MY LISTENING JOURNAL

Name: Rania Intan Fadila

Student’s number: 2310020113

Date: March 12, 2024

My journal no. : 11

A. ABOUT THIS TED TALK

Video Title: How To Succeed In Your New Job

Link: https://www.ted.com/talks/gorick_ng_how_to_succeed_in_your_new_job?
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Speaker’s name: Gorick Ng

Speaker’s nationality: United States

Length of video: 5:29 (minutes)

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

Speaker’s accent is clear __ interesting topic √

Short √ other : Great animation √

Genre of video (thick √ one):

Technology ___ Science __ Entertainment __

Art __ Psychology __ Education __ other: Business √

Short summary of the video (1 or 2 sentences)

Gorick shares how we can be successful in the workplace by making a good initial impression.

Apart from that, there are unspoken rules which Gorick calls the 3Cs, namely; competence,
commitment, and compatibility

Vocabulary(ies) I learn from the video:

 Thrown
 Deciphering
  Demonstrating
 Previous
 Invisible
 Unoccupied
 Flourish

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:

I had difficulty understanding some of the speaker's vocabulary and the way he spoke was a little too fast

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