Fadila Vena's Listening Diary

  Name                   : Fadila Vena Permatasari Student Number   : 21202244035 a.  Website  :       b.  Audio name  : Grit: The power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth       c.    Level  : Intermediate/medium.        d. Summary   Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is sticking with your future. Day in, day out, not just for a week or a month but for years, and working really hard to make that future a reality. In fact, based on the data, grit is usually unrelated or even inversely related to measures of talent. The best idea about building grit in kids is the growth mindset. It is the belief that the ability to learn is not fixed, it can change with your effort. e.   Vocabularies -   Grit : tekad -  Perseverance : ketekunan ...

  Name                   : Fadila Vena Permatasari Student Number   : 21202244035 a.       Website  : b.       Audio name  : The teenage brain c.       Level  : Intermediate/medium. d.       Summary The listening selection is about teenagers' brains that are still developing in areas that control behavior, which could mean that you can't blame them for acting the way they do. Before the 1990s people believed that something different about the way our brains develop. The prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain right at the front, just behind the forehead and it's involved in a whole range of very high-level cognitive tasks such as decision making and planning. e.       Vocabularies -        adolescence: the period when someo...

    Name                   : Fadila Vena Permatasari Student Number   : 21202244035 a.       Website  : b.       Audio name : What is the key to happiness? c.       Level : Intermediate/medium. d.       Summary The listening selection is about some tips to improve our chances of happiness, there are: We should be seeking alignment. We should practice gratitude. We should be more conscious about how we relate to things that happen to us and how much we compare ourselves to others. We need to focus on the quality of our relationship. e.       Vocabularies -        Alignment: there should be harmony between my true sense of who I am, what I think, and how I relate to others. -    Gratitude: feeling grateful and expressing t...