LISTENING SKILLS April 6 th 2012

Today Quiz 2: Next Friday (April 13 th ) Explain ‘listening – discussion task’ Continue theme 2: Tone (emotion and context)

Listening-Discussion Task Each week you will: - Listen to some material (audio clip or video). - Answer the questions (download from the website). - Discuss the material in class with a group.

Listening-Discussion Task This week: Jay Walker: The world’s English mania. d_s_english_mania.html d_s_english_mania.html

Listening-Discussion Task Instructions: - Watch the video two times. 1. WITH English subtitles. 2. With NO subtitles. NOTE: DO NOT use the Korean subtitles.

Listening-Discussion Task Instructions: Answer the questions and submit your answers in next Tuesday’s class (April 10 th )

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Listening to emotion and context Emotion and context can sometimes be more important than specific words and details. These two elements can tell us a lot about spoken language. Emotion:  Is the speaker angry? Excited? Sad? Confident?

Listening to emotion and context Context: Is this a formal conversation? Informal (casual) converstation? Is the conversation happening at work? At school? At a party? Is the conversation a business meeting? A university lecture? A chat between friends?

Listening to emotion and context The tone can tell us these things. It helps us determine: The relationship between the speakers. The situation (context). The speakers’ feelings (emotion).

Surprised Friendly Annoyed Over-confident (TOO confident). Nervous Angry Examples

Worried Neutral (no specific tone. Like a news broadcast) Whiny (like a child complaining he doesn’t want to study). Nagging (like a mother telling her daughter to clean her room). Confused Inquisitive (curious, or wanting to ask questions). Apologetic (sorry)

Listening practice Listen for the emotional tones we just talked about.

Can also use context WITH emotion i.e., A teacher using an angry tone to a student outside the classroom… - What could the teacher be saying?

Can also use context WITH emotion i.e., A wife using a nagging nagging tone to her husband who drank too much soju. - What could the wife be saying?

Can also use context WITH emotion i.e., A man talking to a doctor, pointing to his head and using a worried tone. - What could the man be saying?

Video We’re going to watch an episode of an American sit-com (comedy show, not a drama). The main character is an actor. Consider the contexts and what emotions the characters might have and what they might be talking about.

Characters “Joey” : Main character: He is an actor in L.A.

Characters “Gina” = Joey’s sister - She is an agent (like an actor’s manager).

Characters “Lockwood” = Joey’s enemy - He is a more famous actor than Joey.

Video Some background: “Joey” is an American actor in L.A. He is making a movie with “Lockwood”, but they hate each other. Joey meets a girl from Mexico and follows her to an English language class for foreigners. Gina (Joey’s sister) wants to be Lockwood’s manager.