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InTOEFLOralEnglishtask3,4,5and6candidatesarerequiredtolistentoconversations,lecturesetc.Hence,listeningisaskillthatshouldbelearnedbeforetheytakethetestanditissomethingthatneedstobepracticedalot.Excellentlisteningabilityisaskillthatcanbeacquiredwithextensivepracticeanddiligence.BelowaresomeessentialmethodsthatcandidatescandobeforestartdoingTOEFLexercises.
要学会精听
Intensivelisteninginvolveslisteningtomoredetailedanalysisofthelanguageused,listeningforspecificinformationandfindingtheanswerstospecificquestions.Forexample,afterlisteningtoalectureaboutaperson’sfavoriteplace,studentsshouldacquiretheanswertothisquestion“Whereisthespeaker’sfavouriteplace?”Studentsshouldlistenfortheparticularresponseofthisquestion.Ontheotherhand,thestudentsshouldalsohearifthespeakergenerallyhasapositiveornegativeopinionofhis/herfavoriteplace?Thiswouldpracticeaskillthatislisteningforgist,gettingageneralfeelforthetext.
Intensivelisteningisalsousedtododetailedstudyofalanguagepoint;anexampleis“Whatadjectivesdoesthespeakerusetodescribehis/herfavoriteplace?”Studentsshouldlistentohowthespeakerdescribeshisfavoriteplace.Andalso,listenandfollowthetranscriptinordertoidentifyacertaingrammarorvocabularypointisafurtherexampleofintensivelistening.
要练听写
Notetakingisapracticeofrecordinginformationthatcanbecapturedfromanoraldiscussionatameeting,oralecture.Onemonformatthatshouldbelearnedfornotetakingisshorthandorabbreviationwhichcanallowlargeamountsofinformationtobeputonpaperwithoutusingahugeamountoftimesuchas“etc.”foretcetera,“no.”fornumbers.Thismethodwillallowstudentstowritemoreinformationwithoutwritingthewholewordthuscanhelpthemsavesometime.Usingsymbolssuchas(>)formorethan,greaterthan,or(<)forlessthanarealsoveryusefulinwritingnotes.Informationfromthenotesisnecessaryforstudentstoreflecttheideasandinformationaboutthethingstheyhadheard.
必须要概述大意Summarize
Afterlisteningintensivelyandtakingnotes,studentsshouldlearntosummarizeallthethingsthathe/shehadheard.Inordertoeffectivelysummarize,studentsneedtodecidewhatinformationneedstobedeletedorsubstitutedandwhatinformationtokeep.Todothistheyneedtochoosewhichpartsofwhattheyheardareimportant,trivialandrepetitive.Studentsneedtobeabletosynthesizematerial,prioritizepiecesofinformation,andorganizesomeconcepts,topicsanddetailstobeabletosummarizeeverythingtheyhaveheard.Excellentsummarywillletthestudentorganizealltheinformationhe/shehadheard.
