Nama Kelompok

Hekmatyar Listiyanto
Nayaka Mahadika
Sutomi
 Intermediate Academic English
Meeting 2
LONG TALKS
Objectives :

1. Understand what is being discussed or delivered in a Long Talk.

2. Anticipate the topics or the questions by scanning the answer choices.
3. Answer questions about things, people, reason, time, methods, etc regarding to
the Long Talk.
MATERIAL
Long talk is different from both short conversation and long
conversation. In long talk, there is only one person speaking.
Thus, we can call this as monologue.
Just like the long conversation, the topics in long talks are
mostly about school life and the trending news.

Before doing the long talks, there are some important and
useful strategies we need to know.
 MATERIAL : The strategies for long
1. Anticipate the topics
talk
Try to guess the topic before listening to the long talk by quickly
reading the answer choices.
Example :
a. Just before the final exam a. To take the first exam
b. On the first day of class b. To study the laboratory manual
c. During a biology laboratory c. To read one chapter of the text
session d. To do the first laboratory
d. In a biology study group assignment
We cannot actually guess correctly, but there are some clues like
‘biology’ and ‘first day of class’ in no.1 (b) and (c), ‘exam’ in no. 2 (a).
Thus, the topic for the talk in questions 1 to 2 is ➔ Requirement for
class of biology.
 MATERIAL : The strategies for long
2. Anticipate the talk
questions
Anticipate the questions, before listening to the long talk and its
questions, the answer choices actually provide clue to what
question is the number about.
Example : a. Just before the final exam
b. On the first day of class
c. In a biology study group
d. During a biology laboratory session
Discussion : All the answer choices are about time, so the question use
‘when’
Question : When did something happen? → When did the talk probably
MATERIAL : The strategies for long
3. Determine the topic talk
Knowing the topic or subject of a Long Talk is essential
because the first questions in Long Talks are mostly about
topic.
To be able to determine the topic, we must focus on the
beginning of the Talk.
Thus, it is very important to give more focus to the first and
second sentences.
 MATERIAL : The strategies for long
talk
4. Draw Conclusion about people, things, time,
place
While you are listening to a Talk, you must also think about :
- Who is delivering the talk
- Who/what is being discussed
- Where the Talk is delivered
- When the Talk is delivered
- Why the Talk is delivered or discussed
- How the Talk is delivered
- How long and how many things are mentioned there
Remember, in real test, you’re not allowed to take any notes. Thus, it is
important for you to have good memory to be able to answer all the
questions about the Talk.
Questions 1-5 EXERCIS
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 EXERCISE
1). Question : When ...... this talk ...... take ......?
a. Just before the final exam
b. On the first day of class
c. In a biology study group 4). Question : What ...... is ...... in the ......?
d. During a biology laboratory session a. The first lecture
b. Reading assignment
2) Question : How ...... will ...... Martin ...... lectures?
c. Exam topics
a. for 15 hours
d. Room assignments
b. Twice a week
c. Three times a week
5). Question : ...... will the ...... use to ...... the ...... course
d. once in a week
grades?
3). Question : ...... is the ...... for the ...... class? a. Lecture and laboratory attendance
a. To take the first exam b. Exams and lab work
b. To learn the laboratory manual c. Reading and writing assignment
c. To read a chapter of the text d. Class participation and grades on examinations
d. To do the first laboratory assignment
 ANSWER
Man : Listen to a talk given by a professor!
KEY
Narrator : Welcome to Biology 101. I'm Professor Martin, and this is your laboratory assistant,
Peter Smith. This course meets twice a week for lecture and once a week for
laboratory assignments.
The text for this course is Introduction to Biological Sciences, by Abramson. You
should get the text and read the first chapter before the next class. You will also need
to get the laboratory manual that accompanies the text.
I've passed out a copy of the course syllabus. This syllabus lists the reading
assignments and exam dates. Note that we will cover one chapter a week for each of
the next fifteen weeks in the semester, and there will be three exams throughout the
course.
Grades in this course are based on your exam grades and your grades on the
1. When does
laboratory this talk Are
assignments. probably takequestions?
there any place? (B)
2. How often will professor martin give lectures? (B)
3. What is the assignment for the next class? (C)
4 What information is given in the syl labus? (B)
5. What will the professor use to deter mine the final course
grades? (B)
 CONCLUSION

Long conversations are just like short conversation. There are two speakers
discussing one or more topics, and a narrator stating the question. However, the talk
longer each other. Still, you don’t have anything written when the conversation is in
progress. You only have the choices written on the paper. Of the 4 choices, you must
pick one as your best answer.

There are two conversations in Long Conversation. The topics can be about lives
in school (how difficult a class is, how to compile a research paper, how to register
for a course, etc). However, they can also be about America-related topics such as
recycling the used products, damage because of storm or other natural disasters, etc.

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