Score 30/30 on TOEFL Listening | Full Practice Test with Answers | Strategies & Techniques! – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

1.oh my God I hate the listening section every time I do a practice test I get a completely different score I can understand perfectly what their conversations and lectures are about but when it comes to answering questions I keep making mistakes it seems to me that I've gotten everything right and then I end up with a 22 or 23 instead of 30 how am I supposed to stay focused for three or four minutes straight without my mind wondering off for just a second if you've ever felt that way you're not alone these are the typical questions TOEFL students have when it comes to the TOEFL listening section so today it's time to answer them by doing some real practice we'll complete a full toal listening section to test your listening skills and see how well you'd score if you took the test tomorrow if you want to learn the templates that make up almost half of your answers and allow you to score high on the speaking and writing click on this link don't forget to subscribe to our channel to get more tips and tricks about the test and click the Bell icon to be notified when the next video comes out now get your pens and pencils ready and let's [Music] begin I've taken this test from the ETS platform you can find the link to it down below as we go you'll listen to the recordings then go through the questions for each of them you'll have some time to think about your answers and then the right answer will be revealed this way you won't need to wait until the end of the section to analyze your mistakes I'll also share tips and tricks about the section and point out some important details a few things to remember before we begin while the toal listening has never been considered extremely difficult it's the section where students usually can't get consistent results it usually happens because of a few reasons poor listening skills inability to stay focused for a long time limited vocabulary and poor note taking based on what I see in oneone sessions and that's the reason I love my oneone sessions so much is they really help me get a perfect understanding of the typical problems most students have an inability to focus and poor note taking are the key issues in the majority of cases students understand conversations and lectures pretty well but the problem is that they either don't write down enough information and then have problems answering some detailed questions you'll see how important details are later in this video or they write down too much and lose track of the recording it's important to know how to balance and organize your notes in an effective way to succeed let's find out what your major issue is if you already know it let me know in the comments the First Recording is a conversation between a student and a librarian for conversations organize your notes in two columns so I'll have a column s for the students ideas and the column L for the librarian's ideas as you take notes use arrows and hyphens to organize information carefully don't write down single words you won't understand them later it's better to focus on cations which are groups of words so instead of orientation write down couldn't come orientation Adit prepositions to write faster you don't have to be grammatically correct let's go listen to a conversation between a student and a librarian hi I'm new here I um couldn't come to the student orientation and I'm wondering if you can give me a few quick pointers about the library I'd really appreciate it sure I'd be glad to what's your major area of study Latin American literature okay well over here's the section where we have language literature and the Arts and if you go downstairs you'll find the History Section generally the students who concentrate in Latin American literature find themselves researching in the History Section A Lot mhm you're right I'm a transfer student I've already done a year at another University so I know how the research can go I spent a lot of time in the history section so how long can I borrow books for our loan period is a month oh I should also mention that we have an inter Library loan service if you need to get hold of a book that's not in our library there's a truck that runs between our library and a few other public and University libraries in this area it comes around three times a week hey that's great at my last school it could take a really long time to get the materials I needed so when I had a project I had to make a plan way in advance this sounds much faster another thing I was wondering is is there a place where I can bring my computer and hook it up sure there's a whole area here on the main floor where you can bring a laptop and plug it in for power but on top of that we also have a connection for the internet at every seat nice so I can do all the research I need to do right here in the library I'll have all the resources all the books and information I need right here in one place yep that's the idea I'm sure you'll need photocopiers too they're down the hallway to your left we have a system where you have to use a copy card so you'll need to buy a card from the front desk you insert it into the machine and you're ready to make copies how much do you guys charge 7 cents a copy oh that's not too bad thanks um where's the collection of rare books rare books are up on the second floor they're in a separate room where the temperature is controlled to preserve the old paper in them you need to get special permission to access them and then you have to wear gloves to handle them cuz the oils in our hands you know can destroy the paper and gloves prevent that so we have a basket of gloves in the room okay thanks I suppose that's all I need to know you've been very helpful thanks anytime bye bye time to answer the questions one why does the student come to the library to learn about the library's resources at the beginning of the conversation he mentioned that he couldn't come to the orientation so he wanted to learn a few things about the library two why does the librarian point out the History Section to the student she assumes that he'll need to do