Listening
Summarize spoken text
• Instead of listening to music for several months, ito yung pina pakinggan ko :
• Fast note-taking yung pina practice ko dito. While listening to podcasts, nag susulat
ako.
• Use a lot of abbreviations when taking notes, para mabilis…or make your own
abbreviations.
• Ito yung way ko, for example:
Audio: “The worldwide population of wild giant pandas increased by 268 over the
last decade according to a new survey conducted by the government of
China.”
My writing: “wrldwide populatn wild giant pandas incrsd 268 last decade survey by
govt China…..”
• Practice taking notes while listening & understanding the audio
• Ito yung templates ko:
The speaker was mainly discussing ________.
Firtsly, he/she mentioned that_________.
He/she then stated that ______.
In addition, he/she discussed/expounded that ______.
Moreover, he/she described/elucidated the fact that ______.
Lastly, he/she suggested/highlighted that ______.
Multiple choice, choose multiple answers
• I spend only 2 minutes for this task
• Spend the preparation time (5 – 7 secs) to read and understand the question/prompt
• If the options have long sentences, grasp your erasable booklet and prepare for note-
taking
• If maikli lang yung sentences (options), just listen carefully and glance at the options
while listening, para may hint kung anong option ang candidate for elimination.
Fill in the blanks
• I spend only 2 minutes for this task
• Spend the preparation time (5 – 7 secs) to examine the entire boxes and take note
kung gaano ka dikit yung mga “blanks”, sometimes blanks/boxes are only separated
by 3 words. So, be prepared by examining ahead of time which part ng paragraph na
may ganito para ma anticipate mo.
• Di baling mali2x yung spelling when typing your answers, balikan mo nalang afterwards.
Ang importante di ka mawawala sa audio.
Highlight correct summary
• For me, this is an effective method:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i882V84TK7w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i882V84TK7w)
Multiple choice, choose single answer
• I spend only 1 minute for this task
• Same strategies with MCMA (listening)
Select missing word
• Yung ginawa ko, talagang pinakinggan ko yung entire audio to get the main idea. While
listening,… tinitingnan ko yung progress bar para ma anticipate yung pag hinto ng
recording(with beep)
• Malaking tulong kung makukuha mo yung main idea kasi sometimes kung babasahin mo
yung options, halos lahat ay correct answers. So, understanding the main idea is your
paramount guide.
Highlight incorrect words
• Firstly, clear your desk…especially dun sa area ng mouse.
• Yung sa akin, mag lift lang ako ng mouse if may new line na, pero kung nasa isang line
palang yung pinapakinggan ko, I simply slide the mouse para hindi ako mawala dun sa
recording vs. actual words na sinusundan.
• Pag may obstacles when sliding your mouse, it would really affect your focus.
• Ang ginawa ko dito, yung mouse cursor ko naka sunod dun sa mentioned words at yung
mata ko nag babasa ng advance dun sa succeeding words.
Write from dictation
• Ito yung approach ko:
1) Nakatingin ako dun sa time status (Beginning in 3-2-1 seconds) before mag start yung audio
2) Ginamit ko yung first 2 seconds to clear my mind and focus
3) Sa remaining 1 sec, ito yung anticipation mood ko, gusto kong ma feel talaga na may audio akong ina-abangan. Kasi when I am anticipating for something, mas alert yung mind and ears ko. Parang may feeling of eagerness kung ano kaya ang lalabas na audio.
• While listening, nag keyboard typing na agad ako sa mga words na napapakinggan ko,
unlike dun sa repeat sentence.
• Ito yung effective sa akin, kasi makukuha mo talaga yung mga keywords esp. kung
mahaba yung sentences. Okay lang na may makakalimutan na helping verbs, articles, or
prepositions, unahin mo munang e focus ang pag sulat ng keywords… saka mo nalang
ayusin yung grammar afterwards.
• Ito yung way ko para mabilis yung pag type ng words:
For example: There are people who believe that ------> Dr r pple hu blv dat ...
Dito ako nag practice for listening taks:
https://ptetutorials.com/sample-questions/
https://www.apeuni.com/
https://ptestudy.com/