hahn richie master toefl junior advanced b2 listening compre

The TOEFL Junior Test provides parents and educators with objective information about improvements in a student's English ability over time.. The TOEFL Junior test was made to measure a

Master TOEFL Junior Advanced - Listening: Comprehension

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Each book in the series includes a carefully researched and detailed guide to each part of the TOEFL Junior Test This series was designed to give test takers the skills and knowledge needed to obtain a high score on the TOEFL Junior Test

I have geared this guide towards students who wish to assess their grasp of the communication skills necessary for participating in an English language learning environment The TOEFL Junior Test provides parents and educators with objective information about improvements in a student's English ability over time lt also serves as

a comprehensive measurement that can be helpful in gaining students admission to selective educational programs This book will be a great asset to EFL students who wish to enter middle schools and exchange programs across America

I wish to acknowledge the enthusiastic efforts of my writing assistants: Adam Whibley, Devin Maskell, and Emma Siemasko

Lastly, I'd like to thank my family for being there while this Junior

series was being put together I could not have done it without the love and support of

my wife, Bora Lee, and our new baby, Si-woo Hahn

Richie Hahn

Announcement/Talk Question Types

Unit 1 Main Idea Questions

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Unit 2 Details Questions 028

Unit 4 Prediction Questions 040

Unit 5 Speaker's Purpose Questions 046

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4 Unit 5

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Main Idea Questions

Details Questions Inference Questions Prediction Questions

Rhetorical Device Questions

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105

109

The TOEFL Junior test was made to measure a non-native English speaker's ability to understand the English used in a North American educational environment (age range of 12~ 17) The test is divided into three sections: Listening Comprehension (42 questions), Language Form and Meaning (42 questions), and Reading Comprehension (42 questions) lt is

a 1 i 0-minute multiple-choice test

The test will be done at a secure testing center The testing center will have one or two testers who will watch test takers The testers will check your identification to be sure you are who you say you are The testers will then explain how to do the test, and give you the materials to do the test The testers cannot help answer any questions as you do the test

Test takers can take notes on their test papers during the test At the end of the test, the testers will take your papers Students who are caught trying to bring notes from outside into the testing center will be disqualified Also, students may not leave the test center with any notes or information found in the test booklet Consequences may include not getting a test score These rules exist so students do not give TOEFL Junior exam infor-mation to future test takers

Test takers cannot have any electrical devices on during the test Leave them at home or turned off in your bag If a test taker is caught using an electrical device, they could be kicked out of the test center Electrical devices include cell phones, MP3 players, radios, calculators, pocket computers and electronic dictionaries

At the start of each section students will be given instructions for that section All the information needed to finish the test is in the written instructions provided by the test center

Go to the bathroom before the test You cannot leave the test room until your break

Total 126 Questions= 3 Sections x 42 Questions

Time Given = 11 0 Minutes

The TOEFL Junior is a paper-based test

The TOEFL Junior listening is used to judge whether or not a non-native English speaking student has the listening skills appropriate for learning in mid-level English learning environments Mid-level English learning environments include middle school and high school

in North America

1 One of the purposes for the TOEFL Junior listening test is to measure a test taker's ability

to understand commonplace conversations (everyday topics, day-to-day events) that occur in a school environment The test taker should be able to understand main ideas and important details, be capable of making inferences or predictions, and understand the meanings behind prosodic use/intonation

2 Test takers must also have the ability to listen for the purposes of learning The TOEFL Junior contains both lectures and instructional dialogues similar to the level of English used in mid-level learning environments Students must be able to understand school staff members in and outside of the classroom (in class, during school trips, in the lunch room, intercom messages, in the auditorium) while being capable of understanding a variety of roles that dialogues may have (school notices, reminders, warnings, or invitations) Test takers must understand main ideas, important details and have the ability to infer information or make predictions based on the material Lastly, test takers should know a speaker's purpose and understand any rhetorical devices used

This book will cover all the need-to-know information mentioned above in detail Each question type is covered in its own unit in the following chapters

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4 Questions I Script 210-360

What is the speaker mainly talking about?