research there she said that students with art majors usually focus on this section for the record a major is the main thing you study in college your major can be by ology art physics and so on for conversations you should know campus vocabulary once you study it understanding the information will become a piece of cake for you three what does the student imply about the inter Library loan service at his last school it was inconvenient four what does the student need to do before he can use any rare books he needs to obtain permission and put on gloves as you can see the questions are pretty detailed so if you don't take notes and only rely on your memory you might skip some important information and make mistakes when you practice make sure you always check if your notes help you figure out the right answer or not if they don't listen to the recording once again and adjust them question five listen again to part of the conversation then answer the question I'll have all the resources all the books and information I need right here in one place yep that's the idea which sentence best expresses what the librarian means when she says this yep that's the idea if she says yes that's the idea it means that is what we intended these kinds of questions usually test your idiomatic vocabulary as you practice more you'll notice that many of these questions use some idiomatic expressions and then want you to figure out what they mean so the second type of vocabulary to brush upon is idiomatic vocabulary congrats we've finished the first task let's move on to the lecture for lectures organize information in blocks create lists and Make spaces between these blocks to help you understand your nodes better it also helps you to get a deeper understanding of the lectures as you go this lecture is about the theater listen to part of a lecture in a class on Theater history the professor is discussing the theater of 19th century France the 19th century was the time that saw what we call realism develop in the European theater uh to understand this though we first need to look at an earlier form of drama known as the well-made play which basically was a pattern for constructing plays plays that beginning with some early 19th century comedies in France proved very successful commercially the dramatic devices used here weren't actually anything new they'd been around for centuries but the the formula for a well-made play required that certain of these elements be included in a particular order and most importantly that everything in the play be logically connected in fact some of these playwrights would start by writing the end of a play and work backward toward the beginning just to make sure each event led logically from what had gone before okay so what are the necessary elements of a well-made play well uh the first is logical Exposition Exposition is whatever background information you have to reveal to the audience so they'll understand what's going on before this time Exposition might have come from actors simply giving speeches uh someone might walk out on a stage and say in fair Verona where we lay our scene and then tell all about the feuding families of Romeo and Juliet but for the well-made play even the exposition had to be logical believable so for example uh you might have two servants gossiping as they're cleaning the house and one says oh what a shame the master son is still not married and the other might mention a rumor about a mysterious gentleman who's just moved into town with his beautiful daughter these comments are part of the play's logical Exposition the next key element of a well-made play is referred to as the inciting incident after we have the background information we need a key moment that gets things moving that really makes the audience interested in what happens to the characters we just heard about so for example after the two servants reveal all this background information we meet the young man just as he first lays eyes on the beautiful young woman and immediately falls in love this is the inciting incident it sets off the plot of the play now the plot of a well-made play is usually driven by Secrets uh things that the audience knows but the characters often don't know so for example the audience learns through a letter or through someone else's conversation who this mysterious gentleman is and why he left the town many years before but the young man doesn't know about this and the woman doesn't understand the ancient connection between her family and his and before the secrets are revealed to the main characters the plot of the play predes as a series of sort of up and down moments for example the woman first appears not to even notice the young man and it seems to him like the end of the world but then he learns that she actually wants to meet him too so life is wonderful then a if he tries to talk with her maybe her father gets Furious for no apparent reason so they can't see each other but just as the young man has almost lost all hope he finds out well you get the idea the reversals of Fortune continue increasing the audience's tension and excitement making them wonder if everything's going to come out okay or not next comes an element known as the obligatory scene it's a it's a scene a moment in which all the secrets are revealed and generally things turn out well for the hero and others we care about a happy ending of some sort this became so popular that a playwright almost had to include it in every play which is why it's called the obligatory scene and that's followed by the final dramatic element the dong or the resolution when all the Loose Ends have to be tied up in a logical way remember uh the obligatory scene gives the audience emotional pleasure but the den offers the audience a logical conclusion that's the subtle distinction we need to try very hard to keep in mind so as I said the well-made play this form of playwriting became the basis for realism in drama and for a lot of very popular 19th century plays and also a pattern we find in the plots of many later plays and even movies that we see today time to answer the questions number one what is the lecture mainly about this is the question you'll get asked