My Listening Diary week 7

 Name                   : Fadila Vena Permatasari

Student Number   : 21202244035

a.     Website :

b.     Audio name : Is being kind good for you?

c.     Level : Intermediate/medium.

d.     Summary

The listening section is about the benefits of being kind to others and the answer to the question is being kind good in politics? The main benefit of being kinds is that we feel kindness in ourselves. It's called the gift that keeps on giving. For our brain, being kind is feels as good as any other pleasurable activity, for example eating something yummy -it tastes nice. So, kindness is good for our personal life. Jennifer (co-director of a movement called compassion in politics) says that kindness is dismissed as fluffy-soft and woolly, something not considered serious or important. But in fact, being compassionate is not easy and takes courage.

e.     Vocabulary

-       a warm glow: an inner feeling of happiness.

-    pleasurable activity : aktivitas yang menyenangkan 

f.      Things I learn from this topic

I learn about the benefits of being kind to other people for our brain, and I also learn that a smile is a top of an act of random kindness to strangers based on research. But, in political life, it's not easy to act kindly. 

g.     Self-Assessment

Questions	Yes	No	Maybe
The speed was OK.	v
The vocabulary was OK.	v
The pronunciation was OK.	v
This helped my listening skills.	v
I think my listening skills are improving.	v
I need to improve : Listening to the fast speech, listening to other accents, my vocabulary.	v