留學英文 (Academic Study)


　
Exercise 17
I. Pre-Listening Exercise
II. Listening Exercise
III. Post-Listening Exercise

Purpose:

Describing extracurricular activities relevant to study / 描述與學習有關的課外活動

　

I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • Social service organization
  • Summer youth camps
  • equip
  • communicative skills
  • exposure
  • peers
  • on an equal footing
  • broaden their horizons
  • executing
  • comprehensive
  • close collaboration
  • initiate
  • innovative
  • sense of humor
  • retain
  • coincide with
  • unique leadership opportunity

Consult page 75 of Writing Effective Study Plans by Ted Knoy for some of these definitions.

II. Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Listen to the conversation by pressing the "Play" button and then answering the following questions. Press the "Final score" button to check your quiz results.


1. How long did it take before Jerry assumed a leading role in planning the youth camp programs?
A. after one year of participation
B. after several years of participation
C. after three years of participation

2. What did the youth camps do for students?
A. equip students with communicative skills
B. broaden their horizons
C. both A and B

3. What did Jerry have to do to keep volunteers involved?
A. plan special dinners to coincide with planning sessions
B. provide transportation for them to and from events
C. pay them a small amount of money for their time

4. What kind of leadership opportunity did the youth camps provide for Jerry?
A. a challenging one
B. a rewarding one
C. a unique one

5. What was required among team members to ensure success?
A. a lot of time to get used to each other
B. close collaboration
C. a strong leader like Jerry

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2. Listen to the story again as you read the audiotranscript on page 194 of Writing Effective Study Plans by Ted Knoy.

III. Post-Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Read the audiotranscript with a partner or change some of the information to adapt it to your situation.

2. Write a paragraph describing your extracurricular activities that are relevant to study. View the accompanying Power Point presentation on details of how to write this paragraph.

3. Write four questions beginning with "Where" when asking someone about one's extracurricular activities that are relevant to study, and then answer them. The question does not have to come directly from the listening exercise.
Example: Where did Jerry learn how to assume a leading role in planning programs?
Answer: A social service organization that hosted summer youth camps
Example: Where did you decide to hold the university event?
Answer: At the university stadium

4. Ask a person two questions beginning with "Where" about his or her extracurricular activities during university. Write down each question and its one or two sentence reply. You can select from among the following questions from the above listening exercise as models for the questions that you ask: Where did Jerry participate in a social service organization that held summer youth camps?
Where did Jerry become involved in helping youth?
Where did Jerry acquire the unique leadership opportunity to help youth?
Where did Jerry learn how to execute a comprehensive camp schedule by closely collaborating with others?
Where did Jerry learn how to closely collaborate with others?
Where did students learn how to foster their communicative skills?
Where did Jerry come into contact with other youth volunteers Where did Jerry learn how to develop his leadership skills?
Where did Jerry realize the importance of doing volunteer work?
Where did Jerry become aware of his social responsibilities?

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