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MUET My Way Part 1 - Listening

5 Scanning

Sometimes we need not listen to everything that is being said.
In those situations, we only need to pay attention and look out
for specific information and ignore the rest. For MUET, this is
especially true, more so when it is your second time listening
where you have missed certain information.

6 Contextual Clues

To understand what you hear is more important than to Tips
understand all the words heard in a conversation. In many LISTENING
situations, contextual clues can help us understand a conversation Look for clues that may help
you to guess what is coming
even when there are new words being used, as you can still guess next.
based on the situation discussed.

7 Structural

This basically means your grammar knowledge can help you to Tips
understand what is being mentioned. For example, if the speaker
is using past tense, then you will know what is discussed is no Pay attention to the tenses
used.
longer true for now. But had they used present continuous, you
then know it is happening now.

8 Intonation Tips
Listen to the intonation and
The way the speaker uses his voice to show emphasis of certain tone of the speaker. Then,
meanings, or perhaps his feelings towards a subject can be traced try to gauge the speaker’s
according to their intonation. attitude, feeling and purpose
of speaking those lines.

Helpful Tips

1 Listening is a receptive skill. This means through listening, students
will be able to gather a large amount of input. With more input,
you will be able to produce more output, so to speak. Learn to
listen by listening actively. Some research studies have also shown
that listening outside the classroom if done consistently will help
you to improve 70% to 85%. With technology, this can be done
rather easily.

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