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EDUCATION AND TRAINING MINISTRY

LAC HONG UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

LECTURES OF LISTENING 5

HOANG VINH LOC

BIEN HOA, AUGUST 2011

UNIT 1: CAREERS

Objectives and requirements

After this lesson, students can:

• be familiar with vocabulary used in the fields of professions, recruitment and training

• be familiar with TOEIC Listening: Part I Picture Description

• learn the overall format of the TOEFL iBT Listening section

Periods in class: 4

Time allocation:

No Content Number of

period

1 Target Score: Professions, Recruitment, Train 2

2 Hooked on TOEFL iBT Listening: Overall format of

the listening section & Diagnostic test 2

Focus:

 Target Score: Professions, Recruitment, Train

 Hooked on TOEFL iBT Listening: Overall format of the listening section & Diagnostic test

1 Target score: Career

1 1 Getting Ready Choose the situation that describes what is happening in each picture What clues helped you decide?

1.1.1 Pair work

With a partner, choose any of the above situations which you have been

to and talk about it

1.2 Recruitment

1.2.1 Language guide: Telephone calls

Opening:

• Peoplepower What can I help you?

• Hello This is….from….Can I help you?

• Hi, this is….speaking… What can I do for you?

Request:

• I’m calling to…

• Can I speak to…?

• Can I leave a message for….?

• Can you tell her to call me back?

• Could you please have her call me first thing tomorrow?

1.2.1 Building your vocabulary

Call 1 schedule department store to finalize to sort out

Call 2 HR (human resources) temporary staff truck driver to involve deliver merchandise assignment to reckon condition

Call 3 chef to inform full-time to give a notice to assume to supply a replacement to confirm be short-staffed

1.2.2 Listening and note – taking

Laura Alvarado is the manager of PeoplePower, a temporary work agency Listen to three conversations that she has with clients and fill in the information in the table below

Name of caller Subject of call Action to be taken Call 1 (1)……… Jackman 2 3

Call 2 Howard (4)………… 5 6

Call 3 Laura Alvarado 7 8

1.2.3 Listen and write True or False

Listen to the conversations again and decide if these statements are true (T)

or false (F)

1

Sabrina Marquez worked at a store during last year holiday period T The worker is completely free at the moment _

The man wants the worker to start work at the end of January

The woman is not sure if the worker is free in January _

2

The man needs to hire 2 cab drivers

The drivers are supposed to deliver merchandise within the country The man and the woman are going to meet tomorrow mid-morning

3

The worker has accepted a full-time job elsewhere. _

The worker is not working so well

The new chef is from Spain

The man is really in need of staff

2 Hooked on TOEFL iBT Listening

2.1 Overview of the TOEFL iBT Listening Section

Listening Material Number of questions Timing

4-6 lectures

about 3-5 minutes long each 6 questions per lecture

2-3 conversations,

about 3 minutes long each

5 questions per conversation

60-90 minutes

2.2 Diagnostic Test

2.2.1 Building your vocabulary

• barely

• drop from

• term

• to punish

• regularly

• to skip class

• on one’s behalf

• abundantly

• code of conduct

• to submit

• be in high demand

• to show up

• wait list

• graduation requirement

• a load of

• circumstances

• compelling

• to set aside

• dean

• to appeal

• to take a sympathetic view

• to get right on

2.2.2 Listening and answering the questions

Listen to part of a conversation between a student and a professor Take note to answer the following questions

1 Why does the professor want to see the student?

2 Why does the professor mention the university regulation ?

3 What does the professor suggest that the woman do?

4 What is the student’s opinion of the university policy?

5 Why does the professor say this:

a/ To make sure if she really wants to take the course

b/ To criticize her because she did not make an effort to attend the class c/ To give her comfort for dropping from the class

d/ To offer a mild objection to the woman’s statement

2.2.3 After you listen

In groups, discuss with your classmates about your school regulations

1) What do you like or dislike about your school regulations?

2) What is your school regulations about attending courses?

3) Have you ever skipped classes? What happened to you then?

4) In your opinion, should universities check their students’ attendance in

the courses? Why or why not?

