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The difficulty of english in TOEFL is level advance, so

if somebody has not reached that level , it will be difficult to get toefl score more than 550 In many cases, the main difficulty of toefl place in LISTENING COMPREHENSION. This is caused by Indonesian treats an english as foreign languange, thats why the english as foreign languange is very seldom to used in daily life.

TOEFL

Things that influence listening score

Audio quality
Speech of delivery Words undertsanding

Idiomatics expression and multipart verb

Topics understanding

Listening Test
1.

Short Dialogues ( One trick is focused on the sinonim of the sentence)

Restatements Negative state with positive respons and the contrary. Suggestions Active and passive sentences Identification of who and where Agreement Idiomatic expressions and multipart verbs

Listening Test (cont)

2. Long Dialogues (Is is an conversation between two persons that more than 5 sentences. The tricks is focused on main idea and detail things such name, place, year)
3. Long Talks (It is a talk by one person,The texts is formed deskriptive or narative. Ussually ,texts has theme of geographics, biology, history, medical,etc)

Short Dialogue Example

Restatement

Question: Woman Man Narrator

: You have been wrking at the computer for hours : Yes,and I need to take a break : What does the man mean?

Answer: A.The Computers broken B. He must relax for a while C. He should keep working D. Hes broke The correct answer is c. He should relax for a while, Restatement of take a break is relax for a while

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Negative state with positive respons

Question: Man Woman Narrator

: I cant stand this weather : We havent seen as much snow as this for years! : What does the woman mean?

Answer: A. It has rarely snowed this much B. It hardly snowed this year C. It snows so much every year D. It is barely snowing this year
the correct answer is (A). The statement We havent seen as much snow as years! Means It has rarely snowed this much. Notice that option A is the restatment of what the second speakers line.

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Question:

Positive state with negative respons

Woman : Why didnt you finish your homework last night? So you can give it today. Man : I thought so. But ,I was sleepy. Narrator: What does the man mean? Answer: A. He though the time to give the homework is still available B. He wasnt awake enough last night C. He was sleepy but he still managed to do his homework. D. He didnt have to finish his homework right away. The correct answer is B.

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Suggestions

Question: Woman Man Narrator

: I never have enough spending money. : Why not get a part-time job? : What does the man suggest?

Answer: A. Spending less money. B. Doing a better job at work. C.Earning some money. D.Spending less time at her job. The correct answer is C.

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Active and passive sentence

Question: Woman: What happened to your notebook? Man: I left in the cafetaria. Narrator : What does the woman imply?

Answer: A. The cafetaria is to the left. B. She left a note on the cafetaria door. C. She took some notes in the cafetaria. D. The notebook was left in the cafetaria.
The correct answer D.

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Identification of who

Question: Woman Man Narrator

: I need to get this prescription filled. : if youll take a seat, Ill have your medicine ready for you in a moment. : Who is the woman most likely to be?

Answer: A. A pharmacist B. A baby -sitter C. A flight attendant D. A doctor The correct answer is A.

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Identification of where

Question Woman Man

Narrator

: Id like to open an account ,please? : What type of account would you like , a checking or shaving account? : Where does this conversation probably take place?

Answer: A. In an accounting class. B. In a bank. C. At a service. D. In a moment

The correct answer is B.

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Agreement

Question: Woman: : This homework is going to take forever. Man: Ill say! Narrator: What does the man mean? Answer: A. Its going to take forever to take forever. B. Its takes a long time to get from home to work. C. He and the woman have the same opinion about the homework. D. He needs to take the homework to class. The correct answer is C.

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Idiomatic Expression

Question: Woman : Im not sure it is easy to run the project we have planned without having lots of money. Man : You can count on Sue. She has a knack to donate their time and money. Narrator : What does the man think of Sue? Answer: A. She always eat snack in her free time. B. She is good at convincing people to help. C.Sue gets snack for people who dont have the time to wait. D.Sue cashes checks for people who have time to wait. The correct answers B.

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Multipart Verbs

Question Woman: Have you done your final paper project? Man: Actually, I have. But, I still need to look it over before I give it to the lecturer. Narrator:What does the man mean? Answer A. He hasnt finished the project yet. B.The project has been given to the teacher. C.The project has been perfect, but it hasnt been given to the lecturer. D.The project still needs revision before it is given to the teacher The correct answer is D.

Long Conversation
The tricks, read the answer choise in a flash before hear the dialogues

Long Dialogues
Example:

1. a. at one oclock b.at two oclock c. at three oclock d.at four oclock
2. a.ski b.read books on skiing c.buy skiing equipment d.plan ski trips

3. a.He doesnt know how to ski. b.He doesnt know where the meeting is. c.He doesnt know what time the meeting starts. d.He is afraid of skiing. 4. a.Leave on a skiing trip. b.Go with the woman to the meeting. c.Try on some skis. d.Give a lecture to the ski club.

The next trick is you should concentrate in hearing the long dialogues especially for the detail information that relates with the answer choice.
Woman: Hi, Jack. Man: Hi, Wanda . Where are you rushing to? Woman: Im heading for a meeting of the ski club. It start at three oclock. Man:The ski club? Woman: Yes, the ski club. Do you want to come along ? Man: What does the ski club do? Woman: Well, you get to know other people who enjoy skiing, listen to lectures and presentation on skiing techniques and equipment, and best of all plan skiing trips. Doesnt that sound good? Man: It does sound great, but I dont exactly know how to ski very well. Woman:That doesnt matter. You dont have to know how to ski. You just have to want to learn how to ski. Man: That sounds like my kind of club. I guess Ill come along with you and try it. Woman:Weve got to hurry. Its almost three oclock.

Long Talks
The first, the narrator reads a long talk, example:

When scientists are studying animals in the wild, they often want to follow the animals movements. One way that scientist have often tracked wild animals in the past has been with radio transmitters. A radio collar could be attached to an animal and the animal could be tracked on a radio receiver. The major problem has been happened that radio signals were not very relieble.They could come and go as animals travelled too far. Now scientist are using a new way to track animals in the wild .This new way of tracking animals uses satellites. Transmitters are attached to animals in the wild , and the transmitter send signals into the atmosphere every few hours. Weather satellites circling the earth receive the signals from the animals, and scientist get the information from the satellites.

If your listening comprehension still in the elementary level or intermediate, it will be difficult for you to understand the long talk. 1.What is the topics of the 3.What is the new way of talks? following animals? a. Studying animals in the a.With radio collars. wild. b.With atmsphere pressure. b.Animals song on the radio. c.With radio receivers. c.Problems with radio signal. d.With satellites. d.Weather satellites 2.How did scientist follow animals in the past? a.By using radio transmitter. b.By following their tracks. c.With weather ballons. d.With satellites. 4.What is the new way of following animals? a.Geography. b.Botany. c.Zoology. d.Comunication