Listening III

Listening II

Listen to the interview with Dr. Brian Green, a lecturer in psychology, about a new approach to language learning. The interview is in three short parts.

Listening I

Explain the words and word combinations in bold in the text.

5) Fill in the correct preposition or particle, then make sentences:

1) preparation … the future; 2) stimulus … smth; 3) to place (some/great) importance … smth; 4) attitude … smth/smb; 5) to relate … smb; 6) to be … the utmost importance … smb; 7) to be open … the suspicion; 8) to adjust … life; 9) to withdraw … smth; 10) the (main) reason … smth; 11) to determine … great certainty; 12) to push oneself …; 13) striving … dominance; 14) to be left … one’s own devices; 15) interaction … smb; 16) to be indivisibly bound … … smth.

6) Answer the questions:

1. What conclusions can be drawn about a child from the way he/she plays?

2. What are some other important aspects of children’s games?

Intelligence: How Important Is It?

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Part 1: Listen and say which functions belong to which half of the brain:

Left:

Right:

Part 2: Listen and answer the questions:

1. Which side of the brain do most teaching methods use?

2. What is the problem with this?

3. Why does Dr. Green mention songs and rhymes? Does the interviewer agree?

Part 3: Listen and mark the special features of the method Dr. Green describes:

1. It involves singing.

2. Students have to meditate.

3. The teacher speaks in an unnatural way.

4. Students try to draw the words on paper.

5. The students listen to music while they study.

2) Discuss:

1. Does this seem a good way of learning to you?

2. How do you remember new words?

1) Listen and learn what is better: a dunce or a genius?

a) Listen and mark the sentences as T (true) or F (false):

1. John Duns Scotus was a 13^th century philologist.

2. John Duns was laughed at in his time.

3. John Duns thought that conical hats could be helpful while learning.

4. Isaac Newton was a brilliant pupil.

5. Leo Tolstoy didn’t finish college.

6. People who are slow starters never succeed in life.

7. Theodore Kaczynski graduated from Oxford.

8. Th. Kaczynski was known as “The Unabomber” because he invented a new kind of bomb.

b) Listen again and answer the questions:

1. What does the word “dunce” mean?

2. What is the etymology of this word?

3. What is “dunce cap”? Where does it come from?

4. What famous people who might seem dunces to their teachers are listed?

5. Why does the author say he would sometimes prefer dunces to geniuses?

Listen about the typical problems of a child prodigy and answer the questions:

1. Why do many people think it’s great to be a child prodigy?

2. Are they right thinking this way?

3. What is the main reason for a child prodigy’s loneliness?

4. What is important in children’s friendship?

5. Why is it so hard for Ian to have a true friend?

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