Name: He Xi SN: 22723746

Task1

a) To me, when I am listening to an academic lecture, it is more

difficult to understand.

b) Watching English TV series, Reading English articles & news.

c) Daily spoken English is more demanding to me, while the type like

news broadcasting is less demanding to me.

Task2

2.1

 Unusual nouns and adjectives in speaking, like an old Latin quote,

transfers of other languages.

 The speaking which contains many allusions and metaphors.

 The accent, like English with Indian accent or Japanese accent.

2.2

a) The speed at which someone is speaking.

b) The topic that familiar to a listener is less difficult, and the topic

is not familiar to a listener is usually hard to understand. The

second point is the use of specialized vocabulary, especially the

key word. The third factor is that English is not listener’s first

language. The fourth is that the words are not pounced in their

expected ways.
c) Firstly, students did not know when one word ends and another

word begins. Secondly, they often failed to recognized the word

which they know in written form.

2.3

Words they hear in natural speech.

2.4

from lectures

expect them to be pounced

change your mind

doesn’t make sense

2.5

a) I have little difficulties doing this activity, I think I could

understand about 90% of the speech.

b) None

c) None

Task3

3.1

 The lecturer did speech, inquiry and answer in a speech.

 The students as audience did listening and asking at the proper

time.
3.2

 His main interest is the difference of academic lectures between

UK and China.

 He got his information about lectures in China mainly because he

has studying in China.

 The survey he did was interviewed twelve Chinese students about

the courses they study, and the students he talked seem to share

similar experience in study.

3.3

a) Yes.

b) Yes.The expressions are different but the meaning are almost same.

3.4

China UK

1. Delivered many contents in 1. Contents in course are not

course involved

2. Less interactive 2. Reading widely is an essential

3. The lecturer always point part after a lecture

out the important part of 3. More interactive

the lecture
3.5

a) 80% same.

b) Yes. The way is to describe the main point, instead of just recording.
3.6

a) Do NOT agree.

b) None

c) Yes.

d) When I listened to an English lecture, I did not take any note. Just

concentrated on understanding.

e) None

f) To do search on internet like Wikipedia of its topic or discuss with

my friends that are sharing different views.