During the toefl listening we have to
fully prepared. we have to train more and more. Without practice and study the
test should be really hard and difficult. There’s some strategy for toefl test
on listening section.
1.Listen
to spoken English from multiple sources as much as possible. Such as listen to
English spoken moves and English spoken TV channels, listen to the radio and as
many other listening sources as you may find. The more you practice listening
with this method the better listener you will become.
2.Listen
for the main idea. Its usually found at the beginning of the listening
passages, while the details are dispersed throughout the lecture, but the main
idea will give you understanding of what the conversation is all about. Then
you may listen for the details later.
3.Learn
to find how the ideas are presented in the listening passage. Some of the main
relations between ideas such as cause/effect, compare/contrast, and steps in a
process
4.Learn
to listen for signal words that indicate different part of the passage such as
introduction,major steps,examples,conclusions,etc.
5.Build
your vocabulary. While listening, try to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words
from context. It’s very important since there’s a big chance to come across
words you don’t know at the real test. Then you should guess their meaning. Write
down every word you don’t understand and include it in your wordlist. Try to
memorize it and use it more in your speaking and writing.
6.Practice
note taking. Note taking is allowed during all sections of toefl test. Note taking
may highly improve your performance. It’s almost impossible to memorize all clues
and all the details provided in the listening section. Moreover you can hear
the passage only once. Therefore, to answer the questions you have to rely on
what you remember from the passage and your notes.
7.Summarize
in writing what you’ve heard using your notes. You’ll learn to find the purpose
and main idea of listening, and also the most important details. You’ll also
learn to take and use notes. It also improving your writing skills.
8.Familiarize
yourself with the type of questions. Make sure that during the preparation you
learn what answers are required by the different types of question. Some
questions may ask you to provide two answers, others to click in a chart box. If
you’re familiar with the question types, you don’t have to wasting your time in
one question.
Besides the strategy above you still
have to pay attention, the timer will only count down in the silence that
follows the narrator reading the question. Of all the sections, this is the
only one where students don’t need much help with timing: 10 minutes is actually
enough. Still, here’s a general breakdown for how much time you should spend on
each listening. Each question should take you about 35 seconds to answer.
10 min. - 7 min.: answer 1 - 5 of the
conversation (3 min)
7 min. - 3:30 min.: answer 6 - 11 of the
lecture (3 min 30 sec)
3:30 min. - 0 min.: answer 12 - 17 of the
discussion lecture (3 min 30 sec)
Be aware that sometimes the order of
the listenings will change in a set, so you might hear the discussion lecture
first. However, this doesn’t happen often. You should also memorize the total
time for each listening, which is in parentheses.
When one set finishes, the other will
begin shortly. Again, each set will contain exactly 3 listenings: a
conversation, lecture, and discussion lecture. You will always complete a total
of 2 scored sets. Sometimes though, you will get an experimental set. That’s
right. You’ll have another 3 listenings to do.
First and foremost, you must take good
notes as you listen actively throughout the entire listening. Many students
struggle with this. They take either no notes--so they miss important
information--or too many notes--so they sacrifice understanding and
comprehension. No matter what, take notes. Build the skill and you will
improve.
Every now and then, a student will
tell me that they score high and take no notes. They tell me that notes
distract them. Immediately I think, well, you would score even higher if you
did, but if your score is high enough, don’t change what works for you.
However, if you’re reading this, then you want to get the best score that you
can, so take notes.
If you find that notes distract you,
experiment with your notes. It’s like saying that exercise makes you weaker.
Yes, in the beginning it might, but over time it builds your strength immensely
and you can’t be as strong as you can be without it. I hope that analogy makes
sense.
Just as in the reading, the same
question types will appear again and again in the listening section. The
difference is that we don’t have a reading to refer to but only our notes and
our memory. As a result, strategy for this question is not too intense but a
general guide to aid in your choosing the correct answers. Below are the types.
Main Idea, Detail, Choose 2 or 3 detail,
Inference, Attitude, Purpose
Read every answer choice and read each word
carefully before choosing an answer. You are missing points because of this.
Notice that there’s no modal there: may, might, could. It’s a fact: you are missing
points because of this, so write that statement on your notes when you take the
test and when you practice. Your score will improve if you remember this
consistently and apply it for every single question.
