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MENJAWAB SOAL LISTENING DALAM TEST TOEFL
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LISTENING STRATEGY FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN THE TOEFL TEST
Research and experience many English language learners demonstrate that listening comprehension ( listening and understanding ) is one of the most difficult skills to master. Growing challenges in the context of language tests such as TOEFL , TOEIC , or IELTS . On this occasion , the author would like to give a few tips for getting the most appropriate message - course proficiency levels , respectively - from an oral discourse that generally only played one time only .
TOEFL TEST consisting of three (3 ) major sections , namely Listening Comprehension , Structure and Written Expression , and Reading Comprehension .
Problem listening comprehension as much as 15 grains of matter , consisting of :
Part I : Photographs as much as 3 problems
Part II : Question - Response by 4 questions
Part III : Short conversation as much as 4 questions
Part IV : Short talk as much as 4 questions
LISTENING SECTION· PICTURE matter consists of 3 items :
1 . Location of things
2 . On-going activities
3 . Describing people / events·
QUESTION RESPONSE matter consists of 4 items :
1 . Giving sugestion
2 . preference
3 . Invitation
4 . Giving direction·
SHORT DIALOGUE / SHORT CONVERSATION matter consists of 4 items :
1 . Introduction
2 . Daily activities
3 . Planning
4 . Degrees of Comparation·
SHORT Talks matter consists of 4 items :
1 . Monologe commercial radio
2 . announcement
MATERIALS PROBLEMS:
1 . Greeting , salutation able to choose according to the time and purpose
2 . Introduction , introduced himself / introduce others
3 . Describing , describe objects , people , situations , processes
4 . Degree of comparasion , compare two or more objects , people or situations
5 . Guest handling , handling guests / customers in person or over the phone
6 . Imperative , sentence order , prohibition , request , direction
7 . Offering , offering a product at pambeli / customers
8 . Agreeing , expressed approval and disapproval and its response
9 . Ordering , ordering goods or services to a
10 . Giving suggestion , opinion and advice, give advice , opinions and advice , receive and reject suggestions , opinions and advice
11 . Ability, the ability
12 . Permision , ask for permission and response
13 . Possibility, the possibility
14 . Necessity , necessity
15 . Thank giving , gratitude
16 . Invition , extended an invitation
17 . Congretulation , congratulated and thanked
18 . Present / past continouos , form ongoing
19 . Simple present tense , day-to- day activities
20 . Present / past perfect tense , ongoing activities
21 . Future tense , which will come
22 . Simple past tense , repeated in the past
23 . Conditional clause , sentence modality
24 . Relative Pronoun , pronouns continued
PART - I: PICTURESIn the first part of the Listening , you will see the pictures and then asked to choose the sentence that best describes the picture . To answer this question properly is by observing the pictures carefully . Look at the picture at the time ' direction ' is being played ( for instructions about every year is always the same ) . Hence, in the matter of playing , you 're ready . Ask yourself , that picture of who , what , where or why .In this section , there are 3 problems in black and white images depicting the daily facts . One or two pictures show the activities of people and other objects in the form of objects . Then you will be exposed to four statements ( a, b , c and d ) for each image and you are asked to select the statement that most accurately describes the content of the image . When read out " direction " , then you should already see and examine each image , so that when the sentence was read - one sentence - one about the capital you already have an understanding of each image .
Skills required in this section are :
1 . The ability to capture images quickly and mengenterprestasikan.
2 . Ability to understand verbal and compare with what is seen
in the image.
3 . The ability to distinguish between words with sound - sound almost the same.
Tactics are required :
1 . Always mark your answer as fast as you can so that you can immediately see the next picture . You do not have to wait for the reader question ( speakers ) to see the next picture.
2 . If you see an image of an object , ask yourself the things as follows:This is the what?Where there are usually objects / seen ?The object made of?
3 . If you look at the activity , ask yourself the things as follows:What are they doing ?What do they wear ?Where they perform these activities ?How the expression of his face ?If more than one person , what sets them apart ?
Is one higher than the other ?
Does one wear a hat , jacket , tie while others do not ?
Is she male - male or female ?
