2019-09-11 TOEFL: listening main idea, practice

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-dust-bunnies-that-built-our-planet-lorin-swint-matthews
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Homework: finish exercise 4.2 (optionally you could also finish 4.1)
8 A
9 B
10 D
11 A
12 C
13 D
14 B
15 C
16 A
17 D (“Is it worth learning that...?” is a rhetorical question. “Learning more rules than nouns” is an example of a bad way to learn a language, which shows that the author’s answer to the question is negative.)
18 A
19 C (“rational versus nonrational”; Ojibwa distinguishes between animate and inanimate.)
20 C
21 B
22 A (Paragraph 5 describes problems with structures and 6 describes problems with replenishment.)
23 A
24 B
25 A
26 D
27 D
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Listening main idea questions (the Oxford book calls them “gist” questions)
- They can be about the content/topic (“What do the speakers mainly discuss?” / “What is the lecture mainly about?”)
- They can be about the purpose of a conversation or lecture (“Why does the student go to see his professor?” / “What is the purpose of the lecture?”)
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Cambridge exercise L9 - In your own words, what do you predict the topic of each lecture will be?
1 the United Kingdom
2 architecture award
3 Irish linen
4 figures in hillsides
5 (class about the) geology of Mars
exercise L10 - Choose the correct topic
exercise L11 - What is the topic? Was it mentioned in the first sentence?
1 magic squares - yes
2 (public) zoos - no
3 pony express - no
4 largest butterfly farm - yes
5 gargoyles - no
exercise L12 - Write the topic (it’s not mentioned in the first sentence)
1 methods to write dance movements
2 reasons to come to the New World
3 lack of historical value of contemporary photographs
4 official language policy in the US
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Oxford p. 164 - Listen and then answer the question.
- d - “I wanted to know the pros and cons of both” - Answer ‘b’ only talks about the pros and cons of living on campus.
p. 168 - b (“implications” are consequences, but the lecture also discusses causes)
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BREAK
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Listening Practice - ETS Guide test 2 (on the computer)
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Cengage 9.2 - Identify the main ideas in these lectures and discussions.