ADVANCE ENGLISH (TOEFL)

POLITEKNIK PENERBANGAN INDONESIA CURUG

 LONG TALKS
STRATEGIES FOR THE LONG TALKS
1. If you have time, preview the answers to
the questions.
2. Listen carefully to the first line of the talk.
3. As you listen to the talk, draw conclusions
about the situation of the talk: who is
talking, where or when the talk takes
place, which course this lecture might be
given in.
4. You should guess even if you are not sure.
5. Use any remaining time to look ahead at
the answers to the questions that follow.
BEFORE LISTENING
SKILL 23: ANTICIPATE THE TOPICS
(A) During a biology laboratory session (A) Room assignments
(B) In a biology study group (B) Exam topics
(C) On the first day of class (C) Reading assignments
(D) Just before the final exam (D) The first lecture
(A) Once a week
(A) Exams and lab work
(B) Two times a week
(B) Reading and writing
(C) Three times a week
assignments
(D) For fifteen hours
(C) Class participation and
(A) To do the first laboratory grades on examinations
assignment (D) Lecture and laboratory
(B) To take the first exam attendance
(C) To study the laboratory manual
(D) To read one chapter of the text
BEFORE LISTENING
SKILL 24: ANTICIPATE THE QUESTIONS
Example
In your test book, you read:
• For three weeks
• For three days
• For three months
• For three hours
You try to anticipate the question:
BEFORE LISTENING
SKILL 24: ANTICIPATE THE QUESTIONS

Question: ___________
(A)What caused the Ring of
Fire
(B)The volcanoes of the Ring of
Fire
(C)Hawaiian volcanoes
(D)Different types of volcanoes
 WHILE LISTENING
SKILL 25: DETERMINE THE TOPIC

Example:
On the recording, you hear:
(man) The major earthquake that occurred east of Los Angeles in 1971
is still affecting the economy of the area today.
You think:
The topic of the talk is......
WHILE LISTENING
SKILL 26: DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHO, WHAT,
WHEN, WHERE

1. Who is talking?

2. When does the talk probably take place?

3. Where does the talk probably take

place?

4. What course is the talk concerned with?

5. What is the source of information for the

talk?
(narrator) Listen to the beginning of Talk 1,
and try to imagine the situation.
(woman) Welcome to Biology 101. I’m
Professor Martin, and this is your
laboratory assistant, Peter Smith.
This course meets twice a week for
lecture and once a week for laboratory
assignment.

1. WHO IS PROBABLY TALKING?

2. WHERE DOES THE TALK PROBABLY TAKE
PLACE?
3. WHEN DOES THE TALK PROBABLY TAKE PLACE?
4. WHAT COURSE IS BEING DISCUSSED?
WHILE LISTENING
SKILL 27: LISTEN FOR ANSWERS IN ORDER
There are two possible methods to use while
you listen to the talks.

1. You can just listen to the talk (and ignore the answers).

2. You can follow along with the answers while you listen.