4 . Do not ever answer before finished reading all four statements . When the statement is read , place the tip of a pencil on the answer , if you think it's the best answer . Do the same for ( B ) , C ) , or ( D ) . If you change your mind after hearing more choices , move the tip of your pencil to answer a replacement . Then after you hear the fourth sentence , scapegoating answer at the tip of a pencil where you are . This technique avoids you from forgetfulness on which answer you think is most appropriate.
5 . Try to reduce the possibility of wrong answers with the distinctive techniques of sound ( sound confusion ) and discrete categories . Some sentences had nothing to do with the image.
6 . Never leave an answer blank . All questions must be answered , if at all do not know the right answer , berspekulasilah.
7 . Do not be stuck staring at pictures for too long , even though the picture of a very pretty girl , or a handsome man , after finding the correct answer immediately move to the next image on the matter.
PART - II : QUESTION - RESPONSEIn listening to the 2nd part you will hear a question , then you should choose the one most appropriate response to the question. You should be aware of are :There are words that sound similar to the word in question .example :question : How much does it cost ?answer : Tank you very much .Although both have the word much , but the answer was not an appropriate response to the question ' How much does it cost ? 'Note the question words at the beginning of the sentence ( WH question ; who, what , when , where , why , what , How , etc. . ) Beware also use 'question tags 'If you are in doubt , just choose the response / answer that you think most reasonable for this question . Most importantly do not get your answer sheet blank .
PART - III : SHORT CONVERSATIONIn the third section , you will hear a short dialogue and then you got a question about the dialogue. In this case you need to use short-term memory is fine . The best strategy is to be aware of :The similarity of the sound of the words in the answer to that in the dialogNegative word ( do not , hardly , will not , etc. . )The words related to time ( always , seldom , etc. )Try reading the question , and in fact may be the answer , before you hear the dialogue . Check all the options and do not choose too fast .
In this section , questions were read and followed three answer choices .Questions and answers are not written in the matter .So there is nothing in the matter unless the command " Mark your answer in your answer sheet " , so it 's really - really real listening test .So when working on this part , ruled out a script about it first .A manuscript reader ( speaker ) introduced about by reading the numbers matter , then the second speaker ( can be male - male or female ) and the speaker read the script about a third ( men) read the answer choices.
Skills required in this section :
1 . The ability to distinguish types - types of verbal questions ( information question , yes no question , alternative question , suggestion and other offers - other ) . The ability to know the response according to the type of question.
2 . The ability to distinguish words that sound almost the same . Tactics to work on the problems in this section.
3 . Try to identify the type of question . Correct response usually depends on the type of question asked . Do not ever answer before finished reading all four statements.
4 . Never leave an answer blank . All questions must be answered , if at all do not know the right answer , berspekulasilah.
PART - IV : SHORT TalksIn the fourth section , you will hear a monologue and then got a question about it . What should you do more or less the same as in the previous section , but you need to be more careful in listening and attention to detail information context . Try to read the questions before the monologue is played , and listen to the entire conversation before selecting an answer . Use your time wisely , do not fall behind or miss important information related to the next question.
In this section are presented some short talk or monologue ( short talks ) is a monologue . Each short talk followed by two or three questions that relate to what you hear . Short talk or monologue can be advertisment ( ad ) , announcement ( announcement ) , telephone massage , briffing in the workplace and so on.
Tactics to work on the problems in this section :
1 . When read out " direction " , then you need to have read and look at questions about the matter concerned with the short talk and four answer choices , so when you already have a monologue recited capital understanding of what will be asked.
2 . Each monologue will be read twice , you can try to answer when finished reading the first monologue , so that when the monologue is read for the second time , you can read about the question for the next monologue along with four answer choices . And so on.
3 . Determine the question words are used , what is being asked , whether , what, who , when , why , where , how, how long , etc. . By knowing what to ask , you can focus in seeking information from the monologue.
4 . Try to imagine , the setting of the monologue . This will help you in making an analysis of who is speaking , where the monologue was read , for whom it is intended and monologue for what purposes.
5 . Never leave an answer blank . All questions must be answered , if at all do not know the right answer , berspekulasilah .
For most people , listening is the hardest part when undergoing the TOEFL test . I also included. Take the test many times and always got the lowest points than the other parts . Well , this time I will try to summarize the strategies that I have just learned about how to properly answer the listening part.
1 . Read the answer choices before listening to the conversation or before the conversation begins . By reading the answer choices will help us better understand the content of the conversation.
