Strategies for doing your best in the Listening Section
Strategies for doing your best in the Listening Section are:
The Caser Approach
This approach should be followed to score maximum in this section.
Concentrate
Concentrate your brain. Be ready to listen to the discussions and talks that you would expect to find in a university setting.
Anticipate
Think ahead. What kind of discussion/talk would you expect to hear from two or more people talking on a campus? When the title of the talk appears, what kind of words or ideas do you think might come up? Try to predict what will come next.
Summarize
You were not allowed to write during the TOEFL CBT exam, but the new TOEFL iBT allows you to make notes and to summarize what you have already heard. Listen for pauses in the talks; this probably means that the speaker is moving on to a new thought. Keep a note of what the speaker has just finished saying. The TOEFL often asks you to do this when it gives you Main Topic, Main Idea, and Restatement questions. While taking notes make sure the notes are as brief as possible and the main topic or main idea is noted separately and not clubbed with major points or supporting detail.
Evaluate
What did you think of, what the speaker just said? Did you agree or disagree? Was the speaker convincing? What was the tone of the speaker's voice? What was his attitude? The TOEFL asks you to do this when it gives you Inference questions.
Remember
What ideas or facts do you remember from the talk? After all, that is why you listen in the first place, isn't it? The TOEFL asks you to do this when it gives you Fact, Purpose and Reference questions.
How to prepare for the Listening Section
The best way to improve your English is to listen to as much English as possible. Keep the following tips in mind:
The Caser Approach
This approach should be followed to score maximum in this section.
Concentrate
Concentrate your brain. Be ready to listen to the discussions and talks that you would expect to find in a university setting.
Anticipate
Think ahead. What kind of discussion/talk would you expect to hear from two or more people talking on a campus? When the title of the talk appears, what kind of words or ideas do you think might come up? Try to predict what will come next.
Summarize
You were not allowed to write during the TOEFL CBT exam, but the new TOEFL iBT allows you to make notes and to summarize what you have already heard. Listen for pauses in the talks; this probably means that the speaker is moving on to a new thought. Keep a note of what the speaker has just finished saying. The TOEFL often asks you to do this when it gives you Main Topic, Main Idea, and Restatement questions. While taking notes make sure the notes are as brief as possible and the main topic or main idea is noted separately and not clubbed with major points or supporting detail.
Evaluate
What did you think of, what the speaker just said? Did you agree or disagree? Was the speaker convincing? What was the tone of the speaker's voice? What was his attitude? The TOEFL asks you to do this when it gives you Inference questions.
Remember
What ideas or facts do you remember from the talk? After all, that is why you listen in the first place, isn't it? The TOEFL asks you to do this when it gives you Fact, Purpose and Reference questions.
How to prepare for the Listening Section
The best way to improve your English is to listen to as much English as possible. Keep the following tips in mind:
- Attend your Lectures in the school and university in English.
- Watch English movies on channels like (H.B.O, Star Movies)
- Listen to news programs and weather report on TV and radio.
- Take all the listening practice tests.
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