NAMA : MIZA ANISA SARI
CLASS : PBI V B
SUBJECT : TOEFL
TIPS LISTENING of TOEFL TEST
Listening
is the act of hearing attentively. Research shows that 45% of our time is spent
on listening. We listen more than speak, If this listening skill is used in a
proper way we can master the tools of communicative skills. Listening is
difficult, as human mind tends to distract easily. A person who controls his
mind and listens attentively acquires various other skills and is benefited.
Listening
skill makes you successful in workplace, and in the society. Good listening
skill is mandatory to get into a profession in communications,
management, planning, sales, etc. Listening skills involve a different set of
etiquettes, questioning for explanation, showing empathy and providing a
suitable response. Good listening skills include the understanding ability.
Body language is also a part of listening skill. Eye contact with the speaker,
sitting straight and alert are the good gestures of a good listener. So Listening
is the importand character in english
education exspecialy in toefl skill, because
we must understanding what speaker say
and what speaker want.
There
are different types of listening depending upon the situation and the
environment, where the listening takes place. So In this essay I will explain more about listening strategies in TOEFL
test. Few important types are
before we are listening is :
Read before you listen – predict the answer One difficulty in the exam is that
you are not just listening, but reading the question and writing the answer all
at the same time. One simple tip is to read the questions before you listen so
that you know what you are listening for. It is a difficult skill to master,
but it can sometimes help to try and predict the type of answer you are looking
for: is it a name for instance or the number.
Read as you listen – focus on the
whole question
A huge proportion of mistakes are
made not because you haven’t listened well, but because you you do not focus on
the question. As you are listening focus on the precise wording of the question
of speaker.
Look at 2 questions at once
One difficulty is that the answers
to 2 questions often come quickly one after the other. Can you get both
answers? Maybe, maybe not: but the only way you can is if you are ready for the
next question. I’d add that it’s no problem getting one question wrong, the
real problem is if you lose track of where you are in the listening and you are
still listening for question 13 when the cassette has moved onto question 15.
Don’t leave the writing to the end
Sometimes candidates leave the writing part to the end,
thinking that they will remember what they heard. In my experience, this almost
never works: there’s a lot of information, you’re under stress and, most
importantly, after each listening you should be moving onto the next set of
questions to read them.
Practice your shorthand
You do not have to write everything that you down: you have
10 minutes at the end to copy your answers onto the answer sheet. So what you
need to do is to learn how to write down enough for you to recognise as you are
listening so that you can write it out in full later. The one exception to this
is in part 1 with numbers and names where you have to write everything out in
full as you are listening – that is the challenge.
Numbers and names – check your spelling
In part 1, you are almost invariably
required to spell names and/or write down numbers. This looks easy, but in my
experience can often go wrong and the problem is that if you get any spelling
wrong, you lose the mark Of course you know the alphabet, but some letters can
cause problems even for advanced learners, in particular :
My
tip is to make an association that you can remember: these are mine, but I
suggest you make your own:
How
do you spell “why”? W-H-Y
A
is for apple
E
is for elephant
I
is for ‘I”
Don’t write the answer too quickly
Sometimes you hear what you think is
the answer, but the speaker goes on to correct themselves or give slightly
different information:
“So
I’ll see you on Wednesday afternoon”
“Sorry,
I’m busy then. How about Thursday evening?”
“Fine,
Thursday at 7 0’clock”
Don’t leave any blank answers
There are 2 reasons for this. Firstly, your guess may well
be correct, particularly if it is a multiple choice style question. Secondly,
there is a danger if you leave a blank that you write the answers in the wrong
boxes on the answer sheet and that can be a disaster.
Listen for repeated information
This doesn’t always work, but sometimes the words that are
the answer are repeated: if you need to make a guess choose the words you hear
repeated, they could well the be answer.
Look for clues in the
question
A frequent question type is completing a table; in this type
of question you will often find clues to the answer by looking at the other
information in the table. In particular, look at the headings of the rows and
columns: if, for example, the heading says “equipment” and some of the
completed boxes say “paperclips” and “cardboard” you have a good clue as to
what you should be listening for.
The conclution of this
esay is makes you understanding study of
listening toefl and can successful to study . Because good listening skill is mandatory
to get into a profession to understanding probelem in study of toefl, and can help you in communications, management, planning,
sales, etc. Listening skills involve a different set of etiquettes, questioning
for explanation, showing empathy and providing a suitable response. And don’t
forget before istening you must rember :
Read before you listen – predict
the answer, Read as you listen – focus
on the whole question, Look at 2 questions at once, Don’t leave the writing to
the end, Practice your shorthand, Numbers and names – check your spelling,
Don’t write the answer too quickly, Don’t leave any blank answers, Listen for
repeated information, Look for clues in the question.
I hope
this method can help to student good listening skill. For is a tips used for understanding, what is
being said by taking into account how something is said and the nonverbal signs
and body language that accompanies it. This technique requires practice as
listening is very difficult. A person who controls is mind and practices
attentive listening will be successful in life and his career .
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