留學英文 (Academic Study)


　
Exercise 2
I. Pre-Listening Exercise
II. Listening Exercise
III. Post-Listening Exercise

Purpose:

Expressing interest in a field of study / 表達學習領域興趣

　

I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • pollution
  • environmentally conscious
  • research fundamentals
  • acquired
  • undergraduate years
  • graduate school
  • implement
  • environmentally friendly
  • governmental measures
  • vital
  • intends
  • environmental protection laws

Consult page 15 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. What has May dreamed about since childhood?
A. developing environmental protection laws for Taiwan
B. environmentally friendly practices
C. a world free of pollution

2. What does May hope that her graduate school research will focus on?
A. advanced study in Public Administration
B. how the governmental can implement environmentally friendly practices
C. developing environmental protection laws for Taiwan

3. When did May acquire strong research fundamentals?
A. during her undergraduate years
B. during childhood
C. during graduate school

4. Where did May spend her undergraduate years?
A. National Taiwan University
B. National Chengchi University
C. An American university

5. In this story, who can implement environmentally friendly practices?
A. May
B. Taiwan’s industrial sector
C. the government

Score =

2. Listen to the story again as you read the audiotranscript on page 170 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 interest in a field of study. View the accompanying Power Point presentation on details of how to write this paragraph.

3. Write four questions beginning with "What" to ask someone about their interest in a field of study and then answer them. The question does not have to come directly from the listening exercise.
Example: What does May hope that her graduate school research will center on?
Answer: How the government can implement environmentally friendly practices
Example: What university would you like to attend for graduate study?
Answer: UCLA

4.Ask a person two questions beginning with "What" about his or her interest in a field of study. Write down each questions 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:

What university did May graduate from?
What university did May receive a bachelor's degree from?
What did May major in at National Cheng Chi University?
What does May plan to do after graduate school?
What has May dreamed of since childhood?
What has May aspired to become since childhood?
What does May hope that her graduate school research will center on?
What has prepared May for advanced study in graduate school?
What kind of person has May become because of her dreams of a world free of pollution?
What university does May intend to apply to for graduate school?

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