MY LISTENING JOURNAL

Name: Rania Intan Fadila

Student’s number: 2310020113

Date: March 9, 2024

My journal no. : 09

A. ABOUT THIS TED TALK

Video Title: TED’s Secret To Great Public Speaking

Link: https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_anderson_ted_s_secret_to_great_public_speaking?
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Speaker’s name: Chris Anderson

Speaker’s nationality: Pakistan

Length of video: 7:46 (minutes)

Reason(s) of choosing the video (you may thick √ more than 1):

Speaker’s accent is clear __ interesting topic √

Short ___ other : ______________________________

Genre of video (thick √ one):

Technology ___ Science __ Entertainment __

Art __ Psychology __ Education __ other: Public Speaking √

Short summary of the video (1 or 2 sentences)

In this video Chris Anderson shares with us the one thing that all great Ted talks have in common,
including:

1. Focus on one major idea

2. Give people a reason to care

3. Build your idea with a familiar concept

4. Make your idea worth sharing

Vocabulary(ies) I learn from the video:

 Divulge
 Overuse
 Cliched
 Ringside
 Collectively
 Crucial
 Capable
 Curiosity
 Intriguing

B. SELF-ASSESSMENT

Give a thick √ under the answer you think is the best!

YES NO MAYBE

a. The speed was easy to catch. √ ___ ___

b. The vocabulary was easy to be understood. ___ ___ √
c. The pronunciation was comprehensible. √ ___ ___
d. This helped my listening skills. √ ___ ___
e. I think my listening skills are improving. √ ___ ___

While listening and watching the TED Talk I found some difficulties, they are:

In this video I still have difficulty understanding some of the vocabulary

I need to improve (please circle all that apply):

Listening to main ideas / listening to details / listening to numbers / listening to fast speech / listening to
connected speech / listening for a long time / listening for other accents / my vocabulary / my
pronunciation