theory, practice and personal experience. In this first programme, we focus on a special kind of English course, designed to prepare students for their studies. It’s called EAP.
STEP 3: Activation. Listen to the recording and read the text at the same time.
Listen to the recording and read the text at the same time!
It’s time for Academic Listening - a series for students at English-speaking universities. Imagine: today is the first day of your uni life ... How do you feel? Excited and confident? Or maybe a little anxious? How do you think you’ll cope? And how can you make the learning experience easier? For an insight, join Susan Fearn and members of the World Service class of 2001. In this series we’ll enter the world of further education and focus particularly on some of the linguistic problems experienced by students like you. And we’ll try to identify strategies for coping with study in another language. Students and teachers will share their tips on effective learning, and give advice on some of the pitfalls to avoid. There’ll be a mix of theory, practice and personal experience. In this first programme, we focus on a special kind of English course, designed to prepare students for their studies. It’s called EAP.
STEP 4: Listening in English – Just like the first time listen to the recording. Do not read the text. Your brain now listens in English. You are creating new neural pathways and your brain starts to be familiar with a new language system.
(Optional Step 5: Repeat step 3 and 4 if you wish 2-5 times and move to the next exercise.)