5.2 Listening
Refer students to the lecture slides. Set the exercise for pairwork.
Ask students to feed back their ideas about the possible lecture content to the whole class using the signpost language on the board to order their points. Accept any reasonable ideas.
Possible answer
• To start with, the lecturer will talk about basic processor architecture/design.
• After that, they will talk about changing features of processing power.
• Then they will discuss the miniaturization of components.
• They will finish by looking at different types of processor and at predictions for the future.
B
Tell students they are only going to hear the introduction to the lecture. Give students time to read the topics. Check that they understand the meaning.
Remind them they will only hear the introduction once, as in a lecture. Tell them to listen out for the signpost language on the board. While they listen, they should number the topics 2–5 in the order in which the lecturer will talk about them. The first one has been done as an example.
1. Play Part 1. 27
Allow students to compare answers. Feed back verbally. Ask students to say what signpost language they heard related to each topic. Confirm the correct answers (1–5), and feed back on any signpost language which they have not already provided.
Answers
5 – future developments (… I’ll finish by making some predictions for future development of processors.)
3 – challenges faced by chip designers (… the challenges that chip designers face in using these techniques.)
1 – parts of processor – architecture (… to start with, I’m going to give an overview of parts of a processor.)
4 – effects of the developments on computing (After that, I’ll look at some different ways in which these increases in processor power have been used in computing …)
effects of processor
developments future developments
ways power increased
challenges for chip designers
2 – different ways processor power has increased (I’ll then look at different techniques which have been used to increase processor speed …)
2. Elicit ideas from the students about which of the topics each slide could refer to.
Set for individual work and pairwork checking. Feed back visually.
Answers
Slide 1: Basic processor architecture – parts of processor – architecture
Slide 2: Changes in processor power – different ways processor power has increased
Slide 3: Making components smaller – miniaturization – different ways processor power has increased & challenges faced by chip designers
Slide 4: Different type of processors and their uses – future developments
3. Elicit what students already know about making notes. Encourage them to review their own notes and to look at Skills Bank 1.2 and 1.3 if necessary.
1.2 Listening and taking notes SKILLS BANK
1.3 Choosing a note-taking format SKILLS BANK
Possible answer
There are various possible ways of taking notes – more than one way may be necessary, given the number and variety of topics to be covered. Students could start by making a spidergram as follows:
Processors processor architecture
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