this handout is used as the students' handout and the materials were mostly taken from the book Time saver Story Book

1. LISTENING II
Listening and
Interpreting
Yosefina Rosdiana Su, S.S.M.Pd
STKIP Santu Paulus Ruteng
2017

2. Why Listening Matters?
Listening and is fundamental to every aspect of life
and work. People with good oral communication
skills:
 can relate well to colleagues and customers at work
 are able to get the information they need from
organisations and individuals they have to deal with
can explain things clearly and make a case for
themselves
 have a reduced risk of experiencing conflict and
aggression from others
 have more productive relationships with other people
are more successful in their careers.

3. What good speakers and listeners
do
A good speaker… And a good listener…
Relates to the listener
Is respectful of others
Encourages trust
Shows empathy
Is purposeful and clear
Uses appropriate vocabulary
Speaks with fluency
Is confident and credible
Is approachable and responsive
Uses body language well
Involves listeners
Enables participation
Knows what to leave out
Generates interest
Uses silence well
Varies pitch/pace/tone according
to the situation
Is easy to talk to
Shows respect, focuses on the speaker
Makes supportive comments
Moves conversation along
Knows when and how to interrupt
Concentrates and appears attentive
Creates an atmosphere of trust
Picks out the main points
Reflects back and paraphrases
Understands feelings
Remembers
Is able to infer
Knows when to question/speak
Is comfortable with silence
Makes links – to existing knowledge
and with other things said
Appears attentive
Uses appropriate body language

4. ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER
DOLLAR

5. Some helpful words: find their
meanings

6. Listen carefully and put the pictures in order
A B
F
D E
G
H
I
C

7. Listen in detail and use the words in box to
help

8. TAPESCR
IPT

10. TAPESCRIPT

24. DINNER DISSASTER

33. Did you get any news from the
newspaper, radio or television this
morning?
What’s the news about?
What happened?
When and where it happened?

34. NewsPurpose:
To inform the readers, listeners, or viewers about events of
the day which are considered newsworthy or important
Text Organization:
Newsworthy events: tells the event in a summary form
Background events: elaborates what happened,
explains what caused the incident
Sources: comments by participants, witnesses, authorities,
and experts involved in the event
Language feature:
Information on the use of headlines
The use of action verbs
The use of saying verbs
The use of passive sentences
The use of adverbs in passive sentences

35. Work in pair : Look Ahead 1, Unit 7,
pp. 187-188
Work in pair : Look Ahead 1, Unit 7, p. 189

36. Watch and Listen carefully to the
news
1. What is the topic of the news?
2. Where is the demonstration taking place?
3. How did the demonstration end?
4. What do people expect from the election commission?
5. What is the opinion of people about the election commission in Malaysia?
6. Who was the organizer of demonstration?

37. 1. What is the topic of the news? The demonstration on election
policies
2. Where is the demonstration taking place? In the capital of Kuala
Lumpur.
3. How did the demonstration end? It ended with violent crushes
between the police and the protesters.
4. What do people expect from the Election Commission? The people
want the election commission to be independent and clean.
5. What is the opinion of people about the Election Commission in
Malaysia? It is not clean.
6. Who was the organizer of demonstration? The clean movement
organization
Answer Key.

40. Canadian Forest
Month grass fires start 1.
Month forest fire end 2.
Amount of land burned each year 3.
People who fight fires 4.
Percent of fires that people cause 5.

41. Let’s check your answer

42. TALK TIME 1. 52

43. INTERVIEWS

44. LISTEN AND COMPLETE THE SURVEY ON HOW THE PERSON
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN THE SURVEY.

45. LISTEN FOR SPECIFIC
INFORMATION

46. Indonesian track
treatment

47. Ailments : illnesses, usually not very serious
Therapy : treatment for a medical problem
Claim : say that something is true although it has not been proved and
many people don't believe it
Curing : making better, healing. The related noun is 'a cure'.
Remedy : 'a remedy' is something which helps a non-serious
medical problem get better. It can also used to refer to a
solution to a problem or difficult situation.
vocabul
ary
Today’s story: Indonesian Track
Treatment.
Hi, I’m Rob, and here are today’s
words:
Watch and listen to today’s report!
People suffering from various ailments in Indonesia's capital Jakarta have
been using an unusual and potentially deadly therapy.
They claim lying on train tracks allows an electric current to pass through
their bodies curing a variety of illnesses.
The trains are in fact powered by overhead lines.
Despite this, and the obvious dangers, some people believe it is the best and
most affordable remedy.

48. They _____1____ to be a variety of different nationalities
and speak English with a foreign accent.
New European Union rules have come into force banning
hundreds of traditional herbal _______2________.
The EU law aims to protect consumers from possible
damaging side-effects of over-the-counter herbal medicines.
It also showed that many chose the wrong drugs to tackle
common _____3____.
Music _____4_____ can be used to improve treatment of
depression, at least in the short term, say researchers in
Finland.
Church-appointed doctors agreed that there was no medical
explanation for the _____5____ of the nun.
Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these
sentences from a BBC news report. Note that you may have to change
the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.
(ailments / therapy / claim / curing / remedy)

49. 1. What do you think of the Declan Galbraith’s performances?
2. According to the singer, what does the world look like?
3. What does he ask himself everyday?
4. This song is mainly talking about …
5. Translate its lyrics into Indonesian!
Watch and Sing

50. Decide if the statements below are true or false
1. The writer has liked horror films since she was a child
2. She finds all horror films amusing rather than frighten
3. One zombie film she mentions does not end well.
4. Not all zombie films are supposed to be taken seriously
5. ‘The Mist’ was based on a real incident in a small town
6. The writer wasn’t convinced by the monsters in ‘The M

51. THANK YOU