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VOCABULARY
for
Today's Podcast

background
(to) concentrate
(to) disturb
assignment
(an) environment


VOCABULARY for Audio Story

Here is a vocabulary list to help you with your listening comprehension:

situation
(to) concentrate
(to be) going on
noisy
quiet
(to) bother
thought
different
too many
voice(s)
(to) make a mistake/(to) make mistake(s)
(to) confuse

 



This Writing Just Confuses Me
An Audio Story

Today is Wednesday, March 7th, 2007, and this is the ESL Help Desk inviting you to listen to today's podcast.  After you finish with today's lesson, hop on over to our Library , which is being populated weekly with audio stories and grammar lessons.

When you write, do you like to have some music playing in the background?  Do you like to write in a quiet or a noisy environment?  Are you able to concentrate when the TV is playing?  Does silence relax you or disturb you?  For a homework assignment, our class had to write for ten minutes in an environment that was new and different to them.  Today you will listen to an essay by Aleksandr Shteynberg, in which Alexander writes about his experience writing in different environments.

Please click here to read along with Alexander's essay while listening to the audio.

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Additional Activities
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Ideas for Further Thought or Writing I

  1. How do you imagine Alexandr typically does his writing assignments?

  2. Is it easy or difficult for you to concentrate on your work when people around you are talking?

  3. Do you like to listen to music when you study or write?  What type of music bothers you or relaxes you?

  4. Can you read or write on a bus, subway, or in a moving car?

  5. Do you think that people should try to study in a quiet place?

  6. What should a person who lives in a large family do in order to be able to focus on his homework or studies?

  7. Silence upsets many people who live in the city.  Why do you think that is?  How do you react and respond to a quiet environment?

We hope you've enjoyed today's audio story! 

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