STRATEGY OF LISTENING SECTION TOEFL

NAMA         : DESTY HAPSARI

NPM            : 21211912

KELAS         : 3EB24

THE STRATEGY FOR ANSWER LISTENING SECTION OF TOEFL

1.     Understand the style of direction in each part.

2.    Read the choice answer  when narrator is reading direction and example question.

3.    Hear concentrately and focus to the conversation from speaker.

4.    Maximize your listening capability.

Part A : Short Conversation

5.    Focus listen for second speak.

6.    Don’t panic if you aren’t understand, you must focus.

7.    If you can’t understand with second speaker, choose different answers from you have listen.

8.    Understand about style function expression such as : agreement, suggestion, surprice, etc.

Part B : Longer Conversation

9.    When the narrator speaking about direction, you should read the choose answer.

10.  When you listen conversation, you must know the theme or topic which speak in the speaker.

11.  Watchfull with all of the question.

12. Look place and time from that conversation, what and who which to happen.

Part C : Talk

13. If you many time, you should look the mutual answer at the pages of question.

14. Look at the first speak.

15. Focus listen for 5W (What, Why, Who, When, Where) and How

16. Make the conclusion from the story.

Example :

Part A : Short Conversation

1.     Woman         : Pardon me. Do you know what time that this store opens?

Man             : I don’t, but I believe that it is written on the door.

Narrator     : what does the man imply that the woman should do?

a. Look on the door

b. Open the door

c. Ask someone else

d. Come back later

Answer : A. Look on the door

Part B : Longer Conversation

Narrator : Listen to the conversation between two graduate students.

Woman          :  What did you think about the assignment we were supposed to complete for our statistics class ?

Man               : I haven’t done mine yet. Is it difficult?

Woman          : Kind of. It was full of problem.

Man               : Derivative problem ?

 Woman         : Not really, More a review of the whole semester.

Man               : Oh

Woman          : It was time consuming.

Man               : Really?

Woman          : Yes. I started it at about lunch time and didn’t finish it until supper.

Man               : I’m surprise at that.

Woman          : I was too, i didn’t expect our professor would give us so much.

Man               : He usually doesn’t.

Woman          : I know. That is why I was surprised.

Man               : Well, I do have some free time this afternoon. Do you know when it is due?

Woman          : Tomorrow.

Man               : Well, I better get moving.

2.    What was on the assignment ?

a.    Derivative problem

b.    A review of the whole semester

c.    What was for lunch

d.    A surprise

Answer : B. A review of the whole semester

Part C : Talk

Narrator : Listen to a lecture by a biology instructor.

Many people think of gorillas as dangerous killers. One reason for this is that television and movies often show these animals this way. But gorillas are really gentle animals.

The gorilla is a vegetarian. It lives in the African rain forests where it finds the fruits and plants it needs to survive. A large, wild gorilla might eat over 40 pounds of leaves and fruit in one day.

Unfortunately, these peaceful creatures are in danger of becoming extinct. Each year, large areas of the rain forests are being cut down. Because there is less and less food from these forests, the number of wild gorillas is becoming smaller and smaller.

3.    The passage describes gorillas as being :

a.    Dangerous killers

b.    Carnivores

c.    TV and movie star

d.    Gentle animals

Answer : D. Gentle animals