After You Listen

Excerpt 2 – Comprehension

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1.

What is the focus of this listening?

  1. The purpose of goal setting
  2. The importance of SMART goals
  3. How to write goals that are specific and time bound

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2.

Goals can motivate you by giving you focus and direction.

  1. True
  2. False

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3.

“Improve my listening skills” is a goal that is

  1. too general
  2. very specific
  3. SMART

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4.

When a goal is measurable, it helps

  1. give you a definite date for completing the goal
  2. determine your interests
  3. you see how much progress you have made

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5.

Why is it important for a goal to be relevant?

  1. It motivates you.
  2. It ensures that you will finish it on time.
  3. It tells you how to complete it.

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6.

What is an action plan?

  1. A list of changes made to a goal
  2. Steps that will help you achieve the goal
  3. A document that has many SMART goals

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7.

Which of the following is the best example of a SMART goal for a student who finds reading for main ideas a challenge?

  1. I want to improve my skill of reading for main ideas by the end of this term. To do this, I will read two texts of one to two pages a week, identify the main idea, and ask my teacher for feedback.
  2. I want to improve my reading skills by the end of the term. To do this, I will read as many texts as I can.
  3. I want to improve my skill of reading for main ideas by the end of the term. To do this, I will read newspaper articles and identify the main idea in each one.

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