18.03 Dasha's fourth listening

   My fourth listening was called "Personal Problems". As they say: "Practice makes perfect". I again got 100% score.
   So, it deals with the problem of hair loss. A man was searching for some info about baldness. He felt uncomfortable during his dates with women. His sister advised him to take some medical treatment, but he felt medical treatment was still unproven for his condition.
    As a result, he continued to look for other solutions to his problem.
   After listening to audio tracks I have understood that the more you listen to native speakers' conversations, the more and the better you understand everything. That's why I will continue listening to the tracks to improve my English. 

                                       Alina's Latest listening
Hello everyone!
    This time I chose an episode from Ted video for listening called "Listening to shame". This video is about shame. It is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. The author  showed us her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word. She studied vulnerability, courage and shame in this video. I really like this video, because the presenter explored and showed people  what can happen  with them, when people confront their shame head-on. She gave some proposals how to get rid of  vulnerability and shame. 
        
      Next  thing I chose to practise my listening called "Personal problems". It was a conversation  bet ween man and woman. It is about some common and personal problems in our live.  The main problem discussed in the conversation was hair loss, which the boy had. During the conversation they looked for solutions to his problem. After this listening, I did a test and got 80 %.

Thanks a lot.

18.03 Dasha's third listening

   I must say after some practice in listening my results were better. This time I've chosen a difficult level from ESL-lab. And you can't even imagine how happy i was to get 100% total score.
   It was a conversation between two men at the party. They were discussing an ideal woman. The ideal woman for Rocky, one of those two men, was a woman who would serve him hand and food, whereas he would come from work, eat, watch TV and just take out the garbage.
   As a result, he returned back home to his dog to have a lonely TV dinner. This man is definitely not my type!

18.03 Dasha's second listening

   The second audio track that I've listened to was called "Dinner Time". It's one of the medium level tracks. I was glad to have understood it better than the previous one, though, in the test I made one mistake because of my inattentiveness.
   It was a conversation between a father and his daughter about their dinner. Their mother didn't feel good, that's why the one who had to prepare dinner was the father. He was cooking pizza according to the one of the family recipes. But in the end it was too salty and burned.
   Unfortunately, the daughter didn't want to eat such a "delicious" pizza with pumpkin, they laughed and decided to eat something else.

18.03 Dasha's first listening

   I've just listened to the audio track "Pizza Delivery" from ESL-lab.To start with I have chosen a track of medium level and was very happy that I had understood many details of the recording.My total score was 80%.
   In general, I find this recording very useful and informative for pizza lovers. As for me I was impressed how many toppings the man from the audio track could choose from. He was even offered a sea food topping. But, finally, he chose pepperoni and mushrooms on one half of his pizza and green peppers and Italian sausage on the other.
   Moreover, there were many numbers to keep in mind. I had to remember his name, address and telephone number. So It was a great memory drill.

18.03 Natasha's listening

     I've just listened to the audio track "The Japanese Economy", which was found by me on ESLlab.com,  Listenong Quizzes for Academic Purposes. The speaker describes the special features of Japanese economy and reminds us some episodes from history of Japan. 

      Frankly speaking, I did not know that track I chose was from difficult level, but I realized it during listening. I can't say I understood everything from the extract. I really missed some information while listening, that is why   my result in answering the questions reached only 60%.

    The second thing I chosed to practice listening today was the video from eslvideo.com under the title "Lasagna Recipe Listening Comprehension". In this video the process of cooking the famous italian dish "Lasagna" is shown. I must say that everything was quite simple and understandable. I think that this episode would be very useful for people who want to cook lasagna. The description of every step was full and understandabe. I'm sure that this episode could be a great helper for beginners in cooking. 

       Here are some pictures, taken from video for you to understand the process of cooking lasagna better. 

My last listening

Hello, everyone!

Today I have listened some music again. It was Frank Sinatra - "Send in the Clowns". This song is very old, I have to say, so I was bored a little while listening, frankly speaking. But I suppose, we have to know and respect such legendary authors, as Frank Sinatra. So, I listened to it and filled the missing places correct, because the song is very calm and I could hear everything clear. I just had some rest with the cup of tea after the long day and I liked it!

Then I went to Randall`s tipes and chosen "Haven't We Met Before?". I thought it might be interesting and I didn`t fault. It was really funny to listen, how the guy tries to remember the girl`s name, makes mistakes and finally invites her to the date. Of course, she refused at last. Unfortunately, there are a lot of such forgetful people around and it annoys sometimes. Nobody likes when his name is spoken wrong, everybody in our group can proove it)

So, generally, I enjoyed my listening and the further I do that I understand, that we really need such practise.

Thanks a lot.
Yours, Aliona Kovalinska.