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Strategy in answering practice questions in TOEFL, particularly listening.

The first section is Listening Comprehension, which consists of 3 parts :

The first, which is part A, is to look at the answer choices that are available to the next question. Because, despite the Listening Comprehension section, about the booklet is not written on a matter has been provide, but all the answer choices can be seen in the booklet about. By looking at the answer choices are there, participants can estimate the TOEFL test questionn that will appear on the next question.

The second, is to listen to the entire conversation carefully, because the answer to the whole problem is in dialouge or a short lecture that was played earlier.

The third, listen and remember things that related to 5 W 1 H, because the answer of the questions that arise will always be associated with such things.

The fourth, attention idioms that appear in the dialog. Some words have a literal meaning also has a different connotation to the true meaning. For example “blow the whistle” in the phrase “the police officer blew the whistle to stop the car” which literally means “blowing the whistle”. However, in the sentence “it was supposed to be a surprise party but somebody must have blown the whistle for he did not look suprise at all”, the word can also mean “leaking shock”.

The fifth, the participants had to pay attention to inferences. That is conclusion that can be drawn from the sentence that has been played. Never empty answer sheet even though the participants didn’t know the correct answer. Attendees are encouraged to fill in the answer by guessing because it will not be charged a penalty even if the answer are wrong.

Next, which is a stategy to deal with parts B and C. There are five strategies that can be practiced for the second part :

The first, if the participants have enough time, you should pay attention to the answer choices to anticipate the topic of conversation / short lectures and questions that will arise.

The second, listen carefully the first line of the conversation / lecture is short. Often the first line contains the main idea, subject or topic of conversation / lecture short.

The third, pull conclusions regarding the situation in a conversation / short lecture (who, where, when, what) for the questions that involve inferences.

The fourth, the questions concerning the details typically answered sequentially. Therefore, it is possible to read along while listening.

The fifth, the same as previous suggestion, which is never empty answer sheet. Altough don’t know the answer, participants should keep guessing because there is no penalty.