Strategies for TOEFL iBT Listening Section
TOEFL iBT Listening
section is delivered immediately after the Reading section. The Listening
section of TOEFL iBT measures your ability to understand spoken English in
academic settings. In TOEFL iBT the listening is done for 3 major purposes:
1. Listening for basic
comprehension.
2. Listening for
pragmatic understanding.
3. To connect and
combine ideas presented in multiple information sources.
Each part of the
Listening section (2 or 3 parts) consists of 1 long conversation and two
lectures. The test takers hear each lecture or conversation only once. Lectures
and conversations are 3-5 minutes long. During the listening the time is not
running. The allotted time of 10 minutes for each part is only for answering
the questions.
Ø Preparation Strategies
Listen to spoken English from multiple sources as much as
possible. Listen to English spoken movies and English spoken TV channels,
listen to the radio and as many other listening sources as you may find. It would
be better if your passages are academic or close to what is in TOEFL iBT. The
more you practice listening, the better listener you will become.
Listen for the main idea. It is usually found at the beginning of
the listening passages, while the details are dispersed throughout the lecture.
The main idea will give you understanding of what the conversation/lecture is
about. Then you may listen for details.
Learn to find how the ideas are presented in
the listening passage. Some of the main relations between ideas include
cause/effect, compare/contrast, and steps in a process.
Learn to listen for signal words that
indicate different part of the passage - introduction, major steps, examples,
conclusions, etc.
Build your vocabulary. While listening, try to guess the
meaning of unfamiliar words from context. It is very important since there is a
big chance to come across words you don't know at the real test. Then, you
should guess their meaning. Write down every word you don't know and include it
in your wordlist. Try to memorize it and use it in your speaking and writing.
Flashcards could be a great way to improve your vocabulary.
Listen to conversations
or lectures with variety of
accents. In TOEFL iBT Listening section there is a variety of accents and
pronunciations. For this reason, you should practice listening to a people with
different accents and pronunciation patterns.
Practice note-taking. Note-taking is allowed during all sections of
TOEFL iBT. Effective note-taking may highly improve your performance. It is
almost impossible to memorize all clues and details provided in the Listening
section. Moreover, you can hear the passages ONLY ONCE. Therefore, to answer
the questions you have to rely on what you remember from the passage and your
notes. See also our Effective Note-Taking Strategies.
Summarize in writing what you have heard, using your notes. Thus,
you will learn to find the purpose and main idea of the listening, and also the
most important details. You will also learn to take and use notes. It also
helps in improving your writing skills.
Familiarize yourself with the type of questions in TOEFL iBT. Make
sure that during the preparation you learn what answers are required by the
different types of question. Some questions may ask you to provide two answers,
others to click in a chart box. If you are familiar with the question types,
you may save important time.
Ø At the exam strategies
Forget about the Reading section. Now it is time to fully
concentrate on the Listening section.
The clock is ticking
only when you are answering the questions and not when you are listening to the
passages. So, when you listen, forget
about the clock.
Prepare for note-taking. Before the section starts, write down
the words 'main idea', 'major points', and 'important details'. Under which
word you will place your notes from the listening passage.
Do not be distracted by
the speaker's accent, speaking style and delivery. Focus on the content and flow of information the speaker(s)
deliver.
Listen to find clues that will help you understand what the
speaker's purpose, attitude and degree of certainty is. Listen for words that
show relationship between ideas.
Pay attention to
the visual materials. Some of
the visual materials in the Listening section bring important information.
Blackboards show important words or phrases that are discussed during the
lecture. Illustrations and graphics support the information presented in the
lecture. They are available only when the lecturer refers to them.
Answering is different. In the Listening section you may not
return to the previous questions to correct your answers. Nevertheless, you
have to confirm twice that you want to move to the next question. First, when
you provide your answer you have to press the NEXT button. After pressing the
NEXT button you may alter you answer. To move to the next question you have to
press OK button. Sometimes test
takers forget this and lose important time. Please, set your mind that you have
to press two buttons.
Take a guess. There is no penalty for an incorrect answer in
TOEFL iBT. It doesn't bring any points. If you see you are running out of time,
just take a guess and mark answers for all remaining questions. There is 25 %
chance to guess the right answer.
Name :
Ocktavira Firmani
Class : 3 eb 16
Subject : Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2 #
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