MY LISTENING JOURNAL

Name: Rania Intan Fadila

Student’s number: 2310020113

Date: February 23, 2024

My journal no. : 01

A. ABOUT THIS TED TALK

Video Title: Our Dangerous Obsession With Perfectionism Is Getting Worse

Link:
https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_curran_our_dangerous_obsession_with_perfectionism_is_getting_
worse?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

Speaker’s name: Thomas Curran

Speaker’s nationality: United Kingdom

Length of video: 14:45 (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)

Thomas Curran highlights the societal pressure to constantly present a perfect image on social media, in
schools, universities, and workplaces, while emphasizing the need to foster a culture that embraces our
imperfections.

Vocabulary(ies) I learn from the video:

 Emblem
  Begrudging
 Harmfulness
 Preeminent
 Lavishly
 Unrelenting
 Yardsticks
 Mandatory
 Strive
 Vulnerable

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 found it difficult to understand what the speaker meant, because there was a lot of new vocabulary
that I had 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