PART 3 STRATEGIES

1. Read the first few questions

(8 second pause)
(Practice 1 –page 84)
 2. Know the question types and order
Gist
(main topic)
-where the conversation
takes place
-who the speakers are
-overall situation
What are the speakers mainly
discussing?
Where does this conversation
probably take place?
Detail
(specific details)
-what someone did/has
been asked to do
-how a problem is being
handled
-the order in which things
to be done
What did the man do?
What did the woman ask the man
to do?
Implication/ Inference
(things that are not stated
directly by the speaker)
-speaker’s
intentions/emotions,
expectations/probable
future actions
What does the woman intend to
do next?
Why is the man disappointed?

Where do the speakers probably How did the speakers solve their
work? problem?
Who are the speakers? What will the man do first?
What will the man probably do
next?
What does the woman expect the
man to do?
What will the man probably do
next?
 3. Know the distractors
a. not mentioned
15. How long do the speakers need to wait?
a. Half an hour
b. Forty- five minutes
c. An hour
d. More than an hour

Track 3 (6.23)
 b. repeated words
(track 3- 7.56)
18. How many minutes will the woman need to wait for the next
bus?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 8
d. 15
 c. New words
(track 3- 4.53)
10. What is the woman learning about?
a. A camera
b. A projector
c. A printer
d. A photocopier
 d. rephrase/ paraphrase
(track 3- 4.52 )
12. How can users change the size of the image?
a. By pressing the “resize” button
b. By pressing the blue arrows
c. By pressing the red button
d. By turning the wheel
 4. Listen for the information

5. Answer each question in your own

words

6. Evaluate answer choices

7. Eliminate answer choices

 8. Manage your time

9. Read the questions for the next

conversation