Listening Project (10%)

Goal 

To develop your comprehension of more technical spoken content and your ability to explain the content with more advanced vocabulary and phrasings (word combinations). 

Description 

You are in a group of 3 or 4 students.

First, as a group, you will make notes for 1 segment from a video that the teacher asks the class to work with.

Next, individually, you will create notes for a video segment related to your field. You must choose which video online to take the segment from:

  • A video that explains a concept, procedure, equipment or other knowledge that people working in your field need to know is good.
  • A video that describes your program is NOT good.

For all notes: 

  • The time of the segment is indicated. 
  • The source video is properly cited with an active URL. 
  • There must be enough content to speak for 90 to 120 seconds at a normal speaking rate. 

The notes are gathered in a single SHARED WORD 365 document for the group:

    • They are in the format taught in class.
    • The document is shared with the teacher.

Each student must become able to show that they fully understand the content of their notes and are able to speak well from them:

  • Understanding is shown through:
    • a standard explanation of the content while looking at the notes (like a mini, and relaxed oral presentation)
    • being able to explain all words and ideas in the notes that the teacher asks about

Scoring 

On testing days (Classes 9, 10, & 12), you will speak from the notes that you prepared to other students in class in small groups of 3 or 4 people. 

  • 3 points for the quality of your notes
  • 6 points for speaking successfully from your notes to other students (2 points for each successful time speaking from your notes: 3 times speaking successfully = 6 points)
  • 1 point if another student can speak successfully from YOUR notes 

Success is measured as follows: 

  • Your explanation is long enough.
  • The other students understand your explanation.
  • You explained your content instead of just reading from your notes verbatim.
  • Your notes show correct understanding of the content of the video segment. 
  • You are able to answer questions from the teacher that show you understand what you are saying.