MY LISTENING JOURNAL

Name: Rania Intan Fadila

Student’s number: 2310020113

Date: February 23, 2024

My journal no. : 03

A. ABOUT THIS TED TALK

Video Title: What Makes A Friendship Last?

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

Speaker’s name: Mona Chalabi

Speaker’s nationality: United Kingdom

Length of video: 3:36 (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: Love √

Short summary of the video (1 or 2 sentences)

Mona explained that according to studies, friendships break down because of a lack of opportunities to
meet, hang out, and connect. So the way to maintain friendship is by spending time together.

Vocabulary(ies) I learn from the video:

 Sustain
 Afloat
  Pitfalls
 Coworker
 Acquaintance
 Fledged
 Daunted
 Elevated
 Overwhelmed
 Emphasis

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 had difficulty understanding the speaker's accent and his way of speaking which was quite
fast, but with this video my listening skills have improved

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