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