Marina TP4

Last Friday all classes at CIES were cancelled so I met with Dongsoek in the morning to go over listening and speaking, since he still has problems with understanding other people speak and pronunciation.

He brought his laptop so we listened to a short clip on NPR radio about the rising gas prices and the economy. The report explained two contending view points on the high prices of gas, with one saying that it is detrimental to the economy and the people while the other stated that it was even higher in 2008 and faced inflation, thus now it is not such a big deal.

While we were listening, I told Dongsoek to take notes on what he heard about it, while I did the same so we can compare them at the end. After it was over, I asked him what he got out of the report and he gave me the general overview although he could not specifically give me the two main arguments.

After listening to it again, he understood and gave me the arguments and evidence for what we listened.

I think it helps to give specific questions to students doing listening activities because that way they have an idea in mind to listen to. With practice, however, Dongsoek will know exactly what to listen for in those kinds of activities.