after every lecture the right answer is usually something that was discussed the most Post in this case successful standard formula for writing plays note that it's not a famous example of a wellmade play they're talking about plays in general two according to the professor why did some Play Rise WR the end of a play before the beginning to ensure that the plot would develop in a logical manner if you didn't catch this in the recording feel free to use log IC why would you write the end of a play before the beginning probably so that you already know how things will turn out at the end and can organize the events in the play logically also feel free to always start by eliminating the two options that are definitely incorrect then you can choose between the remaining two three why is the professor mentioned a conversation between two servants to show how background information might be revealed in a well-made play Four according to the professor what dramatic elements are typically included in a well-made play to help move the plot forward a series of major changes in the hero's apparent chances of success and information known to the audience but not to the main characters again all always check your notes for such details the professor said that the plot is usually driven by secrets and there is a series of ups and downs in the lecture he made an example of when the woman in the play doesn't notice the man at first and then he learns that she wants to meet him and then he tries to talk to her but her father gets Furious all of a sudden these are ups and downs in the play five what does the professor imply about the atory scene and the day new mon the difference between them might be unclear to some people six listen again to part of the lecture then answer the question this is the inciting incident it sets off the plot of the play why does the professor say this it sets off the plot of the play this is the inciting incident it sets of the plot of the play of course that's the definition of the term so the right answer is to help students understand the meaning of a new term good one more task done time for another conversation listen to a conversation between a student and a business professor so Richard what's up well I know we have a test coming up on chapters um chapters three and four from your textbook right three and four well I um I didn't get something you said in class Monday all right do you remember what it was about yeah you were talking about a gym a health club where people can go to exercise that kind of thing okay but the health club model is actually from chapter five so oh chapter five oh so it's not okay but I guess I still want to try to oh of course well I was talking about an issue in strategic marketing um the health club model um I mean with a health club you might think they would have trouble attracting customers right well I know when I pass by a health club and I see all those people working out exercising I just assume Walk On By yeah there's that plus lots of people have exercise equipment at home or they can play sports with their friends right sure but nowadays in spite of all that and expensive membership fees health clubs are hugely popular so how come I guess that's what I didn't understand okay basically they have to offer things that most people can't find anywhere else you know quality that means better exercise equipment high-end stuff um and classes exercise classes maybe aerobics I'm not sure if I okay I get it yeah and you know another thing is I think people probably feel good about themselves when they're at the gym and they can meet new people socialize right so health clubs offer high quality facilities and also they sell an image about people having more fun relating better to others and improving their own lives if they become members sure that makes sense well then uh can you think of another business or organization that could benefit from doing this um think about an important building on campus here something everyone uses a major source of information you mean like an administrative building well that's not what I had in mind Oh you mean the library exactly libraries imagine public libraries they're an information resource for the whole Community right well they can be but now with the internet and big bookstores you can probably get what you need without going to a library well that's true so if you were the director of a public library what would you do about that to get more people to stop in well like you said better equipment maybe a super fast internet connection and not just a good variety of books but also like nice comfortable areas where people can read and do research things that make them want to come to the library and stay great oh and maybe have authors come and do some readings or I don't know special presentations something people couldn't get at home now you're getting it thanks Professor Wilkins I think so too what is the conversation mainly about a strategy for attracting customers while the student first came to clarify some points for the upcoming test the whole conversation was about ways to attract customers for different businesses two what does the professor imply about the upcoming test it will not contain questions about the health club model because this information is from chapter 5 five which is not part of the test three based on the conversation indicate whether each of the following is offered by health clubs you see this is what I was talking about when I said that the questions in this section are very detailed and this is where a list of your notes would have come in handy low membership fees no they have high fees instead high quality facilities yes exercise classes yes positive self-image yes special presentations no presentations were mentioned when they talked about libraries for what does the professor imply about public libraries they need to give greater emphasis to strategic marketing this is because they are not very popular today and have to work even harder to to attract customers five listen again to part of the conversation then answer the question I mean with a health club you might think they would have trouble attracting customers right well I