MY LISTENING JOURNAL

Name: Rania Intan Fadila

Student’s number: 2310020113

Date: March 15, 2024

My journal no. : 15

A. ABOUT THIS TED TALK

Video Title: 5 Steps To Building A Personal Brand You Feel Good About

Link:
https://www.ted.com/talks/marcos_salazar_5_steps_to_building_a_personal_brand_you_feel_good_ab
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Speaker’s name: Marcos Salazar

Speaker’s nationality: United States

Length of video: 6:15 (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: Personality √

Short summary of the video (1 or 2 sentences)

Based on the video, Marcos shares 5 tips for building personal branding, including:

1. Figure out your goal

2. What do you want to be known for

3. Know your audience

4. Create a mission statement

5. Create your personal brand online

Vocabulary(ies) I learn from the video:

 Bragging
 Shaping
 Accomplish
 Reliable
 Midwife
 Counselor
 Stumped
 Wildly

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 intentions because the speaker spoke too fast and
there were several vocabulary words that I had only 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