+3.1: Listening This unit is all about analyzing speeches, so we're going to begin with
leaming how to really listen. Before we do, here's a quick exercise to give
you an idea of how attentive a listener you are at the moment. Look up
"Gordon Brown Speeches online (or something similar). Your task is to
listen to just ten minutes of a speech by the previous UK prime minister
and try to note where your attention first wanders. Then answer the
following questions:
1. What is the Internet address of the speech you listed to?
2. At what point did you notice yourself first thinking of something
else or "zoning out"?
3. What is Gordon Brown saying in the first ten minutes of his speech
and how much of it do you remember?
4. Why do you think your attention wandered?