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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #43909 Medium Personal Journey
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You will see a video about a personal journey in debate and cultural adaptation. Listen to the recording and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses. You will need to select more than one response.

Transcript:

For me, my love of debate is inextricably tied to a life that I've LED of always moving countries. I had to move from South Korea to Australia as an 8 year old without really speaking English, and I quickly found the hardest part of crossing language lines of cultural lines was disagreements, where people tend to be more disruptive to interrupt to speed up and slow down. In response to all that, I resolved to be very agreeable in the way in which I presented at school and to keep my thoughts to myself. The thing that changed that was I joined the debate team of the strength of one promise, which was that in debate when one person. Speaks no one else does. And to someone who had been interrupted and spun out of conversation, that sounded to me like a kind of salvation.

What challenges and changes did the speaker experience after moving from South Korea to Australia?

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Option 2: "Struggling with disagreements and interruptions"

Explanation: The speaker explicitly mentions that the hardest part of crossing language and cultural lines was dealing with disagreements, where people tend to interrupt. This aligns directly with the challenges faced, making this option correct.

Option 1: "Easily adapting to the new language and culture"

Explanation: The text indicates that the speaker struggled with language barriers and cultural differences after moving to Australia, particularly highlighting the difficulties faced in disagreements and interruptions. Therefore, this option contradicts the speaker's experience of not easily adapting.

Option 3: "Becoming very agreeable and keeping thoughts private"

Explanation: The speaker describes resolving to be agreeable and keeping thoughts to themselves as a response to the challenges faced in communication. This reflects a significant change in behavior due to the difficulties encountered, thus making this option correct.

Option 4: "Joining the debate team to find a structured conversation"

Explanation: The speaker mentions that joining the debate team provided a structured environment where one person speaks at a time, which was appealing after experiencing interruptions. This indicates a positive change and aligns with the speaker's journey, making this option correct.

Option 5: "Speaking over others during debates"

Explanation: This option is incorrect as it contradicts the speaker's experience. The speaker had been interrupted and felt the need to keep thoughts private, which does not support the idea of speaking over others.

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