 Homework

Hooked on TOEFL iBT Listening

 Listen to part of the talk in a paleontology class and answer the

questions [page 10-11]

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UNIT 2: WORKPLACES

Objectives and requirements

After this lesson, students can:

 be familiar with vocabulary used in offices, technology and facilities

 practice TOEIC Listening: Part I Picture Description

 practice TOEFL iBT listening: Question types 1, 2, 3

Periods in class: 4

Time allocation:

No Content Number of

period

1 Target Score: offices, technology and facilities 2

2 Hooked on TOEFL iBT Listening: Listen for main

ideas & listen for details 2

Focus:

 Office Description - Communication at work

 TOEIC Part 1 Picture Description

 TOEFL iBT Part 1 Listening for main ideas, details, function and attitude

1 Target score: Workplaces

1.1 Getting Ready

Look at the pictures and name the objects you see in each picture Then identify the workplaces and the jobs associated with them

1.1.1 Suggested vocabulary

1.1.2 Group discussion

1 What different places have you worked in?

2 What did you like/ dislike about these places?

Objects Workplace Jobs

Picture 1

lab equipment, bottles, containers, pipette, test tube, jars, solutions

laboratory laboratory

technician

Picture 2

drawing, ruler, drawing board, model

architect’s office

architect

Picture 3

car, tools, battery, engine, hood, fender, wheel, tire

garage, workshop

mechanic

Picture 4

forklift, stock, coils, pallets

warehouse forklift driver,

warehouse worker

1.2 Office working conditions

1.2.1 The following statements are complaints from a survey of office working conditions Listen to ten questions (A-J) Which complaint does each one refer to? Write your answers in the spaces provided above

1.2.2 Group work

Look at the above complaints about office working conditions Which three would you find the most annoying? Discuss you answers with your classmates

1.3 Office Objects

1.3.1 In group, look at the picture of Alison’s office Name the objects you can see

1.3.2 Now listen to Alison describing her office How many objects could you name correctly? Add more objects to your list

2 Hooked on TOEFL iBT Listening

2.1 Listening for main ideas

2.1.1 Background

Main idea questions test your understanding of the overall topic or main idea of the listening passage For conversations, you may be asked about the main topic or the main purpose of the conversation The main idea is the first question after each listening passage

2.1.2 Recognizing question types

What is the main topic of the

lecture?

Why does the student visit the professor?

What are the speakers mainly

discussing?

Why does the student visit the registrar’s office?

What aspect of X does the

professor mainly discuss?

Why did the professor ask to see the student?

What problem does the woman

have?

2.1.3 Approaching main idea questions

1 Pay attention to the beginning of the passage

2 Listen for frequently repeated words or ideas

3 Omit answer choices that are too specific or too broad

2.1.4 Sample questions

Listen to part of a conversation between a student and a librarian

1 What problem does the woman have?

a/ She lost a library book

b/ The book she needs is on loan

c/ The librarian does not have the book she needs

d/ The library will not let her sign out a book

Listen to part of a talk in an environmental science class

2 What are the speakers mainly discussing?

a/ The damage of nuclear energy

b/ The economic loss caused by pollution

c/ The cost of an oil spill cleanup

d/ The damage done by pollution

2.2 Listen for details

2.2.1 Background

Detail questions test your understanding of details or facts in the listening passage These questions only ask about major details stated directly in the passage They do not ask about implied information or minor details Some detail questions have more that one correct answer

2.2.2 Recognizing question types

• Why does the man like X?

• What is X?

• According to the professor, what is the main problem with X?

• What are the functions of X? [Click on 2 answers]

• What kind of work does the professor suggest to the man? [Click on

2 answers]

2.2.3 Approaching the questions

 Focus on major concepts: definitions of new terms, important features

of things or concepts, causes and effects of specific events, etc

 Learn the structures of conversations: What the student needs => Why he or she needs it => What the professor or university representative will do to help the student

 Correct answer choices are often paraphrased

2.2.4 Sample questions

Listen to part of talk in a zoology class

1 What is aestivation?

a/ When insects freeze during winter

b/ When animals emerge from hibernation

c/ When animals remain in a dormant state during the summer

d/ When animals move slowly and eat very little in order to save energy

Listen to part of a lecture in a chemistry class

2 What were Marie Curie’s achievements?

Click on 2 answers

a/ Isolating new radioactive elements

b/ Discovering the radioactivity of uranium

c/ Inventing the first radio

d/ Winning two Nobel Prizes

 Homework

 Listen to part I of the TOEIC test – Target TOEIC Practice Test 1

 Listen to the Pattern Drill sections on pages: 16, 17, 20 and 21 – Hooked

on TOEFL iBT Listening (Assignment – to be marked)

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