2018-11-26 Pre-TOEFL: overview, listening questions

TOEFL Test: 4 sections, 4 hours, out of 120 points total (30 per section)
1 reading: 60-80 minutes (3 or 4 reading passages with about 14 questions each)
2 listening: 60-90 minutes (6 or 9 listening passages with 5 or 6 questions each)
	(If you have a longer reading section, you’ll have the shorter listening section, and if you have the longer listening, you’ll have the shorter reading.)
- 10-minute break
3 speaking: 20 minutes (6 tasks, a total of 5.5 minutes of speaking time)
4 writing: about 60 minutes total (two tasks, 20 and 30 minutes of writing time)
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Listening Section: 2 or 3 sets of passages and questions
Each set:
	- 3 listenings (conversation, lecture, discussion)
	- 17 questions (5, 6, 6)
	- 10 minutes to choose answers
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The lecture and discussion can be about any academic topic.
The conversation can be about an academic topic or any other campus situation.
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Listening Question Types:
- main idea
- detail
- prediction
- function (why does a speaker say a particular thing or ask a particular question?)
- purpose/reason (why does a speaker discuss or mention something)
- inference (draw a conclusion about something the speakers don’t say directly)
- attitude (how does the speaker feel about something?)
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Cambridge exercise L9 - What will be the topic of each lecture?
1 United Kingdom (and its countries - England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland)
2 architecture award (“architecture” would be an incorrect answer, because it’s too general)
3 Irish linen (and its patterns)
exercise L10 - Which answer choice is the main idea?
1 C
2 B