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M6 A2 Active Listening Exercise

M6 A2 Active Listening Exercise

Q Watch the following video: The Daily Conversation. (2014, September 23). Leonardo DiCaprio’s powerful climate summit speech (Links to an external site.) [Video file,3 minutes 30 seconds]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka6_3TJcCkA Summarize the content of Leonardo DiCaprio’s speech in a minute and a half or less for your recording. Be sure and include Mr. DiCaprio’s position in your written portion of the assignment. How does he defend his position? What is Mr. DiCaprio asking the audience to do (what does he need in the form of actions)? Remember, needs are not always explicitly stated. Also include responses to the following: Did you notice a difference in your ability to summarize in this exercise as compared to the one in the last module? What skills do you still need to work on? What skills do you believe you are performing well? For the written part of this assignment, compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your instructor. To submit your audio file summarizing Leonardo DiCaprio's speech, select the media tab in the submission box. When you are ready, click Record/Upload Media, enter your title, and begin recording. Your recording should be 1:30 minutes or less. (Please note: Firefox is the best browser to use when working with recordings in canvas.) If you have already saved your recording you can upload it by clicking on the Media tab, Record/ Upload Media, then a Record/ Upload Media Comment box will open, select the Upload Media tab, you will then be able to select a file. Once you have submitted your recording, click the Re-submit Assignment button at the top of the page. You will then need to attach your document for the written part of the assignment using the File Upload tab this time. Choose your file and click Submit Assignment. Once you have submitted the the written assignment document the recording will disappear, you will only be able to see both files submitted to the assignment dropbox by clicking on Grades and clicking on that assignment. Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you are ready to submit your work, click “Submit Assignment” in the upper right corner. Click on “Browse,” browse your computer, and select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to the Browse button. Enter your comments, if any, in the Comments area. Click on “Submit Assignment.” ?

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Mr. DiCaprio’s position here as a concerned citizen and not as an expert. The individual has stated important factors related to climate crisis. The climate change is not at all fictitious and we all should be careful about this topic as this is very much serious these days. Climate change is very much real. It is a fact that there an increased temperature in Greenland and West Antarctic and ice-sheets are melting at unprecedented rates. Mr. DiCaprio has also stated that we should be extra cautions regarding the climate change as it is our single greatest security threat.