Tips for success at the TOEFL Listening Text

To succeed, candidates can do the following:

• listen for the main idea before focusing on small details.
• pay attention to changes in the speaker’s topic or direction.
• listen for signal words because they often reveal relationships between ideas.
• take brief notes rather than attempting to write every word.
• distinguish what the speaker says directly from what can reasonably be inferred.
• eliminate answer choices that are true statements but do not answer the question asked.
• attentive even when the topic is unfamiliar because TOEFL questions test listening ability rather than specialist knowledge.
• use the speaker’s tone, emphasis and choice of words when answering attitude and purpose questions.

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