Classwork– Listening for Key points
Below is the exam paper from June 2013. You are going to watch the two listenings(lecture + interview)and then do TASKS 1&2. You should also prepare an outline for Task 3, based on the listening AND the information provided in the Reading Comprehension and Use of English papers which you did for homwork.
Be sure to read through to the bottom of this document to understand exactly what type of text you are writing, what is the purpose of the text you are writing, and who you are writing for ( The iied).
I have reproduced some slides from the talk below to help you with any supporting detail.
In sum:
- Watch the lecture and interview
- Make two lists of key points (one list for each)
- Prepare an outline for an article listing recommendations for the upcoming G8 summit based on the lecture, interview, readings and use of english.
You can find the lecture at:
You can find the interview at:
YOU CAN FIND A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE “IF” CAMPAIGN AT:
AND YOU CAN FIND AN ARTICLE POSTED TO THE IIED WEBSITE IN THE RUN UP TO THE G8 SUMMIT HERE:
Don’t worry if your list of recommendations doesn’t match this one. Just see if you included some of the KEY ISSUES/OBJECTIVES.
Università degli Studi di TrentoSchool of International Studies / Two-Year Master’s Degree in European and International Studies
English Language
Listening + Writing
/ a.a. 2012 – 201317 June 2013
Name:______Mat. No. ______
Feeding Frenzy - Paul McMahon
Can we feed a population that will grow to nine billion by 2050? Are we running out of land and water? Can we rely on free markets to provide? And is the current turmoil an early sign that the global food system will not cope?
You are going to listen to a lecture given by Paul McMahon, sustainability author and advisor to The Prince of Wales’s International Sustainability Unit, co-founder, SLM Partners and author given at the RSA on March 7 2013. He explains how the global food system works today, and uncovers the huge inequalities and imbalances that pervade it. He also considers price spikes, market manipulation, land grabs and the race to control food supplies, and asks - can we feed a world of nine billion… and at what cost?
As the media continues to tell a story of coming world food crisis, is the trend inevitably towards exploitation, hunger and conflict? Or is there an alternative path - one that leads to a fairer, more sustainable food system for all?
The charts below are referred to in the lecture.
Task 1
Listen to the lecture and take notes. After listening, organise your notes in a coherent way so that you can draw up a list of the key points made in the speech.
Task 2
You are now going to listen to a short interview with Fred Pearce, author of the book The Land Grabbers. Take notes as some of the information will help you in Task 3. Organise these notes into a further list of key points.
Task 3
You are working as an intern for the international policy research organisation, the IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development – see below for information about the IIED). In preparation for the G8 2013 summit in Belfast on June 17-18 you have been asked to write an article to be published on the IIED website. The article will outline the IIED’s recommendations for policy decisions, urging the G8 to make strong commitments in its final declaration.
Your article will draw not only on the information from the Lecture, but on any relevant information in the reading texts and the Use of English text.
Who we are
IIED is one of the world’s most influential international development and environment policy research organisations. Founded in 1971 by economist Barbara Ward, who forged the concept and cause of sustainable development, we work with partners on five continents. We build bridges between policy and practice, rich and poor communities, the government and private sector, and across diverse interest groups. We contribute to many international policy processes and frameworks, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the UN conventions on climate change and biological diversity.
What we do
IIED carries out research, advice and advocacy work. We carry out action research — generating robust evidence and know-how that is informed by a practical perspective acquired through hands-on research with grassroots partners — and we publish in journals and maintain high research standards. We advise government, business and development agencies, and we argue for changes in public policy. We focus on bottom-up solutions, stay open to flexible, adaptable solutions and are marked by a tradition of challenging conventional wisdom through original thinking.
Who we work with
Partnerships are key to the way we work at IIED. By forging alliances with individuals and organisations ranging from urban slumdwellers to global institutions, we help strengthen marginalised people’s voices in decision making and ensure that national and international policy better reflects the agendas of poorer communities and countries. Some of our partners are people working in other nongovernment organisations, governments, academia, indigenous people’s groups, global institutes and multilateral agencies such as the UN. Others are alliances that we either steer or work very closely with, often at the grassroots level in developing countries. We also play an active role in international networks, such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
IIED builds bridges: between local and global, policy and practice, rich and poor, government and private sector, and across diverse interest groups. Our strength lies in our combination of research and action — generating robust evidence and know-how that is informed by a practical perspective acquired through hands-on research with grassroots partners.
Our mission is to build a fairer, more sustainable world, using evidence, action and influence in partnership with others.
IIED and the Fight Against Hunger
IIED supports the UN’s Zero Hunger Challenge and the Enough Food for Everyone If Campaign and is committed to promoting policies which contribute to eliminating hunger in the world.
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