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TOEFL Listening

For beginners

Veronica. Fan

2-4-2018

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I. 3 steps to improve your note taking

skills

II. What should you take? (techniques)

III.4 steps to exploit your materials

IV.Listening practice (technique

application)

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I. 3 steps to improve your note taking

skills

II. What should you take? (techniques)

III.4 steps to exploit your materials

IV.Listening practice (technique

application)

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Tips

Listening

Speaking

Reading

Writing

Conversation

Lecture

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Daily

On campus

Academic

Tips

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Conversation

• 3 steps to take notes

Non-stop listening

• Listen to the material

Sentence by sentence

• You may want to take notes

Group by group

• Check your notes

Non-stop listening

• New piece of paper and take notes

Intensive listening

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I. 3 steps to improve your note taking

skills

II. What should you take? (techniques)

III.4 steps to exploit your materials

IV.Listening practice (technique

application)

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What should we take?

• Dos ☺

1. Wh- question

2. Numbers (time/year..)

3. use acronyms (name; proper nouns; terms )

4. use abbreviations (long words)

5. Guess the meanings with context.

• Don’t

1. Every single word

2. Incomplete meaning phrase

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I. 3 steps to improve your note taking

skills

II. What should you take? (techniques)

III.4 steps to exploit your materials

IV.Listening practice (technique

application)

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4 steps exploit your materials

• After taking notes, you are going to

answer questions

• Doing exercise with questions is

important

• DO NOT check scripts too early

answer questions

• Check if your notes can help; circle your notes

Re-listen

• You may want to listen again; take notes again

Check scripts

• Check if there are new words you may want to collect

Fill your excel

• Are there any new words?

• Which question you answered wrongly; why

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I. 3 steps to improve your note taking

skills

II. What should you take? (techniques)

III.4 steps to exploit your materials

IV.Listening practice (technique

application)

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Let’s practice

• Listen to the audio and answer questions

Retrieved from: http://www.elllo.org/english/beginner/B01-JohnSarah-PresentSimple-Routine.htm

Date:Topic:

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Check your notes

Date: Feb-4Topic: wake up/day/morning routineW: what time wake upM: 6 am; shower breakfast

sometimes, sleep in (guess); 10/11 am: shower before go to bedW: every day same; 8 ock;

make coffee; wake up kids; breakfast 8:30; bread yugurtfruit

M: coffee morning; skip breakf.W: have everyday ; hungry M: lunch same : 12:30 pm; simple: soup/spgetti;W: lunch diff. time 11 /12/2:30 ; easy: crakers; sanwich;

potatoes.

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• 1) Who wakes up at 6?

• a) He does.b) She does.c) They both do.

2) Who sometimes sleeps in?

• a) He does.b) She does.c) They both do.

3) She gets up at what time?

• a) 6b) 7c) 8

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4) Who usually eats breakfast?a) He does.b) She does.c) They both do.

5) Who usually has a different lunch every day?

a) He does.b) She does.c) They both do.

Retrieved from: http://www.elllo.org/english/beginner/B01-JohnSarah-PresentSimple-Routine.htm

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# Questions Analysis New

words/phrases

New words

Miss the information

Culture difference

DO NOT need to write down terms

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