Video-listening activity

1. LEVEL 3 2010-2011 LISTENING
Ascensión Lastres VIDEO PRACTICE
MANNERS MATTER
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTORY PICTURES 1 –2–3
2. NEW VOCABULARY
3. WATCH THE VIDEO
4. READ QUESTIONS
5. CHECK THE ANSWERS
6. WATCH AND CHECK THE SCRIPT

2. LEVEL3. 2010-2011 LISTENING
Ascensión Lastres
VIDEO PRACTICE- MANNERS MATTER
1.Describe what you can see in the picture and say what you think about it.

3. LEVEL 3. 2010-2011 LISTENING
Ascensión Lastres
VIDEO PRACTICE. MANNERS MATTER
2. Describe the picture and say what you think about it.

4. LEVEL 3. 2010-2011 LISTENING
Ascensión Lastres VIDEO PRACTICE. MANNERS MATTER
3. Describe the picture and say what you think about it.

5. LEVEL 3. 2010-2011 LISTENING
Ascensión Lastres VIDEO PRACTICE. MANNERS MATTER
VIDEO: Manners matter
VOCABULARY: etiquette
poise bright student,
person
bleep Inter-personal skills lousy
manners
flip flop (v & n) college
internship
Ivy League
University

6. LEVEL 3. 2010-2011 LISTENING
Ascensión Lastres
VIDEO PRACTICE. MANNERS MATTER
Watch the video once and read the questions.
v f
1. Cornell’s university’s engineering students have learnt a
thing or two about etiquette.
2. Previous generations are more educated than the current
one.
3. As for manners, the expert Robert Shutt thinks that today’s
generation are simply uninformed.
4.People like Shutt have made profits out of bad manners.
5. According to Shutt, professional success depends to a high
extent on manners.
6. Aemish Shah still lacks a bit of confidence to interact with his
superiors.

7. LEVEL 3. 2010-2011 LISTENING
Ascensión Lastres
VIDEO PRACTICE. MANNERS MATTER
Watch the video again and answer the questions.
v f
1. Cornell’s university’s engineering students have learnt a
thing or two about etiquette.
2. Previous generations are more educated than the current
one.
3. As for manners, the expert Robert Shutt thinks that today’s
generation are simply uninformed.
4.People like Shutt have made profits out of bad manners.
5. According to Shutt, professional success depends to a high
extent on manners.
6. Aemish Shah still lacks a bit of confidence to interact with his
superiors.

8. LEVEL 3. 2010-2011 LISTENING
Ascensión Lastres
VIDEO PRACTICE. MANNERS MATTER
Watch the video with the script and check the answers.
ANSWERS v f
1. Cornell’s university’s engineering students have learnt a X
thing or two about etiquette.
2. Previous generations are more educated than the current X
one.
3. As for manners, the expert Robert Shutt thinks that today’s X
generation are simply uninformed.
4.People like Shutt have made profits out of bad manners. X
5. According to Shutt, professional success depends to a high X
extent on manners.
6. Aemish Shah still lacks a bit of confidence to interact with his X
superiors.
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9. LEVEL 3. 2010-2011 LISTENING
Ascensión Lastres
VIDEO PRACTICE. MANNERS MATTER
Watch the video again and check the script
script