4th
Listening
Listening activities
Clarifying misconceptions about listening: listening and
hearing are not the same thing
Listening to
interviews& speeches
and analyzing them
Overcoming challenges to effective listening: faulty
listening behaviours / reasons for poor listening.
Personal listening styles: content / people/ action/ time
oriented.
Prepare for an
Examination
Revision for mid-term examination
Presidential Speeches
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Barack Obama | George Bush | Bill Clinton | George H. W. Bush | Ronald Reagan | Jimmy Carter |
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon | Lyndon B. Johnson | John F. Kennedy | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Franklin D.
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Barack Obama
On November 4, 2008, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois was elected president of the
United States over Senator John McCain of Arizona. Obama became the 44th president, and the first
African American to be elected to that office. More on Barack Obama >>
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Becoming a Candidate: Barack Obama
Election 2008: Barack Obama
Inaugural Address: Barack Obama
George Bush
George Walker Bush (1946- ) took office as the 43rd U.S. president in 2001. The son of
former president George H.W. Bush, he had previously served as governor of Texas. Bush’s tenure was
largely shaped by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to which he responded with a range of
domestic and global initiatives aimed at strengthening national security. He established the Department
of Homeland Security, launched an international “War on Terrorism” and ordered the invasion of
Afghanistan and Iraq. Bush served two terms. More on George Walker Bush >>
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Bush Addresses U.S. Troops in Somalia
Bush Speaks After Gore's Final Concession
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (1946- ), the 42nd president of the United States, was elected
in 1992 after serving as governor of Arkansas. He oversaw an era of peace and prosperity, marked by
low unemployment, declining crime rates and a budget surplus. In his second term, a sex scandal led to
Clinton’s impeachment by the House of Representatives; the Senate later acquitted him of all charges.
Clinton’s wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has also had a career in politics, serving first in the U.S. Senate
and then as President Barack Obama’s secretary of state. More on William Jefferson Clinton >>
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Inaugural Address: Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton delivers State of the Union
Bill Clinton denies sexual relationship
Bill Clinton on the death of Richard Nixon
Bill Clinton Sends Troops to Haiti
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush (1924- ) served as vice-president under Ronald Reagan
before his election as the 41st U.S. president in 1988. He took office amid major shifts in the world
order, including the collapse of the Soviet Union, making foreign policy a central focus of his presidency.
When Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait in 1990, Bush helped forge a military coalition that swiftly resolved the
conflict. Despite this success, Bush served only a single term, losing to Bill Clinton in the midst of a
faltering economy. More on George Herbert Walker Bush >>
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George H.W. Bush Debates Dukakis
Inaugural Address: George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush Announces Start of Gulf War
George H.W. Bush on Rutheless Politics
George H.W. Bush on Bragging
George H.W. Bush on Losing the White House
George H.W. Bush on Service and Patriotism
George H.W. Bush on His Can-Do Attitude
George H.W. Bush on His Decision to Run
George H.W. Bush on Self Confidence