listening

1. LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Tim MKU Bahasa Inggris
UNESA

2. LISTENING COMPREHENSION
± 30 minutes
PART A
• consists of 30
short
conversations.
• Each
conversation
is followed by
a question.
PART B
• Consists of 2
long
conversations.
• Each
conversation
is followed by
4 or 5
questions.
PART C
• Consists of 2
talks/lectures.
• Each talk or
lecture is
followed by 4
or 5 questions.
 Consist of 50 questions
 Divided into three parts

3. 1. Don’t hesitate to answer.
a. Never leave any answers blank.
b. No score reduction for wrong answers.
2. Be familiar with the directions.
3. Decide your answer quickly, then move on.
a. You have 12 seconds only between each
question on the recording.
b. Use any remaining time to look ahead the
answers to the question that follow.
General strategies (1)

4. 4. Stay focus.
a. Pay attention on the whole recording
b. As you listen to a conversation, read along the
answer options in your test book and try to guess
the question which might be asked
c. As you listen to a conversation,
draw conclusion about the situation of the
conversation: who is talking, where the conversation
takes place, or when it takes place
5. Understand the questions.
General strategies (2)

5. WHAT
• What does the man/woman mean?
• What are the man & woman discussing?
• What are the man & woman talking about?
• What is the main subject of the conversation?
• What is the purpose of the conversation?
• What do we know about …?
• What do we learn about …?
TYPE OF QUESTION (1)

6. • What did the man/woman do?
• What does the man/woman prefer to do?
• What does the man/woman need to do?
• What does the man/woman probably want to
do?
• What will the man/woman probably do next?
TYPE OF QUESTION (2)

7. • What is the man/woman problem?
• What is the man/woman excuse?
• What does the man/woman suggest … to do?
• What does the man/woman imply?
• What had the man/woman thought?
• What should the man/woman have done?
• What has the man/woman assumed?
Assumptions
TYPE OF QUESTION (3)

8. TYPE OF QUESTION (4)
• Where does the conversation take place?
• When does the conversation take place?
• Who is the man/woman in this conversation?
• Why does the man/woman have problem?
• How does the man/woman feel?
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when, where, who, why, how

9. What listening practices
are we going to learn in
this course?

10. Dialogs, focus on:
 Topics
 Details
 Selections
 Reversals
 Idioms
 Emotions
 Suggestions
 Assumptions
 Predictions
 Implications
 Problems
Practice on part A

11.  Conversations between Friends on Campus
 Conversations between Campus Personnel and
Students
 Conversations between Campus Professors and
Students
 Consultations between Professors and Students
 Group Discussions between Students
 Class Clarifications between Professor and Students
Practice on PART B

12.  General Talks by Professor
 Content Lectures by Professor
 Interactive Lectures by Professor and
Students
Practice on PART C

13. THE END

15. Assumptions
• A statement accepted as true without proof or demonstration.
• In some short conversation, an assumption is proven false, and
the speaker who had made the assumption express surprise
Example:
Man : You mean this test isn’t open book?
Woman : Not this time.
Narrator : What had the man assumed about the test?
(A) The test would not be timed.
(B) The test could be taken home to complete.
(C) He would be able to use his book during the test.
(D) He would have to study very hard for the test.
TYPE OF QUESTION (4)