Listening Diary III

Website	Audio Name	Level/Other information
BBC Learning English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aLUbUMVYAc	Why does seeing someone yawn make you yawn?

Summary

Yawning is actually a difficult case when it comes to these contagious behaviors. It is the most contagious behavior – it’s meant to be automatic, it’s something that you can’t stop. The research discovered that contagious yawning is connected with our social group and how close we feel to the people in it. So, essentially, yawning is more contagious if we identify with the person who yawns first. If we feel close to, and belong in, the same group as the person who exhibits the behavior – the person who does the yawning – we are likely to yawn too.

Vocabulary:

1. Exhibit

2. To yawn

3. Cognitive

Questions	Yes	No	Maybe
The speed was OK.
The vocabulary was OK
The pronunciation was OK
This helped my listening skills
I think my listening skills are improving

I need to improve (please underline 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.

Listening Diary II

Website	Audio Name	Level/Other information
Vox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P27HRClMf2U	What face masks actually do against coronavirus

Summary:

Face masks do very well by limit how far away from your respiratory particles can travel. The experts agree especially to fight against COVID-19: if you are sick, and you leave the house, you should wear a face mask, because it keeps your germs in. The first thing you need to know is that no mask can actually guarantee that you won't get sick. Instead, the best way to think about face masks is as part of a larger set of protective measures, along with social distancing and hand-washing. Used together they don't protect you completely but, they dramatically lower your odds of infection. Face masks highlight something important in the fight against COVID-19. That it isn't always about protecting yourself. It is about protecting people around you and if everyone is doing it, we all protect each other.

Vocabulary

1. Contagious

2. Germs

3. Symptoms

4. Surgical

What activities did you do? What scores did you get?

Before I watched the video, I have already read some articles related to COVID-19.

Questions	Yes	No	Maybe
The speed was OK.
The vocabulary was OK
The pronunciation was OK
This helped my listening skills
I think my listening skills are improving

I need to improve (please underline 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.

Listening Diary I

Website	Audio Name	Level/Other information
BBC Learning English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcf1dbiWKsk	How resilient are you? Listen to 6 Minute English

Summary

Resilience is the ability to cope with difficult situations or improve quickly after an illness or injury. It is a useful trait to have, and it’s something that can help you deal with many difficult situations from coping with the pressures of work to handling the death of a loved one. Resilience could be learned and something that we learn when we need to.

Vocabulary: What words did you learn?

1.  Resilience
2.  Resilient
 3. Manifest
4. Adversity

What activities did you do? What scores did you get?

I watched the video and read an article related to resilience. From the article, I realized that resilience is a very useful ability and is needed by humans. This ability makes humans able to "survive" in facing any situation.

Questions	Yes	No	Maybe
The speed was OK.
The vocabulary was OK
The pronunciation was OK
This helped my listening skills
I think my listening skills are improving

I need to improve (please underline 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.