know when I pass by a health club and I see all those people working out exercising I just ass soon Walk On By why does the student say this well I know when I pass by a health club and I see all those people working out the exercising I just assume Walk On By to give an example that supports the professor's Point next lecture this one is about geology so stay focused it might contain some more challenging vocabulary listen to part of a lecture in a geology class last time we started to talk about glaciers and how these masses of ice form from crystallized snow and some of you were amazed at how huge some of these Es are now even though it may be difficult to understand how a huge mass of ice can move or flow is another word for it it's really no secret that glaciers flow because of gravity but how they flow the way they flow needs some explaining now the first type of Glacier flow is called basil slip basil slip or sliding as it's often called basically refers to the slipping or sliding of a glacier across across Bedrock actually across a thin layer of water on top of the Bedrock um so this process shouldn't be too hard to imagine what happens is that the ice at the base of the glacier is under a great deal of pressure the pressure coming from the weight of the overlying ice and you probably know that Under Pressure the melting temperature of water uh of the ice I mean is reduced so ice at the base of the glacier melts even though it's below 0° C and this results in a thin layer of water between the glacier and the ground this layer of water reduces friction it's it's like a a lubricant and it allows the glacier to slide or slip over the Bedrock okay now the next type of movement we'll talk about is called deformation you've already know that ice is brittle if you hit it with a hammer it'll shatter like glass but ice is uh also plastic it can change shape without breaking if you leave for example a bar of ice supported uh only at one end the end the unsupported end will deform under its own weight it'll kind of flatten out at one end get distorted deformed think of deformation as a very slow oozing depending on the stresses on the glacier the ice crystals within it reorganize and during this reorganization the ice crystals realign in a way that allows them to slide past each other and so the glacier oozes downhill without any ice actually melting now there are a couple of factors that affect the amount of deformation that takes place or the speed of the uh glacier's movement for example deformation is more likely to occur the thicker the ice is because of the gravity of the weight of the ice and temperature also plays A Part here in that cold ice does not move as easily as ice that is closer to the melting point in fact it's not too different from uh the way oil is uh thicker at lower temperatures so if you have a glacier in a slightly warmer region it will flow faster than a glacier in a cooler region okay um now I'd like to touch briefly on extension and compression your textbook includes these as types as a particular type of Glacier movement but you'll see that there are as many textbooks that omit it as a type of movement as included and I might not include it right now if it weren't in your textbook but uh basically the upper parts of glaciers have less pressure on them so they don't deform as easily they tend to be more brittle and crevasses can form in these upper layers of the glacier when the glacier comes into contact with bedrock wall false or U is otherwise under some kind of stress but can't deform quickly enough so the ice will expand or constrict and that can cause big fissures big cracks to form in the surface layers of the ice and that brittle surface ice moving is sometimes considered a type of glacial movement depending on which source you're Consulting now as you probably know glaciers generally move really slow slowly but sometimes they experience surges and during these surges in some places they can move at speeds as high as 7,000 m per year now speeds like that are pretty unusual hundreds of times faster than the regular movement of glaciers but you can actually see glaciers move during these surges though it is rare time to look at the questions one what is the lecture mainly about explanations of how glaciers move two the professor discusses the process of Basil slip put the steps in the correct order again a test of your no taking skills for processes I usually write down lines with information connected by arrows this helps write down things faster here pressure is increased on the eye ice is number one a liquid layer forms at the base of the glacier is two then friction between the glacier and Bedrock is reduced and the glacier begins to slide again if you got it wrong you need to adjust your notes three what factors are involved in the amount of deformation a glacier under goes thickness of glaci Lies the temperature of the GLA lies four what does the professor say about the speed of glaciers it can be fast enough for movement to be noticeable five what does the professor explain when he says this but ice is uh also plastic it can change shape without breaking if you leave for example a bar of ice supported uh only at one end the end the unsupported end will deform under its own weight a characteristic Vice that is related to glacial movement six what do the professor imply about compression and extension he's not convinced that it's a type of glacial movement finally the last lecture is in the art class there is an interesting observation I've made very often lectures on humanities subjects have easier vocabulary but contain a lot of details and have more complex questions lectures on Sciences feature more challenging lexes instead but have simpler questions have you noticed something like that when you practice let me know listen to part of a lecture in an art history class we've been talking about the art world of the late 19th century in Paris and today I'd like to look at the women who went to Paris at that time to become artists now um from your reading what do you know about Paris about the art world of Paris during the late 19 century people came from all over the world to study it had a lot of art schools