Listening Activity:

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/talk2us-what-is-the-best-job-you-had/5537785.html

Answer these questions based on the video:

1. Mention the people who involved in the discussion

The people who involved in the discussion are

• Dr. Jill Robbins as a VOA moderator

• Pete Musto as Dr.Jill’s colleagues for the past 5 years at the VOA

• Adriana as a lawyer from India

• Frances as a sudanese who live in Libya

• A grandmother as a psychologist

• Chinese man as a translator

• A man who wear tosca t-shirt

2. What is the topic of the discussion?

The topic of the discussion is about the job. They are discussing and sharing about work experience,
the participants’ best job, how to improve skill in english speaking, how to process the feedback, and
how much the job changes a life.

3. List the ideas that they are discussing.

There are some questions that become the topics in the discusssion.

• What is Pete’s position?

• What is Pete doing in VOA?

• Why do Pete feel so hard to speak slowly?

• How much does the job change Pete’s life?

• What is the benefit of the audiences’ feedback?

• How does VOA (Pete and Dr. Jill) process and manage the feebacks?

• What is the best way to practice English?

• How much time does it take to become fluent?

• What is the best job that you have ever had?

 • Are there any developments in your life because of the job?

• What is the job does Pete like to get?

• Is the job related with the activity that you are going start?

4. What are things that you can learn from the discussion?

The things that i can learn are job is about passion and skill. These are the lessons that i can learn
from the discussion :

• Job will change our life

• Job make ourselves happy

• We need skill to do the job

• We need to have strong connection with the job

• Job can cultivate sympathy and humanity

• Find people who are fluent in English and practice with them for once or twice a week.

• Find online partner to practice speaking

• Feedback is important to fix the mistake and error

• You will alawas get the feedback anytime you do writting in public

5. What job would you like to get in the future? Give me the reason(s).

I would like to get a job as furniture entrepreneur who create wooden furnitures. I think i can express
all of emotions and creativities by creating furniture. Shapes, colors, and utility are part of my life. As
i get older, i realize the creativity has to be created. Then, they came into my heart which become my
color of the soul. I want to express my life by making a shape. So, i do not have to be that hard to
show every feeling i have. Also, become entrepreneur means i have to be more independent. Create
job would not be easy, but i am excited. I want to be dependable. Everyone will need me and i want
to handle it with my power. I want to be useful and create the job. I love drawing, imagining, and
being creative. So, those are the reasons i would like to be furniture entrepreneur.