Sabtu, 22 Maret 2014

Strategy Toefl Listening

Strategy How to Answer Questions TOEFL Listening to Right 

The first part of the TOEFL test is a listening comprehension where participants will listen to a few short dialogue, the dialogue length, and the long speech followed by a question answer choices in the matter of the paper.

For most people listening part is the most difficult in the toefl test. Because people speaking in a conversation, they talk fast and sometimes participants do not understand.

There are some strategies to answer the toefl listening test you can try: 

General Strategy
1. Understand the forms of the command (Direction on each piece (part) well before the big day).
2. Read-choice answers each question when the narrator was reading direction and example problems (Direction already read before the day). 
3. Listen to full concentration and focus your attention on listening to the conversation that is being you listen.
4. Maximize the ability listening the first questions of each part. 

Special Strategies
PART A: Short Conversation
  • Focus on the speaker to hear the second 
  • Don't panic if do not understand the word-for-word in a conversation complete, just need take the ideas and content of the conversation 
  • If you can not understand what was spoken by the second speaker, choose the best answer is different from what you hear 
  • Understand the functional forms of expression (agreement, suggestion, suprise, etc.), and situations when the conversation is being carried out 

PART B: Longer Conversation 

  • When the narrator discuss the direction part B should read the answer choices at a glance and then record it and predict what the theme will be discussed
  • When listening to the conversation, you must know the theme / topic being discussed
  • Beware on each question
  • Attention to the conditions and situations that occur during a conversation regarding the place and the talk time, what and who discussed 

PART C: TALK 

  • If you have time, take a look at the answer choices listed in a booklet and find the key word
  • Beware talks in the first sentences because usually the topic for the next sentences
  • Focus on listening to things related to 5-WH questions (What, Why, Who, When, Where, and How)
  • Make conclusions on the situation that occurs when the conversation is done. 


 Example :

Please listen to the following conversation and lecture. Take notes and then answer the following questions in the form below. Good luck!

Conversation: Listening 1

1. Why does the student go to see the professor?
A) To get help with the concepts in a reading assignment
B) To ask for more time to complete an assigned report
C) To find out important information about course requirements
D) To discuss a theory the professor mentioned in class

2. What does the professor say about class assignments? Choose TWO answers.
A) All projects will include a report.
B) Everyone must complete two projects.
C) Students have a choice of assignment types.
D) All work is due at the end of the semester.

3. According to the professor, what is the advantage of working on a “comprehensive” project?
A) It requires less wok than the focused project.
B) It may be more useful later when looking for a job.
C) It gives the students the opportunity to learn more.
D) It is usually more interesting than the focused project.

4. What can be inferred about the student’s plans?
A) He has scheduled a job interview at an advertising firm.
B) He will not take any marketing classes next semester.
C) He has not yet decided on a possible career.
D) He will miss more classes to attend student council meetings.


Listen again to part of the conversation. Then answer question 5.

5. What does the professor mean when he says this?
A) The student should take his class work more seriously.
B) Class assignments may help the student in job interviews.
C) The student should become more involved with some campus sports activities.
D) An on-campus job would provide the student with valuable experience.


Lecture: Listening 2

1. What is this lecture mainly about?
A) The history of advertising methods
B) A study of children’s reactions to advertising
C) The ways advertisers try to attract consumers
D) Research on consumers’ spending habits

2. What does the professor imply about the relationship between psychology and business?
A) Businesspeople should be more open in expressing their emotions.
B) Advertisers need to understand psychological principles.
C) Psychologists must learn how to advertise their services.
D) Psychology students should take classes in business.

3. Why does the professor talk about blue jeans?
A) To comment on historical trends in popular clothing
B) To give an example of a product unlikely to be promoted using fear
C) To discuss the clothing preferences of college students
D) To discuss the importance of finding the right pair

4. According to the professor, what factors influence customers’ reactions to advertising? Choose TWO answers.
A) Their desire to satisfy basic biological needs
B) Their opinion of the company that makes the product
C) Their hope of building better social relationships
D) Their perception of the quality of the product

5. According to the professor, what is the message of some advertising for children’s toys?
A) Parents should buy toys that are educational.
B) New toys are designed better than older toys.
C) Parents and children should play with toys together.
D) A child with a new toy will have more friends.

Listen again to part of the lecture. Then answer question 6.
  
6. What does the professor imply when she says this?
A) There was a good reason for putting people in the picture.
B) She does not remember the main point of her lecture.
C) The advertiser forgot to consider basic human instincts.
D) She wants students to learn how to develop advertisements correctly.

This will allow us to gather student answers and see the trickiest questions for you and create the best lessons for our class as a result.

Conversation: Listening 1

1) C
2) A, C
3) B
4) C
5) B

Lecture: Listening 2

1) C
2) B
3) B
4) A, C
5) D
6) A


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