FINAL PROJECT
ASSIGNMENT
By:
Muhammad Ridha Waliden
(13 104 040)
Lecturer:
Suyono, M. A. (Tesol)
Elfi, S. Pd.I ., M. Pd.
ENGLISH
DEPARTMENT STUDENT TARBIYAH FACULTY
STATE
COLLEGE OF ISLAMIC BATUSANGKAR
2014
The Methods to Improve Listening
Skills
A.
Definition
Listening is the act of hearing attentively. People
listen more than speak. If this listening skill is used in a proper way, people
can master the tools of communicative skills. Listening is difficult, as human
mind tends to distract easily. A person who controls his mind and listens
attentively acquires various other skills and is benefited.
Listening skill makes someone gets successful in
workplace, family and in the society. Good listening skill is mandatory to get
into a profession in communications, management, planning, sales, etc.
Listening skills involve a different set of etiquettes, questioning for
explanation, showing empathy and providing a suitable response. To improve
listening skill, students need to listen to various listening texts for
different situations, such as short dialog on the phone, announcement in the
airport, instruction on how to operate a new machine, speeches, poems, songs,
etc.
B.
Listening
Process
1.
Talk
Show
a.
Definition
Talk
Show is a radio or television program in which usually well-known people talk
about something or are interviewed.
b.
Strategy
While
I was listening to the recording, I used taking note strategy. Taking note is a
very important strategy for listening. Because we can note the words or the
sentence as the key ideas to remember what had recording discussed.
In this listening, I listened the
recording for five times. For the first time, I listen carefully without taking
any note. In this section, I tried to understand what the recording is about.
Then, I replayed to listen the recording for the second time. In this section,
I used the method of taking note while listening. I wrote any words that I had listened
from the recording. But, in this section I missed many information. After that,
for the third listening, I still used taking note strategy. Then I completed
the blank information. For the fourth time, I listened carefully to check my
note which I had done with the recording.
c. Summary
Based
on the recording, I could get some informations, then I put it into a summary.
The summary :
This
recording tells us about Oprah Talk Show. Oprah presents her guest who is a
popular talk show as same as her. At first, this girl tried imitated as like
the host opened the show. She asks the viewers says hello to Oprah. She heard
so happy because she was had invited there. She also says that she got
inspirations from Oprah. She lended her first show when she was senior in
college.
In
1995, she decided to move and took a part in the bussiness world. She admits
that it was her first time to see Oprah’s talk show in TV and she wanted to
have a talk show like Oprah did. She starring out in TV industry. It was like
dream for her at that time. She was very
patient to faced that. In 2001, she approached about her network, telling them
that she wanted to start her own show. So, they gave her the own show, and made
her like was today.
2.
Report Text
a.
Definition
Report is a text which presents
information about something, as it is. It is as a result of systematic
observation and analysis.
Report
text describes the way of certain things and frequently refer to phenomenon of
nature, animal and scientific object. Mostly, report is written after getting
careful observation.
b.
Strategy
While
listening to this recording, I still used
taking note strategy. In addition, I also use the repeating strategy. In this
part, I listened it for five times. For the first time, I listen the recording
carefully. In this section, I used strategy taking note while listening. I
wrote any word that I listened from the recording. But I still had missing
information more. Then, for the second listening, I listened to the recording
carefully and I still used taking note strategy. As the second section, I did
the same thing for the third and the fourth section. Then I completed the blank
information. And the last time, I listened carefully to check my note with the
recording.
Then
I used grouping strategy, and devided the information into two group such as general
and specific information.
c.
Summary
Based on the recording, I had got some informations,
then I put it into a summary. The summary :
This recording is from VOA Learning English, this is
the education report in special English. The speaker’s name is Carolyn Persuty.
She reports us about Drexel University
in Philadelphia, Pensilivania. This university had been more than 120 years old
and opened Drexel University Sacroment in California when 2009. 11 students
were past of from there. Today, there are 32 international students at the
school. They are all from China. Most of
the students are from Shanghai, and another are from the capital of Beijing.
Its executive director, Sandra Kirscenman, said that a masters degree in
finance is attractive and top degree in terms of return on investment. It also
is started in Philadelphia. Sandra said that Drexel University become popular
by Chinese students from Shanghai and Beijing. They share it to their friends.
The campus has finance students from other countries
as well. She also adds his comment that Sacramento program may appeal to
Chinese students because the West Coast is closer from China, and a gateway to
Pasivic Rim. The courses are taughht in English. She said the students have to
learn well on the TOEFL to be admitted to the university. The 18 month program
cost is about $55,000.-. International students must pay full that. Sandra said
that this helps to balance budget and offer financial aid to American students.
Drexels Sacramento location currently accepts only for graduate students. But,
an undergraduate bussiness program will start in the fall of 2013.
3.
Persuasive
a.
Definition
Persuasive text is a type of
non-fiction used to convince the reader and speaker to agree with the author or
speaker about an issue. The author or speaker will rely heavily on facts to
express their opinion, and use them in an argumentative type.
This
type is commonly found in argumentative essays, articles, and scripts for
commercials and political campaigns, to name just a few.
b.
Strategy
While
I was listening to the recording, I used taking note strategy and repeating for
several times.
In this listening, I listened the
recording for 7 times.because I feel that the speaker talk so fast and make me
confuse what he was talking about. For the first time, I listen carefully
without taking any note. In this section, I tried to understand what the
recording is about. Then, I replayed to listen the recording for the second
time. In this section, I used the method of taking note while listening. I
wrote any words that I had listened from the recording. But, in this section I
missed many information. After that, I still used taking note strategy. No
forgotting I also repeat the record when he had been in the middle record. Then
I completed the blank information. For the next section until the last, I
listened carefully to check my note which I had done with the recording.
c.
Summary
Based on the recording, I had got some informations,
then I put it into a summary. The summary :
This recording is extended by Sebastian as the
speaker. He tells about an awesome Los Angeles Marathon. It’s be basic
experience for his life. He get the opportunity from this marathon. He explains
that he excited to do this and he wants to find motivation and why he joining
this program. So he ran and joined with Team Continum. Team Continum is a
charity to help many cancer patient were not finacially stable. These people
can’t pay medical bill and also pay regular bill they have in their life. This
charity really does help these people got better. Sebastian really wants to
help these cancer patients and their families get rid of negativity and also
get it of the stress and just find some peace of minds. His main reason why he
join it because for his uncle who recently died of cancer and currently battle
in cancer. He really honesty just wants to help her repsentator in this
marathon in New York City marathon.
He also wanna help many other cancer patients were
going to do the same thing. So it is kind of the heart part for me to talk about this. He explains that
he is not a person who asks for help, but he really just wanna help these
people who are going through the struggle. And so that why he’s running for
this charity. For go over this charity is about $ 3,000.- and he really do
believes that he can make this goal. He knows that he can do this. It’s just as
positiviy and just believing that
there are people out there who want to
help me but also hope those patients out there who are.
Sebastian said that this charity is become the right
way and the most direct way how to help a cancer patient. It is really need a
help. He hopes donate because that is means a lot to him. He hopes the people’s
generosity. He will give bracelets for anybody donates. And also begin with his
intent are still people who donate for this cause literally just like he said
before he the listener got in the world to him. Finally, he appreciates to all
who had done this for him, and he say thanks very much for all.
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