Transcribing the practice questions...

[raghuveer_v]

Hi Erin,

I took your advice from your TOEFL Listening Info page ...

Transcribe real TOEFL tests

Finally, a method that some of my hardest working and most successful students have used is this: They listen to a TOEFL tape and transcribe (write down everything said on the tape) it. Then, they compare what they wrote with the script in the back of the book (most official TOEFL books come with scripts). This takes a long, long time, it could take several hours just for one test, but it is a great method because when you compare, you can see the kinds of mistakes that you are making. For example, you might not hear words that are run together, you might miss some important words, or you might misunderstand some very important words. One of my long-term students, for example, thought one of the speakers in the talk was going to a "coffee shop," but when she read the script, she realized it was actually a "copy shop."

It's tough to do all these things, but it's possible to improve! Just like everything else in life, anything good or worthwhile will take a lot of effort!!

... and started transcribing the tests from CLIFF's

I am having to pause the playback for each and every scentences, inorder to follow the conversation in writing. I sometimes pause 2 or even 3 times during long scentences. Is this okay, or am I too slow?




Raghuveer.

[madhavi]

hi raghuveer,
I am not able to find the listening info page u mantioned here.
please give me the details of how I can reach to that place in this site
thank you
madhavi

[raghuveer_v]

Hi Madhavi,

here is the link ...

http://www.TestMagic.com/toefl/listening/

did you see the TOEFL home page of this site?

http://www.TestMagic.com/toefl/

It has links to information on all TOEFL related topics and sections.

Hope that helps!!

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[Erin]

Hi Erin,

... and started transcribing the tests from CLIFF's

I am having to pause the playback for each and every scentences, inorder to follow the conversation in writing. I sometimes pause 2 or even 3 times during long scentences. Is this okay, or am I too slow?

Raghuveer.

Not only is this okay, it's to be expected. When I transcribe such things, I can only listen to a string of about seven to ten words or so. Any more than that, and I forget them after I've typed for a while. It's very tedious work, and it's much slower than we might realize.

Again, though, it's the best practice and will really, really help you to raise your listening score (even though you've already finished I believe???)

Erin

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[madhavi]

hi raghuveer
i couldnot open the home page till now.
I ignored that page but i started to concentrate on the listening section after i saw ur mail.
I opened the home page and saw it,
thankyou

madhavi