2017-05-17 TOEFL: listening inference

Greg Malivuk
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 152-156 - Read the passages and answer the questions.
Check your answers with your partner. Why are the other answers wrong? (Are they details, inaccurate, or not mentioned in the passage?)
1 A C F (E is an example to support the general statement in F)
2 B E F (D is an image to support the important information in E)
3 B D E
4 A B E
5 A C E
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Listening Section: second part of the test (after reading)
- 2 or 3 sets of three listenings each, and about 17 questions each
- You have 10 minutes to choose answers for each set of three listenings.
- Adding in listening time, each set takes about 30 minutes.
Listening Question Types:
- detail
- inference
- prediction
- function
- attitude
- main idea
- purpose
- organization
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DELTA p. 230 - Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
1 D
2 B
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UWS charity helps support a Cambodian school for 1 year ($10k)
We’re trying to raise money to help them (all of the Stafford House schools)
10:30 - Selling coffee, chips, and raffle tickets to help raise money
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p. 231 - Examples of what inference and prediction questions look like.
p. 232-233 - Two other types of questions the DELTA book includes with inferences and predictions.
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p. 234 - Listen to the conversations and then answer the questions. Then compare your answers with your partner.
1 D
2 C
3 B
4 C
5 B
6 A
7 A
8 B
9 C
10 D
p. 235-236 - Listen to the lectures and then answer the questions. Compare your answers.
1 A
2 C
3 D
4 A C
5 D
6 C
7 C
8 B
9 B C
10 D
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BREAK
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Handout (Cambridge) p. 289 - Listen and decide if each statement is an accurate inference.
1 yes
2 no
3 no
4 yes
p. 290 exercise L19 - Listen and answer the questions.
1 B
2 D
3 A
4 B - It’s about getting school students interested in economic history.
exercise L20 - Listen and answer the questions in your own words
1 She is (or wants to be) an art major.
2 As examples of simple toys with long-term enjoyment, contrasting them with high-tech toys that kids get bored with quickly.
3 To hear Spanish regional accents and experience Spanish-speaking (Hispanophone) cultures outside of class.
4 An assault recently happened on campus.
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Handout (Oxford) p. 231 - Background knowledge: What does an advisor do?
Note that “faculty”, meaning a large division within a university, is mainly a British term. (In the US, many large universities call these “colleges” or “schools” within the university.)
4L5 - How could we abbreviate these words in notes?
1 appt
2 bh/bhv/bhvr
3 CNS/cog neurosci/cogneuro (careful, because “CNS” can also mean Central Nervous System, which might be another part of any lecture or discussion about cognitive neuroscience)
4 biosci
5 spec deg’s
6 req
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Listen and take notes about the conversation. Then compare your notes with your partner. Did you hear the same information?
Why does the student see the advisor? What does the advisor suggest? What will the student probably do?
exercise 4L6 - Answer the questions about the conversation
1 c
2 a
3 a d
4 b c d
5 c d
6 c
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p. 232 exercise 4L7 - Listen to the discussion and complete the notes about exercise and cognition.
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Homework (optional): DELTA p. 236-239 exercises 2.4.C, D, E