1. Listening skills
April 18, 2014

2. Announcements
Quiz 3: Wednesday April 30 Mid-term exam: Friday May 2 - same class and time

3. Today
Listening for lectures (cont.) - Listening strategy: Listening for definitions - Note taking strategy: abb. (abbreviations) - Discussion of lecture

4. Leisure time
Do you think you have enough leisure time as a college student?
How do you usually spend your leisure time?
What are some differences in leisure time between you and retired (elderly) people?

5. Signals for a definition (p. 37)
Sneakers, or athletic shoes are the most common shoes for high school students. By tab, I mean tablet computer. What I mean by bombed is to fail an exam, or do poorly on an assignment or test. What do I mean by racket? Well, I mean noise.

6. p. 37 Exercise 3

8. p. 38 Exercise 5 1. Word: Findings Lecture language: Definition: or
the results

9. p. 38 Exercise 5 2. Word: Charisma Lecture language: Definition:
by…I mean…
the ability to attract other people and make them admire you

10. p. 38 Exercise 5 3. Word: Bungee jumping Lecture language: Definition:
What’s bungee jumping?
It’s a sport in which you jump off something very high with a rope that stretches tied to your legs so you can go up again without touching the ground.

11. p. 38 Exercise 5 4. Word: Fakie Lecture language: Definition:
What I mean by fakie is…
Standing on the skateboard facing forward when the skateboard is moving backward

12. p. 38 Exercise 5 5. Word: Zilch Lecture language: Definition:
Zilch is the informal term for the word…
nothing

13. Note taking strategy - abbreviations
Ea yr avg. teacher salary aprox. 5%.  Each year the average salary for a teacher increases by approximately 5 percent.

14. Note taking strategy - abbreviations
Abbreviations (abb.), like symbols, can help you take notes more quickly and efficiently. Some other abbreviations? People (ppl.) because (bc) year (yr.) International (intl.) with (w/) month (mth.) Government (govt.) without (w/o)

15. 2. This leis. surv. Focus on ppl. Avg. age 25. All help i. d. impt
2. This leis. surv. Focus on ppl. Avg. age 25. All help i.d. impt. trend 3 .Exprt. Resrch how US pop spends leis. Time vs. how spend work time. 4. Exprt. Try get info how diff age grps and genders spend leis. time

16. Lecture
Watch the lecture. - Take notes in outline form. Use: Symbols and abbreviations.

18. Homework
Watch Chapter 1 lecture again (Gender and marketing). Take notes in outline form using symbols and abbreviations. Submit: Tuesday (11:59 p.m.)  See website for details

19. Before next class
Do the reading and vocabulary for Chapter 7 (pp )