Tips and Trick

Listening on TOEFL
By: Ahmad Rifqi
( B.111.20.0312 )
LISTENING
PA R T
 TOEFL

In the listening section there are 3

part

Part A Part C
01 03 Talks
Short Conversation

Part B
02 Longer Conversation
Part A
• Short QUESTION PATTERN
Conversation Each question begins with
question words, especially:
1. What ✓
|
‘’ Inpart A, you will listen to 30 | 2. Where ✓
| 3. When ✓
short conversations between 2
|
people, and every 1 |
conversation will be followed |
by 1 question. After one |
| Rarely does the begin
conversation is finished you
| with:
will hear a question. 4 answer | 1. Why ✓
options are available in the |
|
2. Which ✓
question sheet and only 10 to 12 3. Who ✓
|
seconds are given to answer | 4. How ✓
each question ‘’ |
|
|
 MOST COMMON
QUESTIONS
• What does the (man / woman)
mean? (What do (male / female)
mean?)
• What will the speakers do?
(What will the speaker do?)
• What does the (man / woman) plan
to do? (What (man / woman) is
planning to do?)
• What will the (man / woman)
probably do (next)? (What
might the (man / woman) do
(next)?)
• What is the (man / woman) going
to do? (What will the (man /
woman) do?)
• What does the (man / woman)
imply about ...? (What did the (man /
woman) imply about ...?)
 Tips and Trick listening
part A
Short Conversation

1. Focus your hearing on the second person.

2. Don't panic if you can't understand the complete word

for word in the conversation. You just have to capture
the idea or content of the conversation.

3. If you absolutely cannot understand what the second

speaker is talking about, choose the answer different
from what you hear.
4. Understand the forms of functional expressions such as agreement,
uncertainty, suggestion, surprise, idiomatic expression, and the situation
when the conversation is held.
 In Part B, you will hear a long conversation between two people
and every one long conversation will be followed by a few
Part B questions. The spoken text for each long conversation consists of
. 140 to. 290 words and lasts about 40 to 80 seconds. The topic is
• Longer of a more academic nature such as history, science or science
Conversation university organizations, Here, You will have approximately 12
seconds to answer some of the questions in one long
conversation.
____________________________________

QUESTION PATTERN
These questions usually MOST COMMON QUESTIONS
begin with question words
especially: 1. What is the main topic of this
• What conversation?
• Why 2. Where does the conversation
• How take place?
• Who 3. When did it occur?
• Where
• Whom
 Tips and Trick listening part B
(Longer Conversation )
3. Pay attention to the
2. When listening to conditions and situations
the conversation, you that occur during the
conversation takes place,
must know the theme which concerns the place
/ topic that's being and time of the
talked about. conversation, what and who
is spoken of.

1. When the Narrator

reads out the instructions
for your preferable PartB
read the answer options 4. Be aware of each
at a glance then record question.
them and predict what
themes will be the
conversation.
 ________________
Part C
• Talks
QUESTION PATTERN
•NOTE
- What
In Part C, you will
listen to a short
L - How
I
lecture (talk) and will S - Where
be followed by a few T - Why
E
questions. Usually N
- Who
after a lecture or I - Whom
lecture, you are will N
G
hear 3 (three) to 7

______________
(seven) questions.
Tips And Trick Listening C
Talks

If you have time, look at the answer choices

1 listed on the question sheet and find the word the
key.

Beware of talking in the first sentence because

2 that will usually be the topic of sentences next.

3 Focus your hearing on matters related to the 5W

questions (what, who, when, where, why) and How.

Make a conclusion / infer the situation that

4 occurred when the conversation was held.
 Thank You :’)
I hope you can understand :)
Good bye 👋