Listening: Categorizing and Summarizing Questions on the TOEFL iBT™

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 Here are some questions to answer while you listen:

  1. What are categorizing and summarizing questions focusing on ?
  2. What are clues you can listen for in the lecture that will help you on the summarizing questions?
  3. What were the 7 steps in the lecture? 
  4. How many summarizing or categorizing questions are on each listening passage? 

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Listening: Prediction Questions on the TOEFL iBT™

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 Here are some questions to answer while you listen:

  1. What is prediction?
  2. What are the conversations usually about on the listening section?
  3. What are some questions to think about during the listening?
  4. What do you think John will do to improve his grade?

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Campus Vocabulary

For the Listening and Speaking sections of the TOEFL iBT™ it’s important to be familiar with common American campus vocabulary. Here is a quick quiz about the names of places on an American university campus:

Where should the student go on campus? Read the student’s problem and then match it with the office he needs to go to.

1.       I need to find out if I can get a scholarship to help pay for my tuition

2.       I need to get a copy of my transcript (school records)

3.       I need to start looking for a job for after graduation

4.       I need to do a chemistry project

5.       I need to turn in my application

___________________________________________________________________

a.       The Registrar

b.      Admissions Office

c.       The Office of Financial Aid

d.      The Science Lab

e.      The Office of Career Services

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Listening: Inference Questions on the TOEFL iBT™

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 Here are some questions to answer while you listen:

  1. What is inference?
  2. What is indirect speech?
  3. What should you listen for to help you make inferences?
  4. Think of reasons we use indirect speech

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Listening: Attitude & Purpose Questions on the TOEFL iBT™

Here’s the latest podcast! Sorry I haven’t posted one in a few weeks.

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 Here are some questions to answer while you listen:

  1. What is the attitude of a speaker?
  2. What are some clues that can help you understand a speaker’s attitude?
  3. What are some purposes a speaker could have?
  4. What are some things you can focus on as you listen for attitude and purpose?

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Websites to Practice Academic Listening

Here are some websites I recommend for academic listening. If you are preparing for a test like the TOEFL® test, try listening to one of these lectures and taking notes as you listen. Start with a short lecture or only listen to part of one. Don’t listen to more than 10 minutes to begin with.  After you listen try to summarize the main ideas from the lecture to a friend in English. 

Listening: Detail Questions on the TOEFL iBT™

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 Here are some questions to answer while you listen:

  1. What are details?
  2. Give a list of different kinds of details.
  3. What are some words that begin detail questions?
  4. Are you allowed to take notes on the test?
  5. What is one way you can improve your listening?

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Listening: Main Idea Questions on the TOEFL iBT™

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 Here are some questions to answer while you listen:

  1. What are main ideas?
  2. Where will you hear the main ideas in a lecture?
  3. What are some common transitions? 
  4. How can you identify incorrect answers?
  5. What is the difference between a main idea and a detail?

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Common Topics for the TOEFL® listening section

Campus conversations are some of the listenings on the TOEFL® test. Usually a student has a problem and is trying to get help. Here are some common topics for the listening section:

  • Parking policy change
  • Choosing a paper/research topic
  • Account problem
  • Registering for classes
  • Dropping a class
  • Missing a class because of an emergency
  • Change in the hours of a school facility Ex. Gym hours, Library hours, Lab hours
  • New lab fee
  • New credit requirements
  • Getting a job on campus
  • Housing
  • Changing meal plan

There are a lot of other possible topics, but usually the topic involves a problem that an average student encounters at an American university.