VOTING BY PHONE

STEP 1 GET READY BEFORE LISTENING: pre listening activities

> List the potential advantages and the potential risks of voting with your smartphone.

STEP 2 GETTING READY WITH THE VOCAB!

Listen to (=click on each link) and match each word taken from the document with its definition.

a. increase (v) 1. come and vote (V)

b. ballot (N) 2. easy to use

c. a polling place (GN) 3. write or type information in spaces that are provided for it

d. fill out (V) 4. number of people who participate in an event

e. board of election (GN) 5. a place where people go to vote in an election

f. convenient (adj) 6. a piece of paper where people cast a secret vote

g. turnout (N) 7. become progressively greater/augment

h. turn out (phrasal verb) 8. group of people who are responsible for controlling elections

>> check the vocab : download the file at the bottom of the page "correction pre listening activity voting by phone")

STEP 3 organize your notes: use the following mind map style to give it a try!

STEP 4 Listen to the document for the first time check your suppositions and spot the key elements (type, number of speakers/who they are/topic)

> DOWNLOAD THE MP3 FILE (bottom of the page)

STEP 5 Listen again and try to tzke notes on as much as you can about the experiment (= a test in order to discover that something works)

You can listen as many times as you want as it's just a training!

STEP 6 Recap in French what you've understood make sure your answer these questions (WHO/WHERE/WHEN/WHAT/TONE/PURPOSE/PEOPLE'S OPINION ON THE TOPIC)

CHECK! Download the correction of the summary and compare it to what you have found.

>> "correction voting by phone" (bottom of the page)

DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPT AND LISTEN WHILE FOLLOWING ON THE SCRIPT AND MIND THE PRONUNCIATION AND THE INTONATION.

>>"transcript NBC cut" (bottom of the page)