Listening Diary 13_TED Talks

 LISTENING THROUGH TED TALKS

Name                    : Liratya Vetra Sihombing

Student Number : 22202241070

Date and Time                  : Thursday, 8th of June at 7pm-8 pm

Website                             : https://youtu.be/H14bBuluwB8

Audio Name                     : Grit : the power of passion and perseverance 

Level/other information   : TED Talks Education

Summary 

    This video is about a speaker named Angela who explains the concept of "grit," which is how someone can persevere in doing something they don't like. Angela talks about her experience in understanding every human's development. Starting from her experience of being a teacher, even being psychological. She thinks that a good mindset can influence the process of one's development.

    

Vocabularies/language expressions you learnt :

1. Perseverance = the quality of continuing to try to achieve a particular aim despite difficulties

2. Demanding = (of a piece of work) needing a lot of skill, effort, etc.

3. Stratospheric = extremely high

4. Ratios = the relationship between two groups of people or things that is represented by two numbers showing how much larger one group is than the other

5. Decimals =  the system of numbers that counts in tens or tenths

6. Parallelogram = 

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a flat shape with four straight sides, the opposite sides being the same distance apart at every point and equal to each other.

7. Firmly = in a strong or definite way

8. Convinced = completely sure about something

9. Rookie = a person who has just started a job or an activity and has very little experience

10. Grit = the courage and strength of mind that makes it possible for somebody to continue doing something difficult or unpleasant

Activities: What did you do? What scores did you get

    In this listening activity, I listened to a TED talk delivered by Angela Lee Duckworth. I listened to this video just once, with subtitles. I paused the video when I came across vocabulary that I did not understand. Then I wrote them down and looked up the meaning of the vocabulary when I finished watching the video. In this activity, I also learned the meaning of the video.

    

  

Benefits: What benefits did you learn from this topic?

    I studied the accent used by the speaker when he delivered his speech. In addition, I also learned vocabulary that I didn't know before. In addition, I also learned new terms. For example, "grid" means to learn something whose meaning we didn't know before. In addition, from this video, I also learned about the public speaking techniques used by the speaker, one of which is eye contact with the audience.

   

Self-Assessment

Questions  (Yes) (No) (Maybe)

 The speed was OK.  (Yes)

The vocabulary was OK. (Maybe)

 The pronunciation was OK. (Yes)

This helped my listening skills. (Yes)

 I think my listening skills are improving. (Yes)

I need to improve (please circle all that apply): listening to main ideas/listening to details/listening to numbers/listening to fast speech/listening to connected speech/listening for a long time/listening to other accents/my vocabulary/my pronunciation.