Listening: Listening for Inference, Attitude, & Opinion B1 - Lesson 3: Distinguishing Simple Facts from Opinions in Short Talks

Interactive English Lesson: Listening B1
Listening B1
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Fact vs. Opinion

ការពិត និង មតិយោបល់

When listening to a talk, you must separate what is true (Facts) from how the speaker feels (Opinions).

នៅពេលស្តាប់អត្ថបទ ឬការសន្ទនា អ្នកត្រូវចេះបែងចែករវាងការពិត ដែលអាចបញ្ជាក់បាន និងមតិយោបល់/អារម្មណ៍របស់អ្នកនិយាយ។
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Listening for Facts analytics

ស្តាប់រកការពិត (ព័ត៌មានដែលមិនអាចប្រកែកបាន)

Listen for: Numbers, Dates, Times, Names, and Science.

Signal: Measurements / Science
Water boils at 100 degrees.
ទឹកពុះនៅសីតុណ្ហភាព ១០០អង្សាសេ។
Signal: Time / Events
The meeting starts at 9 AM.
ការប្រជុំចាប់ផ្តើមនៅម៉ោង ៩ ព្រឹក។
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Listening for Opinions chat_bubble

ស្តាប់រកមតិយោបល់ (អារម្មណ៍ ឬការគិត)

Listen for: "I think", "believe", "should", and strong adjectives.

Signal: Mental Verbs
I think this movie is boring.
ខ្ញុំគិតថារឿងនេះគួរឱ្យធុញ។
Signal: Subjective Adjectives
That is the best restaurant in town.
នោះគឺជាភោជនីយដ្ឋានដែលឆ្ងាញ់បំផុតក្នុងទីក្រុង។
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Blended Sentences extension

ប្រយោគចម្រុះ (ការពិត + មតិ)

Speakers often mix facts and opinions in one sentence. Listen closely!

FACT The flight is 12 hours long...
OPINION ...and it will be exhausting.
ជើងហោះហើរនេះមានរយៈពេល ១២ ម៉ោង ហើយវានឹងហត់នឿយខ្លាំងណាស់។
warning The "Fake Fact" Trap!

Just because someone says "It is a fact", doesn't mean it is!

(ប្រយ័ត្ន! អ្នកនិយាយខ្លះប្រើពាក្យបន្លំដូចជា "ការពិតនោះគឺ..." ប៉ុន្តែបន្ទាប់មកគេនិយាយពីមតិរបស់គេទៅវិញ។)
"It is a fact that cats are better than dogs." close This is still an OPINION because "better" cannot be scientifically measured!
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ស្តាប់ ហើយឆ្លើយសំណួរ
Listen to the sentence. Is it a Fact or an Opinion?
(ស្តាប់សំឡេង រួចជ្រើសរើស)
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Listening Lab headphones

ស្តាប់ ហើយឆ្លើយសំណួរ
Listen to the sentence. Is it a Fact or an Opinion?
(ស្តាប់សំឡេង រួចជ្រើសរើស)
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Listening Lab headphones

ស្តាប់ ហើយឆ្លើយសំណួរ
Blended Sentence: Identify the OPINION part.
តើផ្នែកមួយណាជាមតិយោបល់?
THE TRAP! close
Listen carefully. Fact or Opinion?
(តើនេះជាការពិត ឬជាមតិ?)
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អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!
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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!
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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តផ្ទាល់!

Tone of Voice

មេរៀនជាវីដេអូ

Intonation Tip: Native speakers often use a "flat" or steady voice when stating facts. When sharing opinions, their voice pitch goes up and down to show emotion! Watch the video to hear the difference.

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តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!
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Sovan 2 hours ago

Teacher, what if everyone in the world agrees on something? Like "Ice cream is delicious." Does it become a fact then?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Brilliant question, Sovan! Even if 99.9% of people agree, "delicious" is still a feeling/judgment. It cannot be scientifically proven or measured with a machine. Therefore, grammatically and logically, it remains an Opinion! icecream

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Vireak 5 hours ago

What about words like "probably" or "maybe"? Are sentences with those words facts or opinions?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 4 hours ago

Words like "probably," "maybe," and "perhaps" are called "hedging" words. They show that the speaker is guessing or isn't 100% sure. Because it involves the speaker's judgment of a situation, we generally classify statements with these words as Opinions (or Inferences), not pure Facts. search

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