Listening comprehension and discussion
Use a video talk by Greta Thunberg to use for listening comprehension and follow-up exercises. The transcript for this talk is available in 34 languages. A questionnaire (~25 min) based on the talk for in-class discussion and answer key are avaialble to download.
- Play the video of Greta Thunberg’s TEDxStockholm talk titled, ‘The disarming case to act right now on climate change’. Listen to it in its entirety.
- The recording is about 11 minutes long. Try to listen carefully and try to gather your overall impressions of the speech and speaker, as well as to note down or retain important pieces of information.
- Use a questionnaire, which is based on the video, in print form, to answer on your own as per the instructions for each question.
- Play the video recording once again so that you can correct the answers. You may spend some time discussing your responses.
- Download Assignment
TED talk video
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