Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

B.ED. in the teaching of modern languages

Low intermediate level
Listening Project
Tatiana Castiblanco, Daniela Clavijo, Sofia Buitrago

1. Discuss the following questions:

What website(s) do you use most often?

What kind of things do you usually share in your social networks?

Do you think that the Colombian government needs to create special laws in
order to take control of the information that people share on social networks?

WHILE LISTENING
2. FILL IN THE GAPS

Read and listen to the recording. Fill in the gaps with words you heard from the
Video.
Social Media Limits in Vietnam Criticized

Internet activists and human rights groups are _____________________an order that
requires blogs and social media sites in Vietnam to _____________________ personal
information only. The order aims to _____________________ social media users and
bloggers from posting other information such as new stories. Local media reports say
the _____________________ states that such sites are not permitted to quotes
_____________________or
summarize
information
from
_____________________organizations or government websites. Prime Minister
Nguyen Tan Dung approved Decree 72 in July. Internet activists say this is an
_____________________by
the
communist
government
to
restrict
_____________________ of speech. Rights groups say the decrees___________ are
too broad and will be used to act against government critics. Others criticized a
statement by Le Nam Thang, the _____________________ minister of information and
communications. State ___________________reported him as saying that the law

_____________________ to help Web users find correct and clean information on the
Internet.
2.1 Now listen carefully and answer the following questions, please write
complete sentences.

Are people able to decide for themselves about the good or bad information on
Internet?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

Vietnamese citizens need the government to teach them on how to think?

________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

Who is the Southeast Asia representative for the Committee to Protect

Journalist?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

What do vietnenese citizens think about the rule adopted by the goverment?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

Who says that Vietnamese citizens can decide about the information on internet?

________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Adapted from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buUhYyNMpUc VOA.
AFTER LISTENING
3. Lets practice with the Hangman.
4. Are you a good listener? Lets us check with the Chinese whispers game.