TOEFL PREPARATION COURSE

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 TOEFL

Test Of English as
a Foreign Language
 SECTION ONE

LISTENING

COMPREHENSION
 LISTENING ON THE PAPER TOEFL TEST

 is the 1st section of Paper TOEFL test

 consists of 40 question

 ask you to listen to the recorded material and respond

to multiple questions

 the recording is only played once and the recording

material is not written in test book
 TYPES OF LISTENING TEST ON PBT TOEFL

1. Part Short or Dialogues

2. Part B or Long Conversation

3. Part C or Talks

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 1. Short Dialogues
 are two line dialogues between two speakers
 Each dialogue is followed by certain multiple choice
questions
 have 30 short dialogues and 30 questions

2. Long Conversation
 are 60 – 90 second conversations on casual topic between students
 each conversation is followed by am number of multiple questions
 have only 2 conversation and seven to nine questions

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 3. Talks

 are 60 – 90 second talks on casual about school life or academic subjects

 each talk is followed by a number choice questions
 have three lecturers and eleven to thirteen questions.
 GENERAL STRATEGY

1.Be familiar with the directions.

2.Listen carefully to the conversations and talks

3.Know where the easier and more difficult

questions are general found

4.Never leave any questions blank on your answer

sheet

5.Use any remaining time to look ahead at the

answers to the questions that follow.
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 LISTENING PART A QUESTIONS

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 Short dialogues are found in Part A in the Listening

Comprehension section of the paper TOEFL test.

 There are thirty 30 questions
 You will hear TWO LINE DIALOGUES between two

speaker followed by a multiple choice questions.

 After listening to the dialogue, answer the questions

from the test book.

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Example:

On the recording you hear:

(man) I’ve always wanted to visit Hawaii with you?
(Woman) Why not next month
(Man) What does the woman mean?

In your test book, you read:

1. Next month isn’t a good time for the trip

2. She doesn’t want to go to Hawaii
3. She suggests taking the trip next month
4. She’s curious about why he doesn’t want to go

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 Strategy For Short Dialogues

1. As you listen to each short conversation, focus on the

second line of the conversation.

2. Keep in mind that the correct answer is probably a

restatement of a key word or idea in the second line of the
conversation.

3. Keep in mind that certain structures and expressions are

tested regularly in Listening the Short Dialogues.
 structure (passives, negatives, wishes, conditions)
 functional expressions (agreement, uncertainty,
suggestion, surprise)

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  idiomatic expressions (two-part verbs, three-part verbs, idioms)

4. Keep in mind that these questions generally progress from easy

to difficult

5. Read the answer and choose the best answer to each question

6. Even if you do not understand the complete conversation, you

can still find the correct answer.

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 STRATEGIES

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SKILL 1: FOCUS ON THE SECOND LINE

It is important to understand that the answer to

this type of question is most often found in
the second line of conversation .

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 Example
On the recording, you hear:
(man) Billy really made a big mistake this time
(woman) yes, he forgot to turn in his research paper
(narrator) What does the woman say about Billy?
 
In your test book, you read:

a) It was the first time .e made a mistake

b) He forgot to write his paper
c) He turned in the paper in the wrong place.
d) He didn’t remember to submit his assignment.

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Strategy #1: Focus on the second line

1. The second line of the conversation

probably contains the answer to the
questions
2. Listen to the 1st line of the conversation. If
you understand, that’s good. If you don’t
understand, don’t worry because it
probably does not contain
3. Be ready to focus on the second line of the
conversation because it probably contains
the answer.

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SKILL 2: CHOOSE ANSWERS WITH SYNONYMS

Correct answer is an answer that contains synonyms (words

with similar meanings but different sounds)

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 Example
On the recording, you hear:
(woman) Why is Barbara feeling so happy?
(man) She just started working in a real agency.
(narrator) What does the man say about Barbara
 
In your test book, you read:
(A) She always liked her work in real estate
(B) She began a .new job
(C) She just bought some real estate.
(D) She just bought a real estate agency

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Strategies #2: CHOOSE ANSWERS WITH SYNONYMS

1. As you listen to the second line of the conversation, focus

ob key words in that line

2. If you see any synonyms for key words in a particular

answer, then you have probably found the correct answer.

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SKILL 3: SUGGESTIONS

Suggestions are common in the short dialogue in TOEFL

test, So we should be familiar with it

EXPRESSIONS OF SUGGESTION

Why...not...?

Why not...?

Let’s...

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Example
On the recording, you hear:

(man) I haven’t talked with my parents in a while.

(woman) Why don’t you call them now?

(narrator) What does the woman suggest?

In your test book, you read:

(A) Calling off his visit.
(B) Talking about his parents.
(C) Calling his parents in a while.
(D) Phoning his family.

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SKILL 4 : PASSIVES

 It is sometimes difficult to understand who or what is

doing the action in passive sentence.

 The common type of questions: If the recording/dialogue

contains a passive statement, the answer is often in an

active statements and if the recording/dialogue

contains an active statement, the answer is often in a

passive statements.

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Example

On the recording, you hear:

(man) Is that a new chair?

(woman) Yes, we just bought it last week.

(narrator) What does the woman mean?

In your test book, you read:

(A) She brought the chair with her.
(B) The chair was lost for a week.
(C) The chair was purchased recently.
(D) She bought the last chair from the store.

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 NOTE FOR PASSIVE SENTENCES

1. If the conversation contains a passive statement, the

answer to the question is often an active statement.
2. If the conversation contains a passive statement,
. the answer to the question is often an active
statement

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SKILL 5: WHO AND WHERE
In short dialogue of TOEFL Test, the answer is not clearly
stated in the dialogues
To answer the question above , we sometimes have to draw
a conclusion
The conclusion is based on the clues in the dialogues
 

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 Who

One kind of conclusion that is common in this part of the test is to ask you to
determine who the speaker is, based on clues given in the conversation.

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Example
On the recording, you hear:
(man) What do you do during your performances?
(woman) I play the piano and sing.
(narrator) Who is the woman most likely to be?
 
In your test book, you read:
(A) An athlete.
(B) A member of the audience.
(C) A clerk in a music store.
(D) A musician

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 Where

Another type of conclusion that is common in short dialog

is to determine WHERE the dialog probably takes place,
based on the clues given in the conversation.

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Example

On the recording you hear

(man) : I’d like to open an account, please

(woman : What type of account would you like, a checking or
savings account?
(narrator): Where does this conversation probably take place?

In your text book, you read:

(A) In an accounting class
(B) In a Bank
(C) At a service station
(D) In a market

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Conclusion about Who and Where
 The answer is not stated in the conversation
 You must draw a conclusion based on the dialog
 The conclusion is based on the clues give in the
conversation

The common questions are:

 Who is probably talking?
 Where does the conversation take place?

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SKILL 6: AGREEMENT

Expressions of agreement are common in the short dialogue,

so we should be familiar with them.

EXPRESSIONS OF AGREEMENT

So do I
I’ll say
Me, too
You can say that again

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Example
On the recording, you hear:

(man) I thought that the meal was overpriced.

(woman) Me, too
(narrator) What does the woman mean?
 
In your test book, you read:
(A) There were too many spices in the meat.
(B) She has the same opinion of the meal as the man.
(C) She wants to share the man’s meal.
(D) The price of the meal was great.

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