What does the teacher instruct the students

to do?

What point does the boy make about the big test?

What will the girl probably do next?

What is the class probably doing?

What is the purpose of the talk?

There are seven different types of questions on the listening test, grouped into three different

categories This book will look at each type of question, provide strategies on how to answer

each question type, and test material to practice with For now, here is a summary of the

question types:

These questions focus on the main topic and factual information of the scripts in the

following ways:

I Main -The main topic of the announcement/talk, conversation, and lecture

2 Details- Specific information in the material (words, names, or definitions)

These questions focus on using the information given while asking you to logically decide

the speaker's meaning or next plan of action

3 Inference- Unsaid suggestions or ideas made by a speaker

4 Prediction -The logical thing a speaker may do or say next

5 Prosody- A speaker's meaning based on how they sound

These questions ask about the detail of the question in a non-specific way and test your

understanding of the material's theme

6 Speaker's Purpose -The function of a dialogue or specific phrase

7 Rhetorical -The goal in using a specific phrase

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This book contains eight parts

The diagnostic test tells you your listening strengths and also what you should focus on to improve your skills Additionally the diagnostic test gives you a grade you can refer back to once you take the practice tests to see how much your listening skill has improved since you began this book

question type on the TOEFL Junior

question type successfully This section also includes methods you can use to recognize specific question types and explains the test's traps used to trick you into answering incorrectly

5 - This portion of each strategy unit illustrates how a specific question type appears in a listening dialogue Each example question is an opportunity to practice answering a specific question type on its own before you encounter them mixed with various other question types Each example question is followed by a full explanation, providing the correct answer and reasons why the other choices are incorrect

practice listening for key phrases Key phrases are necessary in understanding each dialogue and answering the question given in each dictation section The dictation portion of each unit also acts as a second example question so you can practice a specific question type before tackling the practice tests

to answer specific question types on their own before trying out the actual test at the end of this book The practice tests will show your improvements on each question type as you study their specific units

The TOEFL Junior test provides test takers with a report card that indicates their scaled score for each section (ranging from 200 to 300) and the total score, which is a sum from the 3 section scores and ranges from 600 to 900

This segment of the report allows you to compare your TOEFL Junior score against a sample of ETS native English speaking scores

The Lexile Measure is the standard method of assessing reading ability all over the world lt measures the general abilities of a test taker in understanding and translating English passages created by Metametrix

The TOEFL Junior test is now used in accord with the Common European Framework of Reference The TOEFL Junior was endorsed in 2000 by the European Council for use within Europe The TOEFL Junior provides test takers with a total index and details of their score based on each section of the test (listening, language form and meaning, and reading)

This is an official level rating certificate The first 3 levels classify a test taker's English ability as gold (1), silver (2) or bronze (3) The last two levels do not reward a medal grade

*Shows a student's likely level in the U.S

Grading System and CEFR

* Scores are widely accepted for studying

abroad

*Test scores accepted and recognized both

domestically and internationally

* Widely accepted as an objective measure of a

student's English ability

*Tests logical thinking and reading comprehension skills

*Tests the test taker's English speaking ability

• 1a Tracks 1~14

listening section

listening section

Here is an example:

13 questions Follow along as you

What does the teacher want

The correct answer is (A), "Choose buddies."

Here is another example:

a

The correct answer is (D), "Choose a pair of safety goggles."

to the directions to

Go on to the next page, and the test will begin with question number one

I GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE>

1 What is probably true about Hazen

Union's team?

(A) Their team members are old

2 What will the class probably do next?

Why people should

famous writers

by

4 Why is the teacher talking to the students?

IS

5 What does the teacher want the students to do?

rest

What does the boy ask

(A) An English paper

(D) A science exam and a social studies

exam

"I'm a very picky eater"?

likes seafood

eat

9 What

do next?

the two speakers probably

(A) Go to class (B) Go eat U H ! H v !

