It has 3 parts which contain 14 questions total

y Part 1 is composed of 4 short conversations followed

by one multiple choice question. y Part 2 is composed of 1 longer conversation followed by 4 multiple choice quesrtions y Part 3 is a lecture followed by 6 multiple choice questions.

Listening strategies are techniques or activities that contribute directly to the comprehension and recall of listening input. Listening strategies can be classified by how the listener processes the input.

y Are listener based; the listener taps into background

knowledge of the topic, the situation or context, the type of text, and the language. This background knowledge activates a set of expectations that help the listener to interpret what is heard and anticipate what will come next. Top-down strategies include:
y listening for the main idea y predicting y drawing inferences y summarizing

These strategies are text based; the listener relies on the language in the message, that is, the combination of sounds, words, and grammar that creates meaning. Bottom-up strategies include:
y listening for specific details y recognizing cognates y recognizing word-order patterns

Figure out the purpose for listening. Activate background knowledge of the topic in order to predict or anticipate content and identify appropriate listening strategies. y Attend to the parts of the listening input that are relevant to the identified purpose and ignore the rest. This selectivity enables students to focus on specific items in the input and reduces the amount of information they have to hold in short-term memory in order to recognize it. y Select top-down and bottom-up strategies that are appropriate to topbottomthe listening task and use them flexibly and interactively. Students' comprehension improves and their confidence increases when they use top-down and bottom-up strategies simultaneously to construct meaning.
y y

Check comprehension while listening and when the listening task is over. Monitoring comprehension helps students detect inconsistencies and comprehension failures, directing them to use alternate strategies.

y Listen for the main idea.

It is usually found at the beginning of the listening passages, while the details are dispersed throughout the lecture. The main idea will give you understanding of what the conversation/lecture is about. Then you may listen for details.

y Learn to find how the ideas are presented in the

listening passage. passage. Some of the main relations between ideas include cause/effect, compare/contrast, and steps in a process.
y Learn to listen for signal words

Those words indicate different parts of the passage introduction, major steps, examples, conclusions, etc.

y Practice note-taking note-

Note-taking is allowed during the third part of the listening section. Effective note-taking may highly improve your students performance. It is almost impossible to memorize all clues and details provided in the Listening section. Moreover, Ss can hear the passages ONLY ONCE. Therefore, to answer the questions they have to rely on what they remember from the passage and notes.

y y y y y y y y

Focus on the main points and ideas Concentrate on important words In conversations identify the main problem/need Do not write down everything you hear Identify how the information is organized Organize your notes in some logical form Write clearly Use abbreviations and symbols.

y You can use the first syllable of the word and drop the

ref others: reference ref;

y You can omit the vowels from the words: people

ppl,

problem pblm; pblm

y You can use an apostrophe: admitted

adm d; d;

y A mind map is an image centered diagram that

represents semantic or other connections between major ideas. For example, it can graphically illustrate the structure of a plant, the connections between certain major points, etc.

Here is how you can take notes by using this method: 1. Write the topic in the center; 2. Each key word/phrase should be alone on its own line; 3. The lines should be connected to the main topic; 4. Organize the ideas by some hierarchy, numbers or outlines.

y http://www.itepexam.com/material/view/1