FINAL OOA

What is a Listening Log?

It is like a journal in which you write information and your thoughts about something you listened to on TV, from the internet, or the radio (Note: what you listen to shouldn't be longer than 30-60 minutes) You will put your notes into your log and then write a short summary of what you saw and heard. After that, you will write your reaction to the program in a short paragraph and a question that will trigger debate in class.

So, what should go into my log?

 The name of the program
 The date of broadcast
 Your notes, in list form (taken alive!)
 A short summary in your own words- no more than one paragraph. Just main idea and a few details
 Your personal opinion of the program in a separate paragraph
 A question that’ll trigger debate in class



Log Sample
Source: Adapted from Tapestry 4


General Information:
NPR (National Public Radio)
April 27, 1993, 5:30-6:00 p.m.
Denmark’s child-care system

Notes / Expressions (words / phrases)
Careers and Motherhood:
Denmark’s second largest city
Nursery –elementary school
Rich- pay one-third of operating cost
Poor –pay nothing

Summary:
Denmark’s second largest city has a wonderful child care system. Mothers who juggle careers and motherhood really love this system. The program is subsidized by the ministry policies. These child-care centers are no different from regular kindergartens. They take care of children from the age of three months, and will even care for elementary schoolers after school. The only difference is that better-off families pay one third of operating cost and less well-off families pay nothing.

Personal Reaction:
Many women have to struggle to keep their jobs while raising children at the same time. The government or individual communities in the U.S. should develop a program like the one in Denmark. This would help reduce the hardship of balancing working with parenting

Question: Do you think we have a good child-care system in Argentina?