10 What are the speakers mainly

discussing?

(A) The entries in the girl's journal

(B) Whether or not the girl likes to cook

cooking

(D) A cooking conference that the girl

might attend

11 What does the girl mean when she says

"But, Mr Band, you're an English

(A) She's been to a few before

(B) They're not interesting to her

13 What will Mr Band probably do next?

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1 Announcement/Talk [Main Idea]

Main Idea Questions

All Announcement/Talk questions are based on a class announcement or an informational speech by a school staff member (teacher, coach, principal, or volunteer) The 'Main ldeaJ of an announcement/ talk listening passage is the general topic of the material All other information in a listening passage will somehow relate back to one main theme Your job is to prove you know what the 'Main ldeaJ is Use the following helpful hints to answer the example questions

1 Announcement/Talk Main ldeaJ questions start like this:

What is the subject of the announcement?

What is the teacher mainly talking about?

What is the teacher explaining?

What is the secretary explaining?

What is the librarian talking about?

What is the guidance counselor talking about?

listen to the

The first sentence in an announcement/talk almost always contains the main topic Announcements/talks are only 55-65 words long, so the main idea must be clearly stated early in the passage

listen for Repetition

The following example illustrates main idea strategies and provides you with one main idea

example question

Track 15

classrooms available, many of your homerooms will be reassigned The new class

changes will primarily affect 71h grade students All 71

h graders should carefully read the classroom changes on the school bulletin board Any questions you have

should be directed to your current homeroom teacher

to

new

Announcement/Tall< Example

Track 16

N Listen to the following announcement

W Students, please check the Lost-and-Found for yourhats, gloves, and mittens As it's gotten colder, you've all been bringing extra clothes to school I understand that you have a lot to keep track of, but our Lost-and-Found is overflowing Even if you think you have everything, come by the front office and take a look We might have something that you didn't know you lost

Question

What is the subject of the announcement?

N to a

improve if you practice your rotary breathing If you're able to breathe at the right

swim faster Your form looks great, but @

Track 18

N Listen to an art history teacher talking to his class

Claude Monet He was a French painter who is famous for painting beautiful water

lilies Actually, Claude Monet suffered from cataracts, 0

If you look at Monet's paintings all together,

Answer Key p 1 i 2

Practice Test

1 What is the speaker mainly talking about?

(A) A new science teacher

(B) Working in science labs

(C) Being polite to someone new

(D) Studying chemistry in college

2 What is the main idea of the talk?

3 What is the speaker mainly talking about?

(A) Living near the sea

(B) Spending time in her car

(C) Her personal experiences

(D) Writing about what she knows about

Details Questions

'DetailsJ are specific facts and information found in the listening material Your job is to show

that you can recognize and understand specific key information from a passage Use

the following helpful hints to answer the example questions

1 Announcement/Talk DetailsJ questions start like this:

What does the teacher instruct /want the students to do?

What does the teacher (principal, volunteer etc.) say about X?

Write down any facts, definitions and examples you hear Also, write down any activities a speaker discusses The information found in an announcement I talk is mostly relevant to the main idea The difficult part is remembering all the facts to answer a specific details question Writing down any key information provides you with a quick reminder for any details you may have forgotten

Paraphrase

While writing your notes, it is important to NOT try and write everything you hear word for word Write down the key information in short form You may write down anything that helps you remember; your notes do not need to be neat, organized, or even grammatically correct See the note-taking section for more information

The following example illustrates details strategies and provides you with one details example question

Track 25

W King Tut is one of the most well-known Egyptian pharaohs However, he strangely

at the 18 a cause not Many theories have been

put forward as to what caused the young King's death For a long time, it was

Ill

Announcement/Talk Example

Track 26

N Listen to an English teacher talking to a class

W Last week, we finished Moby Dick You should have handed in your book reports last Friday The class took a vote about which book we should read next The choices were Treasure Island or A/ice in Wonderland Mark and Sally counted the votes The total votes were 11 for Treasure Island and 13 for A/ice in Wonderland

