MY LISTENING JOURNAL

Name: Rania Intan Fadila

Student’s number: 2310020113

Date: March 15, 2024

My journal no. : 13

A. ABOUT THIS TED TALK

Video Title: Do You Really Need 8 Hours Of Sleep Every Night?

Link: https://www.ted.com/talks/jen_gunter_do_you_really_need_8_hours_of_sleep_every_night?
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Speaker’s name: Jen Gunter

Speaker’s nationality: Canada

Length of video: 3:54 (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: ______________

Short summary of the video (1 or 2 sentences)

Jen Gunter explained that 8 hours of sleep is not accurate or just an average because the good sleep
duration for each person is different.

Vocabulary(ies) I learn from the video:

 Doomed
 Flaws
 Simplified
  Nuances
 Fixating
 Solely
 Involuntarily
 Evidence

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 still have difficulty understanding some sentences because there are new vocabulary words that I just
heard.

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