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The document outlines the structure and content of the Listening section of the TOEFL ITP test, detailing the types of questions and skills assessed. It includes exercises focused on identifying expressions of agreement, uncertainty, surprise, wishes, and idiomatic language. The agenda also emphasizes practice using specific skills from the Longman preparation materials.

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Week_02_IF

The document outlines the structure and content of the Listening section of the TOEFL ITP test, detailing the types of questions and skills assessed. It includes exercises focused on identifying expressions of agreement, uncertainty, surprise, wishes, and idiomatic language. The agenda also emphasizes practice using specific skills from the Longman preparation materials.

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LISTENING SKILLS

English III
KUS0201_Week 02_Session01-02
by Rumondang Miranda Marsaulina

INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI DEL


SISINGAMANGARAJA, LAGUBOTI
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TOEFL ITP TEST STRUCTURE

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Listening
How many questions are included in Listening Part A?
Part A: Thirty short conversations
Part B: Two longer conversations
Part C: Three lectures/talks

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Mahasiswa mampu mengidentifikasi detail yang dinyatakan, tidak dinyatakan, dan tersirat dalam
sebuah rekaman bahasa Inggris, termasuk topik, konteks, serta makna kata/frasa/kalimat dengan
benar (C2, A2, P3).

[Students are able to identify stated, unstated, and implied details in an English recording, including
topics, context, and the meanings of words/phrases/sentences correctly].

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Today’s agenda

Section 01. Part A Listening


Theory and Practice using Longman book
Skills 11-13
Skills 14-15
Skills 16-17

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Functions
Skill 11. Listen for expressions of agreement
used to express one’s agreement to a positive or negative statement

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Skill 11

e.g. On the recording, you hear


A: I guess their assumptions do not make any sense.
B: You can say that again!
What does B mean?

On your test book, you will read


(A) She disagrees with A
(B) She asks A to repeat his words
(C) She has the same idea with A
(D) She hardly listens to what A has said

Which is correct and why?

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Functions

Skill 12. Listen for expressions of uncertainty and suggestion

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Skill 12

Expression of uncertainty Expression of suggestion


e.g. On the recording, you hear e.g. On the recording, you hear
A: When is the assignment due date? A: I am stuck with my paper writing.
B : It is tomorrow, isn’t it? B: Let’s go to the library for some literature!
What does B mean? What does B suggest?

On your test book, you read On your test book,you read


(A) He is certain about the time (A) Start finding the needed sources for
(B) He absolutely has no idea when it is writing A’s paper
(C) He is rather doubt of the time (B) A goes to the library by herself
(D) He disagrees with the time set (C) A should go to the library to take a rest
(D) Going to the library is not an option

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Functions
Skill 13. Listen for Emphatic Expressions of Surprise
It is an expression that implies that the speaker has not expected something to be true.

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Skill 13

e.g. On the recording,you hear


A. My TOEFL iBT score reached 100.
B. Then, you did make it!
What had B assumed?

On your test book, you read


(A) The man had passed without any trouble.
(B) The man would have failed the test
(C) The man almost had passed the test
(D) The man hadn’t expected he had passed the test, while B had been convinced

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Contrary meanings

Skill 14. Listen for wishes


Remember “ a wish implies that the opposite of the wish is true”

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Skill 14
e.g. On the recording, you hear
A: Did you enjoy your Christmas holiday?
B: I wish I hadn’t spent my days at home only.
What does B mean?

On your test book, you read


(A) B had enjoyed her Christmas
(B) B had been grateful for being able to spend his days at home during Christmas
(C) B had taken trips
(D) B had been died of having trips, but she couldn’t

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Contrary meanings

Skill 15. Listen for untrue conditions

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Skill 15

e.g.

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Idiomatic language
Skill 16. Two and three part verbs
Be careful with the addition of the particles like in, on, at that can change the meaning of the verb in
the expression in an idiomatic way

e.g. On the recording, you hear


A: I should renew my driver’s license, but I have been asked to retake the written tes
B: Then, you’ll have to brush up on the laws.
What does the man need to do?

On your test book, you read


(A) Reapply for his driver’s license
(B) Sweep around the lawn
(C) Learn the laws for the first time
(D) Review the information that will be on the test

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Idiomatic language

Skill 17. Idioms

e.g. On the recording, you hear


A: How was it when the president elect was addressing the guests in the inauguration?
B: Well, you could hear a pin drop.
What does the man mean?

On your test book, you read


(A) The president dropped his pen
(B) The speech contained several puns
(C) The audience became muted
(D) The president discussed things to be dropped

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Practice
Practice skills 01-17 by completing the questions on
Longman page 57-58 (softcopy book)

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Reference
Deborah Phillips. 2003. Longman Preparation Course for the TOEFL
Test: The Paper Test. USA: Pearson – Longman

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