Session 6: Listening practice Time: 15:30 – 16:20 Objectives Practicing listening for gist Practicing listening for detail Getting to know some listening strategies Solving problems in your learning Tasks: Listening for gist and for detail

Task 12: Listening for gist and for information (1) Pre-listening questions: Have you ever heard of Taj Mahal ? Where is Taj Mahal? How much do you know about it?

Task 12: Listening for gist and for information (2) While-listening questions: listening for gist What is the main idea of the video? What problems has Taj Mahal been facing? listening for specific information When was Taj Mahal built? What was it used for ? Is this the first time that the hotel chain did conservation work on historical properties?

Task 12: Listening for gist and for information (3) While-listening questions: listening for gist What is the main idea of the video? (A hotel chain is going to do some renovation work about Taj Mahal) What problems has Taj Mahal been facing? (neglect, industrial and transport pollution) listening for specific information When was Taj Mahal built? What was it used for ? (17th century, a monument for the Empress Mumtaz Mahal) Is this the first time that the hotel chain did conservation work on historical properties? (no, they have done the work on other historical properties.)

Assignment Topic Number of words: 100 words each Please write 1) A passage about your view on “taking a year off before college” 2) A passage about the differences between a typical Chinese student and an American college student Number of words: 100 words each Due date: Nov. 3 of 2001

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