5 skills of listening We are losing our listening. We spend roughly 60 percent of our communication time listening, but we’re not very good at it. We retain just 25 percent of what we hear. Now not you, not this talk, but that is generally true. Let’s define listening as making ...
Number one, we’d rather talk. When I am talking, I’m in control. I don’t have to hear anything I’m not interested in. I’m the center of attention. I can bolster my own identity. (强化自己的认同感) But there’s another reason: We get distracted. The average person talks at...
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All right, I want to see a show of hands how many of you have unfriended someone on Facebook because they said something offensive about politics or religion, childcare, food? And how many of you know at least one person that you avoid because you just don’t want to talk to them?好...
And I'm going to talk about what we can do about it. 我接下来想谈谈我们该怎么做。 But first, I'd like you to come with me on a journey to an American public elementary school. 首先,我想让大家和我一起踏上一段旅程,前往美国的公立小学。
It’s a great way. So music, definitely. The other thing you need to move towards native-speaker status is the right mindset, and a belief that if you sound like a native, express yourself like a native, talk like a native and act like a...
TED talkThis quasi-experimental study examined whether TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) talks could improve the listening skills of Iranian EFL learners. The stuRashtchi, MojganMazraehno, Mohammad Reza TollabiSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
plumbers. I talk to people that I like. I talk to people that I don't like. I talk to some people that I disagree with deeply on a personal level. But I still have a great conversation with them. So I'd like to spend the next 10 minutes or so teaching you how to talk and ho...
1B 1C 1D PREVIEWING VIEWING VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT PRESENTATION SKILLS 1 PREVIEWING Read the paragraph above. Match each bold word to its meaning. You will hear these words in the TED Talk. 1A world 1 planet Earth: ___ 1B joy 2 happiness: ___ 1C capital 3 main place for an activity...
plumbers. I talk to people that I like. I talk to people that I don't like. I talk to some people that I disagree with deeply on a personal level. But I still have a great conversation with them. So I'd like to spend the next 10 minutes or so teaching you how to talk and ho...