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WORK SHEET
LISTENING COMPREHENSION FOR SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH JONATHAN UPJOHN, EDP SCIENCES , PARIS / SERVICE DES LANGUES, UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER, GRENOBLE 2.2 _____________________________________________________________________ The wave form of the teacher's phrase is displayed on the screen. Where in relation to that is the learner's curve displayed ? __________________________________________________________ 2.3 Figure 1 WORK SHEET When do the peaks occur ? __________________________________________________________ UNIT 2: LISTENING WITH YOUR EYES 2.4 Figure 2 What happens here ? FREQUENCY KEY WORDS (A) curve = courbe (A) device = dispositif afficher NEW WORDS To design = concevoir To display = Evenly = régulièrement feature = caractéristique Flat Hardly = à peine To link = relier = minuscule peak = pic répété (A) reveal = reveller plat Nought = zero To (The) tongue = langue (A) Recurrent = (A) shape = forme = accent tonic (A) native speaker = de langue maternelle Draw in the second curve showing the native speaker's stress pattern. Minute (A) pattern = forme To plot = tracer (A) scale = échelle rarement = The deaf and dumb = sourds-muets Seldom = 2.5. DO YOU RECOGNIZE THESE WORDS? (A) stress Tiny = minuscule Therapy Milliseconds What are the main features of stress-timed languages? (a) … ____________ rhythmic _____________ … distributed ______________ _________________ lexical ________________ … grammatical _____________ Staccato (Bruit ___________________________________ sec et bref qui se répète à intervalles réguliers) Give 2 Examples: 2.1 1. Transcribe the missing words. Some people are now saying that looking at a computer screen can help you improve your accent ________ ________ ________ ________ to hear about today is a device that was originally designed to help speech therapy with the deaf and dumb. However, the I.B.M. Visipitch ________ ________ _____________________________ (b) ... a general tendency __________________ syllable __________________ _____________________________________________________________ staccato ___________________________ machine-gun ... ________ ________ ________ by language teachers. The system ________ ________ ________ ________ help teaching intonation and stress. 2. What are the main features of syllable-timed languages ? adopted ________ an oscilloscope linked to a computer and ________ ________ ___________________________ Give 3 Examples: 1. _________________ 2. _________________ 3. _________________ 2.6. Stop the recording. This exercise is to help you revise key words related to Frequency. The phrases in brackets are synonyms for expressions used in the text. First, try to recall the terms you have just heard in the recording and fill in the missing words. Then, rewind to the point where John Skelton begins speaking and check your answers. (a) The teacher speaks a model phrase into a microphone. (The acoustic vibrations) The sound _________________________ are transformed ... (b) The intensity ... is indicated on the left-hand vertical axis on a nought to five (measurement index) ________________ while time is recorded ... (c) … as you can see it consists of a (recurrent high points) ____________________ of fairly regular _________________ ranging between 3 and 5 ... (d) It consists of ... stresses on ... the first syllable of "Elizabeth" .... "going" with only (insignificant variations) ____________________________ inbetween ... (This exercise continues after the description of the curve) (e) There is a strong rhythmic beat; "Da di di Da di Da di di". That is to say there is a (regularly repeated) __________________________________ distributed stress ... (f) It is difficult to learn the sounds of a foreign language because they can (seldom) ___________ ever hear them in the first place ...