11.2 Listening


recognizing the speaker’s point of view • making notes • writing up notes


A You are going to listen to a lecture by a guest speaker in the Psychology faculty at Hadford


University. Look at the poster on the right. 1 What is the lecture going to be about?


2 Decide on how you are going to make notes. Prepare a page in your notebook.


B ≤Listen to Part 1 of the lecture and make notes. 1 What is the focus of the lecturer’s talk?


2 What are the four main views that the lecturer will discuss?


3 What examples of these views does she give? C ≤Listen to Part 2 of the lecture and make notes.


D Using your notes, answer the questions on the handout on the right.


E Refer to the model Cornell notes on page 107. 1 Check your answers with the model.


2 Complete the Review and Summary sections of the Cornell notes.


F ≤The lecturer talks about déjà vu. Listen again to part of the lecture. Which words tell us


whether the information is fact or opinion?


G ≤Study the phrases in the blue box. Which type of information below follows each phrase in the


blue box? Listen to some sentences from the lecture. 


restatement  definite point


 summary of a source  example


 statement of a topic  another point  tentative point  clarification


 purpose for speaking


H Write out one section of your notes in complete sentences.


See Skills bank


1 that is to say 2 Don’t misunderstand me. 3 not only that, but 4 … it’s fair to say that … 5 to some degree 6 in an attempt to … 7 with respect to … 8 … gave a good description of … in … 9 … to the extent that …,


10 A case in point is … 11 … which … briefly defines as … 12 (He) has no doubt that …


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Visiting Speaker: Dr Elizabeth MacDonald 15th February 5:00 p.m.


‘The paranormal: approaches and challenges.’


Dr MacDonald will explore approaches to the paranormal and discuss issues related to parapsychology and scientific method.


1 What view did the lecturer discuss first?


2 What examples of this perspective did the lecturer mention?


3 When did research into parapsychology begin?


4 Name three forms of ESP.


5 In the Rhines’ experiments, what did: a the sender do? b the receiver do?


6 How is the free response method different from the Rhines’ experiment?


7 What is the purpose of a random event generator?


8 What type of experience motivated Susan Blackmore to study parapsychology?


9 Name three mainstream sciences that can often explain paranormal events.


10 According to the speaker, what two phenomena can be explained by science?


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