Attending a Lecture

Practice Activity 2.3 Attending a Lecture.

Instructions:

Watch the video presentation Attending a Lecture and answer the test in it. Check your score to realize what kind of listener you are.

Answer Practice Activity ‘2.3 Attending a Lecture’. Remember to read the instructions carefully before answering.

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Primary Materials and Resources:

Video Presentation: Attending a Lecture.

1. 
   

   Listen to this audio  and identify the lecturer’s purposes. Match the columns.

   	Statements		The lecturer is…
   1	Although we don’t think of ourselves as migratory, … people has always been on the move…		Signaling a change of direction in the lecture.
   2	A few hundred thousand years ago humans migrated from the savannahs…		Using informal language to communicate the scientific terms.
   3	Known as the ice age …		Linking between what the lecturer is about and what he's going to say.
   4	… do to the ability to make things such as shelter and clothing…		Giving an example to help explain.
   5	…later migrations took humans to Japan on to Indonesia and finally…		Introducing the main topic going back to past.
   6	Looking at today’s world it is clear we continue to do this.		Using voice stress making pauses to highlight an important point.
   7	To sum up…		Revels the conclusion.

PREGUNTA 2

1. 
   

   • Listen to the audio  again and TAKE NOTES about human migration.
   • Listen to the questions  and choose the correct answer. Use the notes you took previously.

   
   

   1. . 

   1. To outline the history of human migration.
   2. To examine the causes of population movement.
   3. To show how North America was settled.
   4. To explain why humans started leaving Africa.

   2. . 

   1. They made shelter, clothes and fire.
   2. They moved south to avoid the cold.
   3. They took unused land.
   4. They hunted migrating animals.

   3. . 

   1. It occurred mainly in Europe.
   2. It was practiced only when there was no free land.
   3. It is not related to human migration.
   4. It is one form of human migration.

   4. . 

   1. It was done mainly by early tribal societies.
   2. It has been done only at certain times in history.
   3. It seems to be a basic human instinct.
   4. It appears to no longer be common.