Listening Section

Howdy champ?

After giving the introduction of review text, next, I’ll invite you to do the listening activity. The listening material is still about the review text. It’s so easy. Just follow the steps I provide!

PRE LISTENING ACTIVITY

Before we start our listening section, look at the pictures below!

Do you familiar with these pictures? Ok, now, please answer the following questions:
1. What do you think about those pictures?
2. Do you ever see those pictures before?
3. What do you know about "Twilight"?
4. Do you ever read the novel or watch the movie?

WHILST LISTENING ACTIVITY

Well Champ, after doing the pre listening activity,  it's the time for listening section! First of all, you must listen to the audio carefully.

Listening to "Twilight" Book Review

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Here, I give you the glossary of the listening material: “Twilight” Book Review.

The Glossary of “Twilight” Book Review

Agitated                      : anxious( gelisah,terganggu)

Attracted                     : If you are attracted by or to someone, you like them, often finding them sexually interesting (tertarik)

Curious                       : interested in learning about people or things around you (penasaran)

Siblings                       : a brother or sister (saudara)

Lusts                          : to want something very much (sangat ingin)

Irresistible                   : impossible to refuse, oppose or avoid because too pleasant, attractive or strong (sangat menarik)

Patriarch                     : the male leader of a family (kepala keluarga)

Sworn (swear)            : to state or promise that you are telling the truth or that you will do   something or behave in a particular way

Renounce                    : to say formally or publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in or have a connection with something (meninggalkan)

Prey                            : an animal that is hunted and killed for food by another animal (mangsa)

Entwined                     : closely connected or unable to be separated (dekat, tidak terpisahkan)

Preserve                      : to keep something as it is, especially in order to prevent it from decaying or being damaged or destroyed; to conserve (melindungi)

Rogue                          : behaving in ways that are not expected or not normal, often in a destructive way (bangsat, jahat)

Tracker                        : a person who is able to find animals or people by following the marks they leave on the ground as they move over it (pemburu)

Fixate                          : unable to stop thinking about something (tergoda)

Then,, answer the questions below.

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POST LISTENING ACTIVITY

Howdy guys? How's the listening section? Do you enjoy it? :)
Now, I'll give you more exercises.

A.    Match the words below with the appropriate meaning!

1. Patriarch                  a. to want something very much

2. Prey                         b. a person who is able to find animals or people by following the marks they leave on the ground as they move over it

3. Fixate                       c. the male leader of a family
4. Lusts                        d. unable to stop thinking about something
5. Tracker                     e. an animal that is hunted and killed for food by another animal

B.   Find the synonym of the words below!

1. Tracker                       a. Desire
2. Lust                            b. Conserve
3. Agitated                      c. Hunter
4. Preserve                     d. Promise
5. Swear                         e. Anxious

C. Try to transcribe the listening material: “Twilight” book review! Then, check the transcript here.

However, it's not the end of the listening section. You must have a lot of practises to make your listening skill better.And you also have to remember many vocabularies, so that you will be more familiar with English. Ok, happy practising! :D