Centro Cultural Colombo Americano

Independent Work
Lesson F

LESSON F – VIDEO LESSON

Student’s Name: Yusseth Vélez Gutierrez

Write the answers to the exercises in the video lesson that your teacher assigned to you.

2. Key vocabulary

a. Guess the meaning of the words.

1. Recess - a small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest.
2. Auditory - relating to the sense of hearing.
3. Legible - a handwriting or print, that is clear enough to read.
4. Mumble - say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear.
5. Grasp - keep or hold firmly
6. Wade - walk through water or another liquid or soft substance.

b. Match the words in bold in exercise 2a with these definitions

a. describing sounds and hearing - Auditory

b. a period of play between lessons at school - Recess
c. To walk with difficulty through something wet - Wade
d. To understand something that seems difficult - Grasp
e. Written clearly enough to be understood - Legible
f. To speak too quietly and not clearly enough to be understood – Mumble

3. Watch part 1 of the video. Discuss what you think the video is demonstrating

Talks about the ability to read lips

4. Watch part 2 of the video. Write down the things that can make lip – reading difficult.

- People mumble
- People talk fast
- People cover their mouths
- People have accents

5. Watch part 3 of the video. Answer the questions

1. Does Rachel Kolb prefer to lip – reading or to sign?

She prefers the signs

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2. What does she say happens when lip – reading works well for her?

She feels the human communication

6. Watch part 3 again. What is the girl, Rachel Kolb, saying at the end of the video?

Now, can you read my lips?