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TOEFL iBT

TOEFL iBT. Listening Strategies. Key Tips. Differentiate Main Idea from Details Don’t Take Notes on Everything Don’t Worry about Understanding Every Word You Can’t Skip Questions Some Questions are Heard, NOT Read. What is Active Listening?. Find the Main Idea Focus on Structure

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TOEFL iBT

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  1. TOEFL iBT Listening Strategies

  2. Key Tips Differentiate Main Idea from Details Don’t Take Notes on Everything Don’t Worry about Understanding Every Word You Can’t Skip Questions Some Questions are Heard, NOT Read

  3. What is Active Listening? • Find the Main Idea • Focus on Structure • Listen for Tone & Attitude • Pay Attention to Transitions

  4. 1. Find the Main Idea Lectures: Main Idea will be at the beginning Conversation: Purpose will be in first sentences for each speaker

  5. 2. Focus on Structure: Lecture Compare / Contrast listen for: several theories; possible explanations; many views… Cause & Effect listen for: why would this happen?; what’s the reason for...? Abstract Category with Examples listen for: one approach; one theory… Sequences listen for: development; stages; process

  6. 2. Focus on Structure: Conversation Problem & Solution listen for: problem; issue; difficulty… Service Encounter listen for: requirement; recommendation; prohibited; form; application… Significant Event listen for: have you heard?; Did you see?

  7. 3. Listen for Tone & Attitude:Lecture Objective: facts Subjective: convincing Compare/Contrast; Cause & Effect Inquisitive: classroom discussion

  8. 3. Listen for Tone & Attitude:Conversation Excited: significant event Disappointed / Upset: problem / solution Uncertain / Confused: service encounters

  9. 4. Focus on Transitions Reversals: abrupt changes requires CLOSE listening “um…”; “well, I’ll get back to that…” Negations: confirmation requires contextual understanding “I don’t have to explain that, RIGHT?”

  10. Final Tips Extreme Answers are usually INCORRECT always; impossible; only; none; every Lectures are STRAIGHT-FORWARD follow a reading structure

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