EXAM PREPARATION

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Developing Listening Skills
 Listening for the main idea 
Listening for details 

MAIN Listening for specific information 

SKILLS Predicting 
INVOLVED Inferring meaning 
IN Identifying emotion 
LISTENING Listening for opinions 
Inferring relationships
Recognizing context 
Predicting Content

Tip:
• Skim through the questions first and try to predict what kind of information
you need to listen out for.
• A question beginning 'How many..?', for example, will probably require you
to listen for a specific number or quantity of something.
Listening for gist (main ideas)

Tip
• Focus and listen out for the content words. (pick up key words, intonation,
and other clues.)
• Try to understand what is happening even if you can’t understand every
phrase or sentence.
 What’s the subject of the passage?

What problem are they discussing?

What does the speaker think about the topic?

Examples of What’s the topic of the passage?

gist questions Look at the Pictures, What are speakers talking about?

What’s the main idea of the passage?

What’s the purpose of the passage?

What’s the main point of the passage?

Listening for details

Tip
• Skim through the questions, underline the important words and decide
what kind of detail you need to identify in the listening text.
Inferring Meaning

Tip
• Whenever you’re listening to a conversation/ audio clip/ etc … and you
don’t understand a word, try to guess its meaning by the context and the
main topic.
Listening for Attitude and Opinions

• Listening beyond what’s being said

Practice …
1. Predicting Content
https://www.ieltsbuddy.com/pre-listening-activities.html
3. Listening for detail
http://www.manythings.org/voa/people/Ray_Kroc.html
5. Listening for attitude and opinions
https://www.esl-lab.com/difficult/hair-loss/
Listening section
The Listening section has 3 parts:
• Part 1. Four short conversations, each followed by 1 question.
• Part 2. One longer conversation, followed by 4 questions.
• Part 3. One lecture, followed by 6 questions.
You will hear each conversation or lecture only one time.
However, you may take notes while listening and use your notes
when answering the questions. You must answer each question
before counting.
To continue to the next question, click the “Next” button. In this
section, you cannot use “Back” button to return to an earlier
question.
The number of questions and the amount of time you have to
answer the questions will be shown separately for each section in
the “Question – Time Left” window on your screen. Time is not
counted while you are listening to the conversation or lecture.
 You should use Active Listening. It involves:

· Guessing what will come next

· asking questions

Active · making educated guesses

Listening
· creating a mental picture

· paying attention to tone of voice, inflection, pauses, and

· taking notes (especially in Parts 2 and 3).

HOW TO ADDRESS PART ONE?
These short conversations will assess your ability to understand the speaker’s
meaning. There will be two speakers, typically a man and a woman. Because these
conversations are so short, there is probably no need to take notes.

Most importantly, you should use active listening to listen closely and carefully.

the situation or place where the conversation occurs

who the speakers are
how the speakers are related

You should create a mental picture of the
conversation that includes the following:
what topic, problem, or question is being discussed
what each speaker believes, feels, and wants
what answer, solution, or conclusion is proposed
how the speakers feel about the problem and solution
whether the speakers agree or disagree about the conclusion
what action(s) is (are) likely to be taken next
 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSC6DBPM
Practice SI&ab_channel=The-iTEPexam
 You should be taking notes
while listening to the script.
These notes should:
HOW TO • 1) identify situation and speakers
ADDRESS • 2) summarize
PART TWO? • i. main points, details
• ii. logical organization
• iii. function and purpose
• 3) guess meaning or attitude from
tone of voice.
Practice

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2QyFafeAtk&ab_channel=The-iTEPe
xam
• Here are sample notes for a response:
• Dr Slinsky, Michael
• Einstein
• most creative thinking as file clerk,
not test-taker or professor
• not what most people think--
Michael is surprised
• patent examiner
• re-thought basic physics: light,
space, time
• Olympia Academy--philosophers
and scientists