LISTENING STRATEGY

1. Expression that signal the topic of a lecture

- Our topic today is….
- I’ll be talking about…
- What I want to talk about today is…
- We’ll be discussing…
- We’re going to look at…
- Let’s go back to our discussion of…
- Let’s continue our discussion of...
2. Expression that signal the big picture of a lecture
- First we’ll at … and then we’ll look at…
- I’m going to cover… and then…
- We’ll discuss a few examples of/types of…
- Today I’m going to look at several ways that…
- I want to discuss the causes…
- What I want to do is compare… to…
- I want to give you some background on…
3. Expression that signal a definition
- That is…
- In other word…
- X, meaning…
- By X, I mean…
- What do I want by X, Well, I mean…
- Let me define that…
- The definition of that is…