You will have two weeks to complete the novel and finish your reports They will be due on Friday of the second week

Question

N to a some

W Look, I'm sorry that you did not do better on your exams Many of you approached

me to express your disappointment I am happy that G)

While I can't change your

hope to see an improvement when I grade your next tests

1 What does

Track 28

N Listen to a teacher talking to his class

M When choosing the topic of your science project, G)

This year we've studied many things, from cells and the human body to geology and the world's volcanoes 0

: Which unit did you enjoy the most? Why? What was most interesting? Ql

that interests you

Answer Key p 113

Practice Test

1 What does the teacher instruct the students to do?

(A) Stay at home

(B) Wash their hands often

(C) Stay healthy by eating right

(D) Get their flu shots from the nurse

2 What does the principal say about the school dress code?

It is

It

It HHA''"'-'"

3 What does the speaker say about the school library?

(B) Mrs Meadows will be there at all times

(C) It will be open 24 hours a day during exam periods

What students to

(D) Finish

5 What does the teacher instruct the students to do?

(C) Meet two

(D) Speak with

a week after class

6 What does the volunteer say the Velociraptor?

Answer Key pp i i 3-114

Inference Questions

'lnferenceJ questions are based on the idea that information can be inferred or implied

without directly being said Your job is to listen for the suggested meaning of a phrase,

choosing from the answer choices given Use the following helpful hints to answer the example questions

1 Announcement/Talk lnferenceJ questions start like this:

What is probably true about X?

What is the class probably doing?

What are the students probably doing?

What can be inferred about the last field trip?

What does the teacher suggest about the play?

What does the nurse suggest about giving blood?

What does the principal suggest about the guest speaker?

Inference questions ask you to think logically in order to reasonably guess the meaning behind a speaker's words Compare the answer choices to the main idea and details of the announcement/talk Is there something in common with one answer choice and the important information from the announcement I talk? Compare each answer choice to the main idea If there is no relationship, the answer choice is likely wrong Think about your answer choice If you cannot give a good reason for the choice, you may have chosen the wrong answer

Avoid Trap Answers

The correct answer to an inference question will not contain vocabulary directly from the

The following example illustrates inference strategies and provides you with one inference

example question

Track 35

W Now that you have all paired up, I'll hand out your babies Each robotic baby will

act just like a real baby They cry and respond to touch They need to be fed and

they also need to sleep They're able to do almost everything a real baby can do

are

What is probably true about the students?

Announcement/Talk Example

Track 36

N Listen to the school principal giving an announcement

W As you all know, the school year is coming to a close To celebrate another successful year, there will be a talent show held in the auditorium next Friday There will be no classes Friday afternoon, but all students should attend the show Any student who does not wish to go has the option of studying for final exams in the library

Question

What is probably true about the talent show?

N to a teacher to his team

M Girls, I know we haven't been playing well recently I hate to say it, but I think

0

great players and I hope that @

Let's put all our effort in and win

1 What is probably true about Samantha?

(A) She believes

(B) She was the team's best player

(C) She's been coming to lots of games

(D) She thinks the team is destined to

N Listen to an English teacher talking to her class

W "The Road Not Taken" is one of Robert Frost's CD

You are all

Track 38

it's about what paths you choose in life and how you can't

way of showing how difficult it is to decide which path to take in life This poem

@

What does the teacher suggest paths in poem?

They are spiritual

Answer Key p 114

Practice Test

1 What can be inferred about the balls in the experiment?

(A) They're all the same

(D) Dropping them will prove something about science

2 What is probably true about Madison National Park?

3 What can be inferred about the meeting?

(A) It will be tonight

(B) It is about issues in the school library

(C) It is only for students who want to be teachers

(D) The teachers regularly have meetings in the teachers' lounge