Strategies For Long Conversation and Talk

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Strategies for long conversation

and talk
Nunung Nurhayati
Strategies for listening part B
1. If you have time, preview the answers to the
Listening Part B questions. While you are
looking at the answers, you should try to do
the following:
Anticipate the topics of the conversations you
will hear.
Anticipate the questions for each of the groups
of answers.
2. Listen carefully to the first line of the
conversation. The first line of the conversation
often contains the main idea, subject, or topic
of the conversation, and you will often be
asked to answer such questions.
3. As you listen to the conversation, draw
conclusions about the situation of the
conversation: who is talking, where the
conversation takes place, or when it takes
place. You will often be asked to make such
inferences about the conversation.
4. As you listen to the conversation, follow along
with the answers in your test book and try to
determine the correct answers. Detail
questions are generally answered In order in
the conversation, and the answers often sound
the same as what is said in the recording
program.
5. You should guess even if you are not sure.
Never leave any answers blank.

6. Use any remaining time to look ahead at the


answers to the questions that follow.
Exercise
Look at the answers to the five questions together, and try to anticipate the topic o f the
conversation for those five questions. (Of course, you cannot always determine exactly what the
topic is, but you often can get a general idea.)
1. (A) Find work on campus. 4. (A) Every morning.
(B) Work in the employment office. (B) Afternoons and weekends.
(C) Help students find jobs. (C) When hes in class.
(D) Ask the woman questions. (D) Weekdays.

2. (A) In the library. 5. (A) Fill out a form.


(B) In a classroom. (B) Give her some additional information.
(C) In a campus office. (C) Tell her some news.
(D) In an apartment. (D) Phone her.

3. (A) No more than ten.


(B) At least twenty.
(C) Not more than twenty.
(D) Up to ten.

What is the topic o f the conversation for questions 1 through 5?


Strategies for listening part C
1. BEFORE LISTENING
Anticipate the topics
Anticipate the questions
2. WHILE LISTENING
Determine the topic
Draw conclusions about what, who, when,
where
Listen for answers in order

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