2 . Listen to the first row of the conversation carefully . The first row of the conversation often contains the main idea , subject or topic of conversation . Questions about main idea , subject and topic often asked in Listening in Part B.
3 . When our ears to listen to the conversation , at the same time our eyes have to look at the answer choices and cobalan book a test to determine the correct answer . The question that is given is usually assigned sequentially in the conversation . The answer to question number 1 is usually found at the beginning of the conversation , the answer to question number 2 & 3 are usually there in the middle of a conversation and the question number 4 is usually there at the end of the conversation.
4 . If we are not sure of the answer , we have to guess the answer . Never empty the answers , but all must be answered . Wrong answers will not reduce the score for The TOEFL Test , only correct answers are counted.
5 . If there is time after answering the question , reread answer choices for the question. The time interval for each question about 8-12 seconds , so use the time left to read the answer choices.
6 . Usually the answer to the question is often found in the second voice in a brief conversation . Thus focus on the second vote.
7 . Usually the conversation at the beginning of the structure will be quite easy and difficult at the end of the session.
8 . Never empty the answers . Even if you are not sure or do not understand the same though , just guess . For there is no reduction in value when you are wrong.
9 . Use the remaining time when it has finished answering the questions , the answers to see an option in the next question . So it could be easier for you to just focus on the conversation alone.
10 . If you understand a little idea of the conversation, select the answer that contains the statement as an idea that you know.
11 . If you do not understand the conversation, choose a different answer from what you hear . Because usually it being a trap for to choose the wrong answer . Examples such as Apartment with appointments , or search by research and church.
12 . When you know the exact words used but not found in the options then look no synonyms of the word.
13 . We must be familiar with the test instructions / test direction . Direction or guidance for each TOEFL test must be the same everywhere . So when we do the Listening Comprehension section , you do not need to always listen to direction or instructions that are read by the narrator . For that we should already be familiar with and understand the instructions before carrying out tests TOEFL Test.
14 . Listen to the conversation and speeches carefully and cautiously . We have to fully concentrate on what is being discussed as conversations and speeches perdengarkan only once.
15 . Knowing where the easy and difficult questions are usually found . In Listening Comprehension , questions are usually given ranging from the easiest to the most difficult.
16 . Never empty the answers on the answer sheet . Even if we are not sure of the answer , we must still answer because here is no reduction in value for incorrect answers.
17 . Use the remaining time to read the question. When we finished answering questions and still have the rest of the time , try to read and see a selection of answers to the next question.
LISTENING PART A -
TOEFL EXERCISE 1
In this exercise, listen carefully to the short
conversation and question on the recording, and then choose the best answer to
the question. You should look forrestatements of
key ideas in the second line.
1. (A) The dance was fun.
(B) It was a good time to dance.
(C) She thinks the man is such a good dancer.
(D) Tonight is the last time to dance.
2. (A) She’s quite thirsty.
(B) She’ll be ready in a half hour.
(C) She needs to leave now.
(D) She was ready thirty minutes ago.
3. (A) The woman should teach the class herself.
(B) The woman should see a psychiatrist.
(C) It’s a good idea to speak with the instructor.
(D) He would like to discuss psychology with the woman.
4. (A) She has a starring role.
(B) She has not found a job yet.
(C) She found the lost dog.
(D) She just began working.
5. (A) He shares everything he has.
(B) He has to find his lost shirt.
(C) He is climbing the stairs to the apartment.
(D) He has to get a roommate.
6. (A) His vacation is full of activities.
(B) In autumn he’ll have a vacation.
(C) He can’t have a vacation because he suffered a fall.
(D) He’s foolish to take a vacation now.
7. (A) The book was very enjoyable.
(B) It was unpleasant to get rid of the bugs.
(C) She only reads when it is quiet.
(D) It is pleasant to ride a bike.
8. (A) He hasn’t traveled much lately.
(B) There were a lot of cars on the road.
(C) He needs to lose weight.
(D) The tray was thick and heavy.
9. (A) He doesn’t know how to play the game.
(B) He has to write a story for class.
(C) He needs to complete an assignment.
(D) He has already finished the report.
10. (A) He always minds his own business.
(B) He manages to avoid working.
(C) He is the manager of the department.
(D) He is the boss of his own company.
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