Download - Stragegies Tips and Techniques Listening
Strategies Tips and Techniques Listening
4 sections
40 questions 40 minutes
1 Question sheet
1 Answer sheet Audio runs 30 minutes
Make notes
Write answers onto question sheets
10 minutes to transfer answers to answer sheets Sections contains 1-4 question types
Sections are divided into several parts with different question types
Question types have different instructions Listen to example answer
Focus on speakers accent
Read instructions
Prepare questions Preparing questions
Identify question type
Underline key words
Look for question words
Paraphrase words
Predict language 30 seconds to prepare Section 1
Non-academic 2-4 speakers
Social situations
Conversations
Telephone calls
Personal information
Dates, times, places, names, numbers, etc. Foreign addresses
Foreign names and titles
Fractions/Decimals/Percentages Section 2
Non-academic
1 speaker
Social situations
Listen to talks Section 3
Academic
2-4 speakers
Lectures
Talk about a lecture
Listen to a lecture Listen to different voices and accents
Listen for answers
Tips and techniques for preparing questions
Technical vocabulary
Let some words go Section 4
Academic
1 speaker
Listen to a lecture
Listen for signposts
Firstly, another point is, moving on to
Listen for proper nouns and technical words Question Types
Note completion
Form completion
Table completion
Sentence completion
Summaries
Visual multiple choice
Matching lists
Labeling diagrams
Labeling maps
Flow charts
Multiple choice
Classification
Short answer (rare)
Listen to instructions
Types of questions
Word/Number count
Number of questions to answer at one time Take notes
Write down on question sheets Follow the order on question sheet
Answers usually come in order
Tick information as you hear it Listen for plurals
Transfer answers to answer sheets Use standard pencils Underline key words
Content words
Words that are difficult to paraphrase Words that help you follow the test
Meaning words
Words that are easy to paraphrase Words that have synonyms Answer words Words that help you predict answers
Words that take you to then next question Paraphrasing
Synonyms
History = the past, before
Predicting
Words that indicate possible language
baseball = ball game, bases, batter, homerun Form Completion Check Instructions Word/Number count
Locate numbered answers
Use arrows to follow order
Tick information as you hear it
Keep your place Names
Last/Family/Surname
Titles
Mr., Ms., head teacher
Signs
Hyphens, semi-colons
Grammar
No sentence completion
Articles are optional Multiple Choice
2 types
Sentence completion Statement with three possible endings/answers Question/Answer Question with three possible answers
Question with list of possible answers
Read question
Underline key words
Prepare questions
Paraphrase and predict language
Look for variety and differences in meaning
Eliminate wrong answers (POE)
Listen for traps
Phrases and expressions that eliminate answers Maps
Read instructions
Locate numbers/letters
Numbers always come in order
Letters not always in order
Listen for key words
Content, meaning, answer Variety of vocabulary
Predict map language
Write notes
Directions and locations
Look for numbers off the map
Look for compass signs
Listen for compound nouns
Listen for paraphrases
Listen for traps Sentence Completion
Read instructions
Word/Number count
Key words
Paraphrase & Predict (PP)
Differences in meaning of words and phrases
Watch for traps Diagrams
Read instructions
Word/Number count
Locate numbered answers
Answers always come in order
Study diagram
Sequence of numbered answers
Location of objects in relations to others
Watch for traps
Writing answers out of order Tables
Read instructions
Word/Number count
Look at headings
Paraphrase and predict answers Key words
Content, meaning, answer Locate numbered answers
Information is presented in rows
Tick information as you listen Flow Charts
Read instructions
Check answer type
Sentence completion
List selection/multiple choice
Study information in and out of answer boxes
Paraphrase and predict language
Look for trends in types of words used
Eliminate words in list selections Summaries
Read instructions
Paraphrase and predict language
Key words
Content, meaning, answer Watch for traps
Grammar
Placement of answers in audio and summary
Tick information as you listen