LISTENING Term – 30 periods Course book: TOEIC 4N4 Lecturer in charge: Phan Thị Như Anh, B.A DAY 1 FOCUS (OF THE UNIT): Format of a Toeic test Listening part hints AIMS : after the class, the students will be able to list tips to get the highest marks for part of a Toeic test CONTENT OF THE LESSON: - Give students a general idea of what a TOEIC test is and then move on with tips for the first listening part: a) Focus on listening for nouns and verbs b) Ignore abstract descriptions such as: The man seems to be happy The woman looks sick c) Pay attention to words that have similar pronunciations such as: tire/ tile dock/ duck/ dog ladder/ letter … - Give the students some exercises for part REFERENCE: - New Toeic complete test, Longman New Real Toeic Page of DAY FOCUS (OF THE UNIT): Hints for Toeic Listening part 2 AIMS : after the class, the students will be able to list tips to get the highest marks for part of a Toeic test CONTENT OF THE LESSON: - Review tips for effective listening of part in a TOEIC test and then move on with tips for the second listening part: d) Identify the type of the questions: - questions starting with to be or an auxiliary - Questions starting with a question word - other kinds of questions e) Memorize the key word of each type of questions - Questions with to be: be going to and be V-ing: talk about the future - Questions with “do/does”: pay attention to the tense - Questions with “have”: present perfect tense or questions about experiences from the past to present - Questions with Who: the correct answer includes a name or a job - Questions with When: the correct answer includes terms of time - Questions with Where: the correct answer includes a location or a place - Questions with Why: the answer is likely to start with “to-infinitive” - Questions with What: listen for the subject and the verb folloing what f) Learn some words for common jobs, positions, person in charge or departments… - teller, carpentet, chef, co-worker, veterinatian, tailor, plumber… Page of - Accouting department, human resources department, overseas sales department… - Give the students some exercises for part REFERENCE: - New Toeic complete test, Longman New Real Toeic DAY FOCUS (OF THE UNIT): Hints for Toeic Listening part AIMS : after the class, the students will be able to list tips to get the highest marks for part of a Toeic test CONTENT OF THE LESSON: Review tips for effective listening of part in a TOEIC test and then move on with tips for the third listening part: a) Where: asks about the location where the conversation takes place - Try to listen for the key word then you can get the correct answer - In the converstaion there is no word that directly describes the location where the conversation takes place so, the answer including the word appears in the conversation is not the correct one b) Who: the listener is supposed to get the whole message - The listener has to get the job mentioned based on the content of the whole conversation c) When: asks about time - The time of an appointment is ususally changed - Remember that the conversation mentions several details Therefore, you should focus on the main idea of the question to get the needed information for the correct answer … Page of - Give the students some exercises for part REFERENCE: - New Toeic complete test, Longman New Real Toeic DAY FOCUS (OF THE UNIT): Hints for Toeic Listening part AIMS : after the class, the students will be able to list tips to get the highest marks for part of a Toeic test CONTENT OF THE LESSON: Review tips for effective listening of part in a TOEIC test and then move on with tips for the fourth listening part: a Read the questions in advance - Try to predict what the talk will be about b Try to point out the key words in the questions - Those key words may help you get the correct answers c Understanding long sentences: - In this part of the test, there are long sentences that are combined by phrases or conjunctions Listen to part by part of the sentence so that you can understand the whole one d Try to recognize the correct answers which are paraphrased … - Give the students some exercises for part REFERENCE: Page of - New Toeic complete test, Longman New Real Toeic DAY FOCUS (OF THE UNIT): Hints for Toeic Listening part (cont) AIMS : after the class, the students will be able to list tips to get the highest marks for part of a Toeic test CONTENT OF THE LESSON: Review tips for effective listening of part and part in a TOEIC test and then move on with other tips for the fourth listening part: a Analyze the topic- company - Common subjects are: change of the plan, company’s annoucement… b Analyze the topic- public places - Public places: museum, library, store, hospital, hotel - Content: opening, closing, closing down, speacial event, display, illegal parking… - Common questions: Where can you hear this announcement? Page of What is the purpose of this announcement? Who is this announcement directed at? c Analyze the topic: instructions: - Common questions: What is the purpose of this talk? Who is the speaker? What are they going to see? What are the listeners asked to do? … - Give the students some exercises for part REFERENCE: - New Toeic complete test, Longman New Real Toeic DAY FOCUS (OF THE UNIT): common idioms and expressions in a Toeic listening test AIMS : after the class, the students will be able to remember some of the most common idioms and expressions in a Toeic listening test CONTENT OF THE LESSON: a Idioms: - Be tied up with - be about to - set aside the time to - slip A’s mind - It’s about time - You look under the weather - Take your time - Stay tuned b Expressions of time, date and numbers: - How about meeting at 6:30? Page of - The interview will take only half an hour - The annual seminar lasted for an hour and a half - I can give it to you on the 28th - at 11:30 tomorrow morning late tomorrow morning - At o’clock tomorrow tomorrow afternoon - early next week the beginning of next week c Exercises for practice REFERENCE - New Toeic complete test, Longman New Real Toeic DAY FOCUS (OF THE UNIT): actual Toeic test AIMS : after the class, the students will be able to a complete Toeic listening test CONTENT OF THE LESSON: a Review listening tips for all parts of a Toeic test b Deliver the test papers c Students the test in 45 minutes d Students hand in their test papers e Teacher lets students listen to the test again and give the correct answers to all questions Page of f Review the strategies to lisening part: - Read the questions before listening If you still have time, read the answers as well - Depending on the type of the question, get the main point of the listening part - Read the questions while listening - After finishing all the questions of a part, read the questions of the next part … DAY FOCUS (OF THE UNIT): Introduce other kinds of English tests like IELTS and TOEFL IBT AIMS : after the class, the students will get familiar with different kinds listening exercises CONTENT OF THE LESSON: a Introduce format of a Toefl Ibt listening test - Give exercises b Introduce format of a IELTS listening test - Give exercises Page of Page of ... effective listening of part and part in a TOEIC test and then move on with other tips for the fourth listening part: a Analyze the topic- company - Common subjects are: change of the plan, company’s... some exercises for part REFERENCE: - New Toeic complete test, Longman New Real Toeic DAY FOCUS (OF THE UNIT): common idioms and expressions in a Toeic listening test AIMS : after the class, the students... REFERENCE - New Toeic complete test, Longman New Real Toeic DAY FOCUS (OF THE UNIT): actual Toeic test AIMS : after the class, the students will be able to a complete Toeic listening test CONTENT