TELP/TOEFL

– Listening
– Grammar and written expression
– Reading
– Speaking
Listening Skill
Listening Skill
30 – 40 min
1. Part A: Short Conversation

1 – 30

2. Part B: Longer Conversation

31 - 38

3. Part C: Long Talk/Speech

39 - 50
LISTENING PART A
Listening: Part A

• There are always 2 people and 1 narrator

•  You don’t have to understand everything
•  Focus on the 2nd speaker/ line
•  The narrator will ask the words:
• What does the woman suggest?
• What does the woman mean?
• What does the woman imply?
• Who?
• Where?
Skill 1 - 6

1. Restatement
2. Negative Expression
3. Suggestion
4. Passive
5. Who and Where
6. Agreement
1. Re-statement

• Restatements of key word/ idea in the 2nd line

• Restatement = state it again in different way/ using different words
(synonyms)
• Focus on the 2nd line
• Avoid choosing answer that sounds like in the conversation
Example

(woman): Steve, is something the matter? You don’t look very good.

(man): Oh, I’m feeling a little sick today.
(narrator): What does the man mean?

(A) He's not very good-looking.

(B) He’s a bit ill.
(C) He looks worse
(D) His feet are little
2. Negative Expression

• Still focus on the 2nd line

• Focus on the negative expressions on the 2nd line
• Find the opposite statement in the answer
• The cat is not dead = alive
• The shop is not open = close

• The cat is not dead : alive

• The shop is not open: close
Example

(woman) Did you get a lot of work done at the library today?

(man) I couldn’t. It was not very quiet there.
(narrator) What does the man mean?

A. The library was noisy.

B. He got a lot
C. He couldn’t quite get to the library
D. The library’s a good place to work because it’s
3. Suggestion

• Still focus on the 2nd line

• Listen for suggestion expressions on the 2nd line
• Why don’t….
• Why not…
• Let’s…
Example

(man) I haven't talked with my parents in a while.

(woman) Why don't you call them now?
(narrator) What does the woman suggest?

(A) Calling off his grand parents

(B) Talking about his parents
(C) Calling his friends
(D) Phoning his parents
Passive: to be + v3

– I eat rice
– Rice is eaten by me
4. Passive

• Still focus on the 2nd line

• You need to understand how passive sentences in English work
• S+V+O (active) = O+ to be + by agent….
• If the conversation is active = the answer will be passive
• if the conversation is passive = the answer will be active
– I eat rice
– Rice is eaten
Example

(man) Is that a new chair?

(woman) Yes, we just bought it last week.
(narrator) What does the woman mean?

(A) She brought the chair with her.

(B) The chair was lost for a week. x
(C) The chair was purchased recently.
(D) She bought the last chair from the store.
5. Who and Where

– In this type of question the answer is not clearly stated; instead you must 
draw  a conclusion based  on clues given in the conversation. One kind of
conclusion  that is common in this part of the test is to ask you to
determine who the speaker is, based on clues given in the conversation.

– Another type of conclusion that is common in Listening Part A is to

determine where the conversation probably takes place, based on clues given
in the conversation.
Who and Where

• Draw a conclusion based on your experience/ prior knowledge

• Focus on keywords in Line 1 and Line 2
• Who = a person (profession/ occupation)
• Who is probably talking?
• Where = a place (restaurant, school, library, train station, bank, etc.)
• Where does the conversation probably take place?
Who

Example

(man) What do you do during your performances?

(woman) I play the piano and sing.
(narrator ) Who is the woman most likely to be?

(A) An athlete
(B) A member of the audience
(C) A clerk in a music store
(D) A musician
Where

Example

• (man) I’d like to open an account, please.

• (woman) What type of account would you file, a checking or savings account?
• (narrator) Where does this conversation probably take place?

• (A) In an accounting class

• (B) In a bank.
• (C) At a sew ice station.
• (D) In a market.
6. Agreement

• Focus on the 2nd Line

• Be familiar with agreement/ disagreement expressions/ phrases
A: the news made me surprised
B: you can say that again
Agree
Disagree
• Me, too!
• So do I • I don’t think so
• I’ll say
• Not really
• You can say that again
• That’s so true • No way
• Tell me about it
• I’m not sure about that
• Absolutely
• No doubt about it • That’s not always true
• I was just going to say that
– She wants to go to university
– She has the same opinion with the
man
– She shares the same opinion
– She agrees
– She shares the same opinion
– She has the same idea
Example

(man) I thought that the meal was overpriced.

(woman) Me, too.
(narrator) What does the woman mean?

(A) There were too many spices in the restaurant

(B) She has the same opinion of the meal as the man
(C) She wants to share the man’s meal
(D) The price of the meal was overpriced
Listening: Part B

– It consists of  two long conversations, each followed by a number of questions

– You will hear the conversations and the questions on a recording; they are not
written in your  test book.
– You must choose the best answer  to each  question  from  the  four choices tha
are written in your test book.
Topics

– The conversations are often about some aspect of school  (how  difficult  a class
is, hot to write a research paper, how  to  register for a course) or about general
living (renting an apartment, playing sports, going  to  the  bank). 

– The conversations can also be about topics currently in the news in the United
States (desalination of the water supply, recycling of used products,  damage
from a storm or some other  forms of natural phenomenon).
Tips

– Preview the answers to  the  Listening  Part  B

– Listen carefully to the first line of the conversations. The first line of the
conversation often contains the main idea, subject, or topic of the conversation, and
you will often be asked to answer such questions
– follow along with the answers in your test book, and try to determine the correct
answers.
– The answers often sound the same as what is said on the recording 
– guess even if you are not sure
– Use any remaining time to look ahead at the answers
The Questions

you will read:

(A) On Monday.
(B) Next week.
(C) Tomorrow.
(D) After class.

You try to anticipate the question:

When will something happen?
The Topic

You should be thinking about the topic (subject) or main idea for each
conversation. Since the first one or two sentences generally give the topic, you
should be asking yourself what the topic is while you are listening carefully to the
first part of the conversation.
The Order of the Answer

– The answers in Listening Part B are generally found in order in the

conversation. This means that as you listen to the conversation, you should be
thinking about the answers to the questions in the order that they are listed in the
test book.
LISTENING PART C
Listening: Part C

– This consists of three talks

– You will hear the talks and the questions on a recording; they are not written in
your test book.
– The talks are often about some aspect of school life or topics currently in the
news. It is also very common for the talks to be shortened versions of lectures
from courses taught  in American colleges and universities.