Listening Log #5

Watch this video as many times as you like. Then, leave a comment about what happened in the video. Answer the following questions.

1. What was the advertisement for?

2. Has anything like this ever happened to you?

3. What are some of the accents/problems the caller represented?

4. Why was the apartment available at the end of the video?

5. Any other comment you wish to share with the class.

Be sure to read what your classmates have said about the video.

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14 Responses to Listening Log #5

  1. masahiro takahashi says:

    1, It’s an advertisement for fair housing.
    2, I don’t think so. I don’t ever see this situation yet.
    3, caller said, ‘thank you’. It sounds like ‘tenkyu’.
    I think it is strange sound.
    4,Because he pretended some foreiners not American,
    but finally he changed his voice and behavior as American. So, it is available.
    5,I think it is interesting short movie, because
    there is including descrimination. It makes us rethink about it.

  2. 1.This show talk about this company is by law, and if you choose this company, then you can don’t worry.
    2.Never~!!!!
    3.Maybe he want to rent a apartment, or want to ask some identifiable question, but his way is illegal, so it couldn’t work.
    4.He uses his real name.
    5.Sometimes I want to do just this man, but everytime it doesn’t work~!!!!ha…………
    It’s funny video~

  3. Keven says:

    1.It is an advertisement to publicize the law to people who is disrespected.
    2. It has never happened to me.
    3.He tried to rent an apartment but was rejected many times.
    4.Because he used an American name and spoke native English.
    5.It told me that I could protect myself by law when I am disrespected.

  4. shiyuan he says:

    1 it was the show about the company who help the people find a apartment,
    2 no
    3 he want to get a new apartment.
    4 becouse he used the ture name
    5 no~~~~~~~~

  5. JONG CHAN LEE says:

    1.This is a apartment advertisement.

    2.No, I haven’t.

    3.How some people a racist.

    4.They can tell it’s American.

    5.In my opinion racist is very bad.

  6. Elin says:

    1.A telephone sealer about apartment

    2.no

    3.accent problems

    4.He used American voice

    5.please used good pronunciation

  7. Barjas Alhjelan says:

    1- It was apartment rental.
    2- Did not happen to me.
    3- Many dialects such- Indian – Chinese – Mexican – Arabian.. .
    4- Because he speaking tone American.
    5- no. …….

  8. Sachiyo Yamagata says:

    1.It was for fair housing.

    2.No I haven’t. I don’t want to get such a situation.

    3. He represented various English which is spoken by Chinese, Arabic and some countries.

    4.Becouse the caller spoke perfect English.

    5.I want to speak perfect English:)

  9. Eva Machuca says:

    1.That he was searching for an apartment.

    2.I don’t think so.

    3.He call with diferents acent and she only want rent american people.

    4.Becasue his last name is American and his accent too.

    5.We all have rights.

  10. Makoto Ishibashi says:

    1. It was the advertisement for fair housing.

    2. No.

    3. He represented the accent problems which people who speak English as a foreign language have.

    4. He spoke Enlish as a native English speaker.

    5. I realized that some American discriminate because of race when a foreigner even buy a house.

  11. Makoto Ishibashi says:

    5. I also notice that many people in America try to eliminate the discrimination, so I want those advertisements to increase in the U.S.

  12. Takuya Soga says:

    1,It is about house.
    2,no
    3,problem about prononce.
    4,because he use his real name, not fake.
    5,i want to speak english more fluently

  13. nawwaf says:

    1-apartment for rent
    2-no
    3- some indiab, Arabic ,and Chinese
    4- he use american name and the accent
    5- nothing to say

  14. 1-It’s for forigen pepole and what would happen to them ,because of their forigen accent.

    2- I have been rejected in the past ,but it don’t take it based on what the video try to provide.

    3-Many accents.

    4-Has a native sound.

    5-No.

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