key transitions, grammatical relationships

1. Week 2
LISTeNING
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2. At the end of this lesson student will be able to:
1.Identify key transitions in a discourse.
2.Recognize grammatical relationships between
key elements in sentences.
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3. INDUCTION
“We have two ears and one mouth
so that we can listen twice as much
as we speak.”
~epictetus
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What do you understand from this quote?

4. DEFINITION OF TERMS
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5. IDENTIFY KEY TRANSITION
SEQUENCE MARKER
Here’s
are some
examples
of
sequence
markers
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6. IDENTIFY KEY TRANSITION
SEQUENCE MARKERS
 help listeners to understand the discourse better.
 help listeners to understand ‘what’s happening’ in
a discourse.
 help listeners to identify boundaries between two
ideas
 help listeners to identify the relationship between
what is being spoken about and what is going to
be said.
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7. IDENTIFY KEY TRANSITION
SEQUENCE MARKER
Example
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Next, we focus on the aftermath of the recent Taiwan earthquake.
Investigators have determined that it will cost billions of dollars to
rebuild damaged highways. According to the prime nminister, two
actions have to be taken: first, the government will have to
approve disaster funds to pay for reconstruction; second,
insurance investigators will have to determine vhow much their
companies will have to pay in the rebuilding effort. With luck, the
PM says some key highways could be rebuilt within six months.

8. REFLECTION
How sequence markers help you in listening?
What is discourse?
What is key transition?
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