MY LISTENING JOURNAL

Name: Rania Intan Fadila

Student’s number: 2310020113

Date: February 23, 2024

My journal no. : 02

A. ABOUT THIS TED TALK

Video Title: 3 Rules Better Work-Life Balance

Link:
https://www.ted.com/talks/ashley_whillans_3_rules_for_better_work_life_balance?utm_campaign=ted
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Speaker’s name: Ashley Whillans

Speaker’s nationality: Canada

Length of video: 5:06 (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: Business √

Short summary of the video (1 or 2 sentences)

Ashley Whillans talks about how we create a new culture of respecting time so that work and daily life
are balanced, namely with 3 rules; the first is reframe rest, the second is seat team goals for personal
time and the last is negotiate for more time.

Vocabulary(ies) I learn from the video:

 Tremendous
  Undermine
 Reframe
 Extravagant
 Adjustable
 Accomplish
 Colleagues
 Empowered

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 am quite used to the speaker's explanations, but 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