Information Technology for ESL Students
Listening Exercise 2 Name:
Vocabulary Strategies Date:
Strategies for College Success by Diana Renn, page 7
Part I
Mini Lecture: Deciding Which Words Are Important Words to Know
Directions: Listen to the mini lecture. Then answer the questions.
1. What is the main idea of this lecture?
2. You should probably look up a word in the dictionary if the word
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3. Why do you need to be careful about words that begin with capital letters?
Part 2
Setting Priorities
Directions: Listen to the following student newspaper article. Fill in the blanks with correct words to complete the meaning of the sentences. (20 points)
An important part of is the ability to set priorities for yourself. First, list all the you need to do. decide which activities are the most important and important. Number them in the of importance, or put the activities on two lists--one list of very important things and one list of less important things. way to think of your to-do list is not in of importance, but in terms of time. Which tasks must be done immediately? Which tasks can wait? to Jane Holt, the director of the Learning Center at Shorewood Community College, a mistake that people often make is to first do the most tasks on their list. "Then they doing the least enjoyable tasks," says Holt. "This is a mistake because doing the fun things makes them feel busy and , when in fact they are just the tasks that make them ." This procrastination can lead to and stress. , some tasks might never get , or they might be done less . Most people can't do an effective job when too tired or they don't have enough time. A key to managing time, then, is to list everything you need to do and then to which tasks need your attention first.
Part 3
Vocabulary (Microsoft Office 2003, pages 146-154)
Directions: Listen to these words. Look in your dictionary if you do not know the meaning of any of these words. Then complete the dictation.
consecutive / consecutively
drag
feature
highlight / highlight
identical
mode
pane
release / release
selection / select
split / split
standard
undo
zoom
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