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So very quickly, it just in case we have anybody that's brand new to the exam and you've never taken

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the exam before.

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It has four parts, right?

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It has four parts.

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And the four parts get progressively more difficult as you go along.

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The four parts get progressively more difficult.

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So part number one is really, really easy.

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And then part number four is much more difficult.

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Basically you have two conversations and two short talks.

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You start out with a conversation between two people.

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Then you have a short talk by one person, and then you have a conversation that can be between 2 to

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3 people.

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And then you have a shorter you have a short academic talk.

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And so.

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You're dealing with conversations and short talks.

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And like I said, it gets progressively more difficult.

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Now there are different types of fill in the blank questions.

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It's all filled to blank, but sometimes it's arranged differently.

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So you have, of course, a standard field of blame question like this.

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Right.

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This is a standard field, the blank question where they have a sentence and they have a blank line.

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Sometimes you have it with a field of blame question where the blank line is in the middle of the sentence

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like we have here, or sometimes the blank line is at the end of the sentence.

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And these are the standard fill the blank questions.

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Then you might have a field to blame.

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Question That is more of a flow chart type of field, the blank question and it is still it's still

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a field.

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The blank question is still the field, a blank question.

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But we're just working from a flowchart, which means that it's going to start here 34 and then you

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see the arrow pointing down.

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So next is going to go 35, 36, 37, 38.

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And as you know, on the listening exam, all the questions go in order.

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You're not going to hear the answer for number 37 before you hear the answer for number 36.

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That's not going to happen.

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Now you could also have a field of blank question.

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That is where the the sentences are put into a paragraph format.

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And so here this is more of like a summary fill.

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The blank question on the listening exam is still a field of blank question.

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The only difference is, instead of having the sentences separated line by line, they're giving you

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a paragraph and you have to fill in the blanks.

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But it's the same process is the same principles.

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You're not going to hear the questions out of order at all.

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And then sometimes you might have a fill the blank question where it's in the format of a table.

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And again, it just goes in order.

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One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten.

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Right?

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It goes in order.

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And you just have to be able to follow along with the table.

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They're going to they're going to start here.

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Right.

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They may or not the first time they may say the word class, but after that they won't say it again,

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probably.

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But it starts here.

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Then they go to this box, then the next box, then the next box.

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And so you're paying attention to what's what's in the heading of the table so that you know which box

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that you're in at the time.

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But it goes in order, right?

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So you can have a field of playing question that is designed like a table.

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Then you can have a fill in the blank question, which is really a short answer.

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A short answer type of question.

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It's a short answer type of question.

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And with this type of field, the plain question in terms of in terms of short answer, you know, you

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you says put right, no more than two words for each answer.

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You're filling in the blank with the correct answer to the question.

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So again, it's still a field.

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These are all field to blank questions.

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But what they're doing is they're just changing the format and the structure of what it looks like.

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And that's why when people ask me, when people ask me what kind of questions are on the listening exam,

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and I tell them it is either fill the blank or multiple choice is fill the blank or multiple choice.

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That's all you're dealing with.

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It's nothing more than that.

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It's just sometimes shaped and formed and structured a little bit differently.

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Then it's possible to have a fill in the blank question where you're filling in the blanks on a diagram.

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You're filling in the blanks on a type of diagram.

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And so it could be a diagram that looks like this.

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It could be the shape of some type of radial tower.

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I mean, it could be different types of diagrams.

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But again, all you're doing is filling in the blanks.

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21.

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Then they're going to say this, then they're going to say this.

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Then it goes to 22.

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Then it goes up.

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They go to 23, they're going to see this.

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They're going to see their goals here, 24 and 25.

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So again, this is a field of question, but it's just shaped and formed and structured like a diagram.

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Now there are some traps and some tricks that you should be aware of when it comes to the field.

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The blank questions.

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There are some traps that you should be aware of because.

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They have to.

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They have to be able to test the students English ability.

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They have to be able to test the student's English ability.

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And so and also they have to be able to separate you.

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Like they have to be able to know that, you know, a person at a five level can do this.

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A person at a seven level can do this.

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A person at a nine level can listen for this.

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And so they have these different tricks and traps that they use.

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And throughout today, I will try to point out for you when these traps and when these tricks occur,

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because you have to really get better at being able to recognize them.

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So one trick that they use is they might give multiple possibilities, but only one of the possibilities

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actually fits the the keywords that are before or after the blank line.

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They love them, too, which is to change up the word order, where they change up the they the way

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that the question is structured and the way that they speak in the audio, they are they're changing

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up the word order of the question to try to hide when the answer is being said.

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Also, sometimes they'll switch from active to passive voice or passive to active voice between the

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question and the audio.

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You also can have self correction, self correction, more happens.

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And part number one than anything that happens in part number one where you can have self correction,

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where somebody says something and then they correct themselves.

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You also can have a confirmation where one person says the answer and then the other person they're

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talking to confirms that that is the answer.

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So you have to be able to recognize when confirmation occurs.

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Pronoun usage.

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Pronoun usage is also a really good trick or trick that they use to hide the answer.

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And what this means is that in the previous sentence they'll say the answer choice, and then in the

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next sentence, the person will use some pronoun that confirms that is the answer choice.

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And that pronoun refers to something that was said in the previous sentence.

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And so that's another way that they hide when the answer is being said.

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Number seven is one that you really will see.

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Number seven is one that you'll see more in section three and really in Section four.

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But they have what's called filler language, where they'll give they may give the key words.

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One of the some of the key words from the question, and then they'll have a lot of extra language that's

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in between that keyword and when they say the answer choice.

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And very often students get lost with filler language.

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They really get lost in section four with that.

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And so again, when that happens, I'll try to point that out so you can recognize it.

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And then this is something also that happens in section four is rare.

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Right.

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There may be one question where it happens in a Section four, but it requires you.

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To infer the meaning.

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It's rare that it happens.

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And I think I think there may be a question today where that happens, and we'll have to take a look

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at that one to see in terms of a rare reference.

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So before I move on.

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To the next section that I want to go to.

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I see that there are some questions that are typed in the chat box, and I'm going to take a moment

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to look at those questions and see if I can answer any of those questions, and then I will move on

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to the.

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Okay.

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So it's all about synonyms and paraphrasing what they filled the blank question.

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And so understanding how to recognize synonyms or or recognize paraphrasing when it happens is going

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to really help you spot the answer choice.

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So the exam designers create paraphrasing by using synonyms.

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Paraphrasing Sometimes they change the word order or word form.

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And also at times they will change the grammatical structure or sentence structure to try to create

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paraphrasing within a question and a passage.

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So how do you get better at tackling paraphrasing?

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Number one, you can create study synonym tables, which is what I'm going to show you how to do today.

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Sometimes creating a study or synonym table involves using the transcript.

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Also practicing or recognizing when it's occurring through audio.

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Studying vocabulary or synonyms list currently in section 25 is where we put all of our synonyms list.

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And then, of course, improving your overall listening ability is a big, big help when it comes to

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understanding or tackling paraphrasing a little bit better.

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A lot of students always ask me, how can I improve my overall English?

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And I can't stress this enough.

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The more you improve your English, the more the better you're going to score on the exam.

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So if you really want to improve your overall English in terms of listening, listen to a lot of short

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lectures.

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TED talks.

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Listen to podcasts.

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And also listen to English talk radio.

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If you notice, I don't put movies and television on there.

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And the reason why is because with movies and television, you're dealing with the visual medium and

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very often you're not focusing on just your listening.

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And so that's why I recommend these three choices as the best options for improving your overall listening

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ability.

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When it comes to English.