Strategi Dalam Menjawab Soal Listening ( TOEFL )

Strategi Dalam Menjawab Soal Listening ( TOEFL )

Here are some strategies to answer the toefl listening test you can try General Strategy

v  Understand the forms of the command (Direction on each (part) well before the big day)

v  Read each answer choice when the narrator was reading about the direction and example problems (Directio already read before the day)

v  Listen with full concentration and focus your attention on the conversation you are listening

v   Maximize the ability listeing the first questions of each part Special Strategies

PART A: Short Conversation

v  Focus on the speaker to hear the second

v   Do not panic if they do not understand the word-for-word in a conversation is complete, only need to capture the ideas and content of the conversation

v   If you can not understand what what the Word of the second speaker, choose the best answer is different from what you hear

v  Understand the functional forms of expression (agreement, suggestion, suprice, etc.), idiomatic expressions and situations when the conversation is done

Speaker 1 (man) : I need a motorcycle to ride to Makassar, and I don't have one.

Speaker 2 (woman) : Why not rent one?

Narrator : What does the woman suggest?

Pilihan jawaban

(A) Getting a red motorcycle

(B) Renting an apartment in Makassar

(C) Not riding to Makassar

(D) Renting a motorcycle for the trip

Jawaban d.

PART B: Longer Conversation

v  When the narrator discuss the direction part B should read the answer choices at a glance and then record it and predict what the theme will be discussed

v   When listening to the conversation, you must know the theme / topic being discussed

v   carefully to each question

v   Pay attention to the conditions and situations that occur during a conversation that is concerned with the place and time of the conversation, what and who discussed

Narrator: Listen to part of a conversation between a student and a clerk in a college bookstore.

Man: I need to buy an basic English textbook.

Woman: Okay. What is the course number?

Man: You mean there is more than one

Woman: Sure. We offer Poetry, Writing, and Literature.

Man. If I take Poetry will we write sonnets?

Woman: Not really. The Poetry class is very basic rhyming.

Man: Great. That is what I wanted to hear. How much is that one?

Woman: It’s twenty-nine dollars, plus a ten-dollar notebook fee.

Man: Wait a minute, can’t I just use my own notebook.

Woman: Most students prefer the special poetry notebook, so we made it a requirement.

Man: Okay. I’ll take one Poetry book and notebook. Do you take credit cards?

Woman: Yes, but you don’t have to pay now. Just fill out this form and we will bill you.

Man: Sounds great.

25. What kind of English textbook does the man decide to buy?

a.       Writing

b.       Literature

c.       Poetry

d.       Sonnets

jawaban c.

PART C: TALK

v  If you have time, take a look at the answer choices listed in a booklet and find the key word

v  Carefully talks in sentences first because usually the topic for the next sentences

v  Focus on listening to things related to 5-WH questions (What, Why, Who, When, Where) and How

v   Make conclusions on the situation that occurs when talks do

In this part you will see several longer conversations and talks. You should answer each question on the basis of what is stated or implied by the speakers in the conversation or talks.

Narrator: Listen to a lecture by a biology instructor.Many people think of gorillas as dangerous killers. One reason for this is that television and movies often show these animals this way. But gorillas are really gentle animals.The gorilla is a vegetarian. It lives in the African rain forests where it finds the fruits and plants it needs to survive. A large, wild gorilla might eat over 40 pounds of leaves and fruit in one day. Unfortunately, these peaceful creatures are in danger of becoming extinct. Each year, large areas of the rain forests are being cut down. Because there is less and less food from these forests, the number of wild gorillas is becoming smaller and smaller.

18. The passage describes gorillas as being:

a.       Dangerous killers

b.      Carnivores

c.       TV and movie stars

d.       Gentle animals

Jawaban d.

19. According to the passage, why are gorillas in danger?

a.       Because people keep hunting them.

b.      Because they eat too much

c.        Because forests get too much rain.

d.       Because their food supply is being destroyed.

Jawaban d.