Women's History Month

Task:

listen to the Ted Talk and take notes. Even if you think you have a good memory, it's good to take notes: remember, you're not only listening to have an idea of the content but in order to work on your language skills. Thus, please do the following:

1) Listen more than once if necessary. DO NOT USE  THE SUBTITLES at first.

2) If you have problems understanding, go back and listen to the problematic part again (with no subtitles). If you still don't catch the meaning/a particular word or phrase, listen again with the subtitles on. Then turn them off and listen to it again.

3) While listening take notes of ideas and vocabulary. Write down not only the expressions you haven't been acquainted with, but those that are not part of your active vocabulary, even if you have no difficulty understanding.

4) Write 5 vocabulary items into our googledoc.

5) Prepare for the inclass discussion. What is it about? What is your reaction to the video? How does it relate to your experience? Do you think the situation in the USA/Great Britain/in other English speaking countries differs from the one where you live?

If you have time/are interested in the issue, listen to the BBC podcast, where among others, Germaine Greer is speaking. A famous British feminist and an academic, who recently caused a scandal and was accused of transphobia. Enjoy;)