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 AAA Cite This 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 >> 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 >> 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 >> 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 >> 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