Listening Log

Your First Name & Last Name:

Your Student ID :
Date:

Directions: Watch or Listen to a TV episode, a movie, a TedTalk, a YouTube video, or a news broadcast
that you choose! As you listen, complete the form below. *All parts must be complete (in an adequate
manner) in order to receive 1 point towards your final grade.

Task 1: Initial Impressions

Category Your Response
1. General Information
a. Name of what you
watched/listened to

b. Length of time you

watched

2. Specific Information
a. What was the topic?

b. Briefly (in 3-4

sentences) explain what
it was about
3. Your Opinion

a. What’s your opinion

about what you just
listened to or watched?

b. Do you have any

critiques of what you
just listened to or
watched? (biased or
inaccurate information,
ignoring identities of
people, portraying
stereotypes)

4. Reflection
a. What did you enjoy
while watching or
listening?

b. What did you find

difficult (while
listening)?
Task 2: Further Analysis
Directions: Watch or listen to your TV show, movie, TedTalk, YouTube video, podcast, etc. again and
use this time to analyze the language used.

Category Your Response

5. Analyzing the Speech Acts

a. What kind of speaking

occurred?
(i.e., a speech, dialogues,
reporting, etc.)

6. Focusing on New Language

a. What new vocabulary did
you hear? (write at least 5
words)

b. What expressions do you

have questions about?

7. Using the New Language

Chooe at least 5 new words
from above, write a paragraph
(4-5 sentences) that includes
those words. If it’s challenging,
you may write multiple mini-
paragraphs (2-3 sentences) with
a few words.

8. Finding Collocations
Choose at least 5 words from
above and find collocations for
that word using Ozdic.com. Use
the space to the right to write
what you found.