Toefl Listening
The listening section of the iBT test comes after the reading section and has five parts. There will be two conversations and three lectures.
Each conversation is followed by five questions. The conversations are mostly about topics related to campus issues like housing, the library, cafeteria, parking, etc.
That’s why they are sometimes referred to as “campus questions.” Just like reading, the lectures are taken from a variety of academic topics like the arts, life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, etc. The lectures are followed by six questions.
Listening Question Types
Most of the listening questions that follow the lectures and conversations are traditional multiple-choice questions with four answer choices and one correct answer. However, there are some multiple-choice questions with more than one correct answer.
For example, there might be questions with five answer choices, two of which are correct answers. There are also questions that ask you to put events or process steps in order as well as to fill in table questions that we have looked at in the reading section of the test.
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My notes are blank.
Some people put Main Idea (MI), etc., but I don't recommend it.
My notes might be messy, but I can understand them.
I do not worry about spelling.
I just write down what I think I hear.
I often use arrows and indents to organize my notes. (Or some "abstract expressionism painting")
What to write?
Example of the thought flow in one particular case
I usually write down the class type.
The main idea seems to be stated in the beginning,
I write down apparent subtopics, which is easy since the professor directly stated it
Professor introduces another hypothesis
I write down as many details as possible about the subtopic
I guess what the main idea could be at the end (if not mentioned in the beginning)
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