Can Technology make the world more beautiful?   

Building listening skills

Based on the speech "A park underneath the hustle and bustle of New York City" by Dan Barasch

Pre-listening

•VOCABULARY

Task1. Learn the vocabulary 

•Do the activities, play the games until you master the vocabulary and get at least 80% on the test

•ACTIVATING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE

Task2. Answer the questions:
•How do you think technology can make our world beautiful?

•What do you think the following video is going to be about. Elaborate

listening

•Listen to the talk.

•Try to get the main idea.

•Pay attention to the key words in order to get the idea.

•Don’t stress out if you don’t understand the meaning of a word. You can still understand the message without it. The secret is that you need to relax and simply listen.

Post-listening

•Check your understanding of the speech

by Liliana Nederita