09 Lectures For Note-Taking Practice

FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

You are going to listen to a lecture about foreign language learning. As you listen, write notes on a piece of paper. You may use the note-taking sheet to understand the outline of the lecture. 

Do not look at the Questions until the lecture has ended. Do not look at the Audio Script while you are taking notes. You may listen twice. Then use your notes and choose the correct answer.

 

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1. What is the lecture mainly about?

  1. how children learn a new language
  2. the problems which adults have when they are learning a new language
  3. reasons to learn new languages
  4. factors that affect language learning

2. Who is Steven?

  1. a classmate in the speaker’s Chinese class
  2. a student in the speaker’s linguistics class
  3. a friend of the speaker’s son
  4. a co-worker of the speaker

3. Why does the speaker compare himself to Steven?

  1. to complain about his problems learning a new language
  2. to describe how he learns a language
  3. to show the best way to learn a language
  4. to explain the different factors in language learning

4. What is the critical period for language learning?

  1. a time in childhood when language learning is easy
  2. how you feel about language learning
  3. the place where you learn a language
  4. the reason you want to learn a language

5. What is Steven’s language learning environment?

  1. He has studied English for a year.
  2. He is only six years old.
  3. He lives and goes to school in an English-speaking country.
  4. He wants to play with English-speaking friends

6. What is the lecturer’s attitude about language learning?

  1. He gets nervous when he’s speaking Chinese.
  2. He has a lot of friends that speak Chinese.
  3. He wants to move to China.
  4. He goes to Chinese class once a week

7. What is Steven’s motivation for language learning?

  1. His parents want him to learn.
  2. He is learning English quickly.
  3. He is in the critical period for language learning.
  4. He wants to play with his English-speaking friends

8. What language learning factor changes as we get older and our brains change?

  1. our attitude about language learning.
  2. our language learning environment
  3. our motivation for language learning
  4. our age

9. How does the speaker think he can learn Chinese more successfully?

  1. by practising more
  2. by studying Chinese in China
  3. by having friends who speak only Chinese
  4. all of the above

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1- d

2- c

3- d

4- a

5- c

6- a

7- d

8- d

9- d