2018-07-18 TOEFL: listening detail

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: finish the handout
Check your answers with a partner. Convince your partner of your answers if you disagree.
13 B
14 B or D
15 B
16 C
17 A
18 C
19 B
20 D
21 C
22 C
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Listening Question Types:
- main idea
- detail
- purpose
- attitude
- inference
- prediction
- organization
- function
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Detail Questions
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-teeth-evolve-peter-s-ungar
Watch the video and answer the questions.
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DELTA p. 208 - Listen to the lectures and then answer the questions.
1 C
2 D
3 A
4 C
5 A D
6 D
7 B
8 A
9 B
10 D
p. 209 - Do the same for exercise 2.2.D
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BREAK
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1 A
2 C
3 D
4 D
5 B C
6 C
7 D
8 A D
9 B
10 A
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Handout (Cambridge) exercise L13 - There are no questions like this on the TOEFL, but recognizing the difference between potential restatements of listening information is necessary for detail questions.
- Read the answer choices and identify what is different between them.
- Then listen to statements from lectures and choose the one with the same information.
1 B
2 A
3 B
4 B
5 A
6 B
7 B
8 A
p. 276 exercise L14 - Listen to parts of lectures and conversations, then answer the questions.
1 A C
2 B D
3 A B
4 B C
p. 277 exercise L15 - There are not questions like this on the TOEFL (where you don’t know how many answers to pick), but it’s basically the same skill as in L16.
1 A B D
2 A B
3 A D
4 B C
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p. 279 exercise L16 - This is similar to questions you’ll sometimes see on TOEFL tests.
Which letters are “yes” answers?
1 A B D (C and E are part of racing, not training.)
2 B C D
3 C D E (A and B are benefits that ants get from aphids.)
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p. 280-281 exercise L17 - Sometimes you complete tables (similar to organize questions in reading)
Take notes while you listen. Then answer each question.
1 Prisms Plates Stars
2 Antiviral Antibacterial Antibacterial
3 Refrigerator Icehouse Icebox
4 Drops Drops Drops Flow Flow
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Homework (optional): Listen to a TED-Ed video of your choice (from https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDEducation/videos) and take notes. Then see if you can answer the questions at the TED website.