토플리스닝 ETS가 추천하는 리스닝 공부 무료사이트 1

Practice

Pick two of the following activities and complete them on your own. Most of these activities are based on the tips presented in the Inside the TOEFL® Test videos (the links will take you outside of the course and the edX platform).

1.    Find a friend or study partner, and listen to a short audio clip, like this one about butterflies(opens new window) from Smithsonian.com. When it’s finished, each of you should write down as much as you can remember about what you heard. Then compare notes to see who remembered more of the important points and supporting details.

2.    Listen to a podcast that has several speakers, like those from the TED® Radio Hour(opens new window). Ask yourself what each speaker is really trying to accomplish by saying certain things. The speaker may be trying to do things like:

·         Direct

·         Recommend

·         Complain

·         Agree/Disagree

·         Question

·         Confirm

3.    Listen to a recording of a classic story from English literature, like this excerpt from a Sherlock Holmes mystery story(opens new window). Stop the recording at various points, and try to summarize what has been said. Then try to predict what will be said next.

4.    Find academic lectures in introductory online university courses, like the courses offered by edX(opens new window). Listen to 3 or 4 lectures of increasing length, starting with topics that you are familiar with, and building up to longer ones on topics that are not familiar to you. Listen to them multiple times if you need to, and identify the main idea and the speaker’s purpose for each.

5.    Listen to a TOEFL Listening conversation or lecture at http://www.ets.org/toefl/ibt/prepare/quick_prep/(opens new window). Try to predict what kinds of questions will be asked, as well as what the answers to those questions will be. Are any of the TOEFL questions the same or similar to your questions? What about the answers? The more you practice predicting what questions will be asked, the better you will get at predicting and the better you will get at listening for important information. This will help you improve your confidence about taking the Listening section of the test, as you realize you know what to expect, and what to listen for!