[讨论] My notes to OG practice - Listening Section

MBAnMIS2008

Let's crack iBT!

Here are some explanations to the notes:

Highlight in blue:  the points I anticipated

Highlight in red: the points tested

--- ---: the types of questions

1R, 2R, the first, second... time that you listen to the audio.

8 types of questions: please refer to OG for more detail.

Please be noted: it's not the quantity that counts, the quality does.  Please spend more time on OG, cuz that's the book explains exactly how the exam is like.

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maxillo

我怎么觉得本来挺简单的东西,被你一这么一弄怎么越来越复杂呢?

说实在的,听力这东西真没其他好办法,听就听懂了,没听懂就是没听懂.你的那些预测也只能在听懂的基础上才行,俺若听都没听懂预测什么啊?呵呵,反过来,如果听懂了,也就没有必要弄什么预测了.

MBAnMIS2008

You must never have taken GMAT or GRE before.  hehe.

Once you get my point, listening comprehension, no matter you understand the detail of the conversation or not, would be a piece of cake to you.

MBAnMIS2008

Here I quoted the suggestions from OG. 字字珠玑啊， 楼上，如果你不明白OG的建议，呵呵，那就没办法了。 如果你明白但是不知道怎么提高。 参考我的note吧。What I am doing, which is illustrated by the content in my notes, is to put the suggestions from OG into practices/exercises.

Key words in OG's suggestions:

Structure, taking notes, practices/listen frequently, flow of material,anticipate, ask yourself questions, purpose, attitude, certainty, emotion, tone of voice, relationship, predict, outline/summarize

Basic strategies for the TOEFL iBT listening sections

Take notes while you listen.  Only the major points will be tested, so do not try to write down every detail.  Ater testing, notes are colleted and shredded before you leave the test center.
When listening to a lecture, pay attention to the new words or concepts introduced by the professor.  these will often be tested.
When listening to a lecture, pay attention to the way the lecture is structured and the way the ideas in the lecture are connected.
Listening questions must be answered in order.  Once you mark an answer, you cannot go back and change it.
Choose the best answer. The computer will ask you to confirm your choice. After cliking yes, you automatically go on to the next question.

How to sharpen your listening skills:

Listening is one of the most important skills necesary for success on TOEFL iBT and in academics in general.  The ability to listen and understand is tested in three out of four sections of TOEFL iBT.

The best way to impprove your listening skills is to listen frequently to many different types of material in various subject areas (sciences, social sciences, arts, business, etc.).  Of course, watching movies and TV and listening to radio is an excellent way to practice listening. Audio tapes and CDs of talks are available in libraries and bookstores; those with transcripts of the listening material are particularly helpful. The internate is also a great resource for listening material.

Listening for Basic Comprehension:

Increase your vocabulary knowledge, perhaps by using flashcards.
focus on the content and flow of materials.  Do not be disctracted by the speaker's style and delivery.
Anticipate what the speaker is going to say as a way to stay focused.
Stay active by asking yourself questions (e.g. What main idea is the professor communicating?).
Copy the words 'main idea', 'major points', and 'important details' on different lines of paper.  Listen carefully and write these things down while listening.  Listen again until all important points are details are written down.
Listen to a portion of a lecture or talk and write a brief summary of important points.  Gradually increase the amount you listen to and summarize.  Note:  Summarizing skills are not tested in the listening section, but they are useful for the integrated tasks in the Writing and Speaking sections.

Listening for Pragmatic Understanding

Think about what each speaker hopes to accomplish; that is, what is the purpose of the speech or conversation?  Is the speaker apologizing, complaining, making suggestions?
Notice the way each speaker talks.  Is the level of language formal or casual?  How certain doese each speaker sound? Is the speaker's voice calm or emotional?  What does the speaker's tone of voice tell you?
Notice the degree of certainty of the speaker.  How sure is the speaker about the information? Does the speaker's tone of voice indicate something about his or her degree of certainty?
Listen for changes in topic or side comments in  which the speaker briefly moves away from the main topic and then returns(digressions).
Watch television or moive comedies and pay attention to stress and intonation patterns used to convey meaning.

Listening to Connect Ideas

Think about how the lecture is organized.  Listen for the signal words that indicate the introduction, major steps or ideas, examples, and conclusions or summary.

Identify the relationships between ideas in the information being discussed.  Possible relationships include: cause-and-effect, comapre-and-contrast, steps in process.
listen for words that show connections and relationships between ideas.
When you listen to recorded material, stop the recording at various points and try to predict what information or idea will be expressed next.
Create an outline of the information discussed while listening or after listening.

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以下是引用maxillo在2007-3-6 9:09:00的发言：

我怎么觉得本来挺简单的东西,被你一这么一弄怎么越来越复杂呢?

说实在的,听力这东西真没其他好办法,听就听懂了,没听懂就是没听懂.你的那些预测也只能在听懂的基础上才行,俺若听都没听懂预测什么啊?呵呵,反过来,如果听懂了,也就没有必要弄什么预测了.

俺觉得楼主确实弄复杂啦，考试时不可能预测这么多的。只要找到文章的主要逻辑关系，就更容易听懂，也更容易答题。笔记主要记少许名词，而多数时候，根本不做笔记，答题反而轻松。

MBAnMIS2008

First of all, the notes is for study purpose only. it's not the note for exam writers to keep during the exam.

Secondly,  it's also useful for the preparation of other parts of iBT, such as Speaking, Writing, which require a lot on the ability to integrate information, make summarization, etc.

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