News of the world from EAP313

Learning objective: we can listen to world news and process the information to communicate it to a new audience.
Success criteria:
1. We can identify key information and supporting information in an oral text

2. We can synthesise the information to create a 150 word summary.

3. We can create a new text (oral or written) to share this information with Greymouth residents who have not been listening to the news recently.  It could be a podcast, or an article for the Grey Star, or a blog post for a local readership.

It's been an interesting (and sobering) week in world news.  Today we are going to practise our listening skills and then reflect on the content and repackage it for a new audience.

Do now question: Where could we look for oral sources of information?
Paste the links you find on this padlet.

What do we need to learn?

Rutger Bregman: Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash

Rutger Bregman:

Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash

The purpose of listening to Bregman is to identify the effects of poverty and a possible solution.

Analyse = Recognise the key information (main ideas)

Consider the supporting information and decide how relevant and convincing it is

Task:

1. Listen to the TED talk.
2. Write down the key information and the supporting information in columns 1 & 2.
3. Listen to the TED talk again.  
4. Add additional information that you notice and then complete the third column of the table.
5. Underneath the table, write your own views on the topic, and the advantages and disadvantages of Bregman’s proposed solution.  Use examples from the talk to develop your argument.

Key information	Supporting information on this topic	How this topic is relevant to the purpose of identifying the effects of poverty and a possible solution..

Write your own views on the topic, and the advantages and disadvantages of Bregman’s proposed solution.  Use examples from the talk to develop your argument.

Taking notes: the best pizza & science supporting industry

Learning objective: we are learning to make notes from a radio interview
Success criteria:
1. We can identify the purpose for listening.
2. We can create notes showing key information and supporting detail.
3. We can summarise the interview and present it to a new audience.

Here is Kathryn Ryan's interview with Frank Pinelli.

We talked about laying out our notes so that the key information is against the margin and the supporting detail is indented underneath.  It's okay, good even, to leave lines between key ideas so that we can recognise the main ideas and supporting detail easily at a glance.

After listening and taking notes, our final task is:
Write a 100-200 word article on Frank Pinelli's thoughts on the best pizza.  Aim for an article that can be published by the Grey Star.

Next: Top Scientists team up with New Zealand industry

Faster Better Stronger part 2

Yesterday we watched David Epstein's TED talk on improving athletic performance over time, and worked on selecting key information, supporting information and then analysing the relevance of each section to the purpose of listening.

Today we are working on recognising the key idea which Epstein is discussing when he mentions each of the athletes and other topics in our worksheet.  Once we have renamed the key information, it becomes easy to write our sentences analysing how relevant each topic is to the purpose of our listening.

For example, the discussion of Jesse Owens and Usain Bolt is actually about track technology.  It shows that one reason athletes are improving is because track technology has improved dramatically.  The changes in track technology account for a big part of the difference between the run times of Owen and Bolt.

Our next step, after we have completed the table, is to write a summary of Epstein's argument, and to explain how each topic contributes to the argument.

Listening comprehension: Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?

Today's activity is all about listening comprehension.  You will get a printed version of this task in class.

Listening activity: Jamie Drummond

Today we are looking at Jamie Drummond's presentation: "Let's Crowdsource the World's Goals."  The accompanying activity will be given to you in class to complete.