and artists who taught painting there were our book mentions classes for women artists and um it was a good place to go to study art if you wanted to become an artist Paris was not a good place to go Paris was the place to go and women could find skilled instructors there U before the late 19th century if they women who wanted to become artists had to take private lessons or learn from family members they had more limited options than men did but around 1870 some artists in Paris began to offer classes for female students these classes were for women only and by the end of the 19th century it became much more common for women and men to study together in the same classes so uh So within a few decades things had changed significantly uh okay let's back up again and talk about the time period from the 1860s to the 1880s and talk more about what happened in women's art classes in 1868 a private Art Academy opened in Paris and for decades it was probably the most famous private art school in the world its founder rodolph julan was a canny businessman and quickly established his school as a premier destination for women artists what he did was after an initial trial period of mixed classes he changed the school policy he completely separated the men and women students any reason why he did that well like I said Julian was a brilliant businessman with Progressive ideas he saw that another small private art school where all the students were women was very popular at that time and that's probably why he adopted the womenonly classes these classes were typically offered by uh by established artists and were held in the studio uh the place where they painted this was a big deal because finally women could study art in a formal setting and there was another benefit to the group setting of these classes the classes included weekly criticism and the teacher would rank the art of all the students in the class from best to worst how would you like it if I did that in this class no way but our textbook said that the competitive the competition was good for women it helped them see where they needed to improve isn't that interesting uh one woman artist her name was Marie bash kirf uh bash kirf once wrote how she felt about a classmate's work she thought her classmates's art was much better than her own and it gave her an incentive to do better overall the competition in the women's art classes gave women more confidence confidence that they could also compete in the art world after their schooling and even though BOS KF couldn't study in the same classes as men she was having an impact as an artist um just look at the salon what do you know about the salon it was a big exhibition uh a big art show that they had in Paris every year the art had to be accepted by judges it was a big deal you could make a name for yourself you could could have a painting or sculpture in the salon and go back to your home country saying you'd been a success in Paris uh it was sort of a seal of approval it was a great encouragement for an artist's career and by the last two decades of the 19th century one fifth of the paintings in the salon were by women much higher than in the past in fact Marie bash kirf herself had a painting in the salon in 1881 interestingly this masterpiece called in the studio is a painting of the interior of Julian's Art School uh it's not in your textbook I'll show you the painting next week um the painting depicts an active crowded studio with women drawing and painting a live model it was actually BOS KF actually followed Julian's Savvy suggestion and painted her fellow students in a class at the school with the artist herself at the far right a great advertisement for the school when the painting eventually hung at the salon for a women's Studio had never been painted before one what is the lecture mainly about how opportunities for women artists in Paris improved this one is easy they talked about opportunities for women artists a lot two too what point does the professor make about Julian when he mentions that Julian's art school offers some classes only for women Julian possessed outstanding business skills the lecture called him a canny and Brilliant businessman so he has outstanding business skills three what does the professor emphasize as one benefit of competition in women classes women gained more confidence in their artistic abilities four according to the professor what were two ways that the situation of women artists had changed by the end of the 19th century in Paris women and men took art classes together women artists played a greater role in the salon exhibitions five what does the professor imply about bashara's painting in the studio it was beneficial for both Bashers and the school where she studied the professor mentioned that it was the first time when such a thing was done which obviously made the school more popular six listen again to part of the conversation then answer the question it had a lot of art schools and artists who taught painting there were our book mentions classes for women artists and um it was a good place to go to study art if you wanted to become an artist Paris was not a good place to go Paris was the place to go what does the professor mean when he says this if you wanted to become an artist Paris was not a good place to go Paris was the place to go if the professor says Paris was the place to go he means that Paris was the most important place for an artist to study and work so this was the listening section of the TOEFL test it's time to calculate your scores write winner in the comments below if you got all the questions right if you made any mistakes let me know which conversations and lectures were the hardest and and share how many correct answers you got overall if you're currently preparing to take the test and need someone to evaluate your writing and speaking sign up for our TOEFL course and schedule a consultation with me don't forget to subscribe to our channel to get more tips and tricks on how to Ace the TOEFL test and remember scoring 100 plus on the TOEFL isn't rocket science it's the little things you do that make the difference as always I wish you all a stellar tol score until next time bye-bye