As my first time for toelf listening, this video provide a good beginning for my exam preparation. Thanks a lot. Hope you all achieve your score goal on toelf. Good luck.
Transcription First Professor: So, Aaron, in your e-mail you said you wanted to talk about the exam. ARIN: Yeah, I´ve just never taken a class with so many diferente readings. I´ve managed to keep up with all the assignments, but´i´m not sure, how do... How do.. Professor: ... How do review everything? ARIN : Yeah, in other classes I´ve had, there´s usually just one book to review, not three diferente books, plus, all those other text excerpts and vídeos. Professor : well, developmental psychology is a little more involved compared to some other subjects, you´ve looked at the study guide, I assume. ARIN : kind of, yes.. I mean, I haven´t gone through the whole thing yet, I´m still just doing the on the firs page. Professor: You haven´t looked at the second page of the study guide at all yet? ARIN : no, I´ve barely had time to go back over the first two readings from the first page Professor: well, no wonder you´re so confused about Where to start, let me show you a copy of the study guide. Look here, see what it says at the top of the page, this first page os just a list of all the texts and vídeos that´ll be on the teste. The actual guide is on the second page, see? ARIN: Oh, wow, and says what I need too remember from each Reading Professor: aha, so for example, from the intro to adolescente psychology, you Only need to review the developmental stages from chapter two. ARIN: And it looks like I need to know everything from the main textbook, the big one Professor: right, you´ll want to review all the core concepts in the first four chapters of development through lifespan. Well, almost all, I forgot to mention this on the study guide but the test really go int Freud stages of development, those are a little outdated compared to newer research. ARIN: but we´re still going over all Piaget developmental stages for children, right ? Professor: exactly and notice that you Only need to review Half of the supplemental readings, just the one that focus on Adult psychological development and the vídeo on Alzheimer´s disease. The brain disorder and elderly people. See, I marked it right here. ARIN: ok, I feel like I understand a lot better now, I.... I guess I should have looked at the second page, huh Professor: yeah, and I actually did mention that in class, you know, you really should have checked with your classmates before coming to me. ARIN: well, I´ve Always studied alone before Professor: I don´t think students should be studying solo. In any class. It´s Always better to study with a partner or a group . It can really help avoid confusion ARIN: yeah, I´ve really had trouble keeping up in Class so far, I think I´ll join the class study group In the library Tonight. Professor: yes, please do, your classmates can probably help you more than I could. You know, When it comes to organizing your notes, getting together a good study strategy that sort of thing
From the conversation in first recording,. I think of something happened to me when I was in university : I ever had a vacation during a semester, so I missed classes. I approached the professor of a course, he said : " You study yourself first, and then go getting classmates' help in case if you're still not ok, and then come back to me if classmate's help is still not ok to you "
Please add "water" to "erosion" in the fourth option of question 6, otherwise it is ambiguous: if you just say "erosion", it is of any sort and it is the same as "other types of erosion" in option 1. I wouldn't mind, if it hadn't messed up my score ;) Thank you for the video, though!
Very helpful. I have good comprehension skills but the volume of information in each excerpt makes it sometimes challenging to take notes WHILE listening to the whole thing. I have been practising consistently (mostly with a French prep book) for a few days and went from an 18 to a 28 for the listening section! It's all in the practice peeps. Good luck to all my fellow TOEFL candidates :D
My test is tomorrow and while I am almost at C2 level I scored 15/17. This erosion lecture was rather detailed. I am not quite sure that answer C to question 16 about Aristotle and the greek scientists is correct though. "[...] first real scientific proof that the earth was round." does not sound like the correct answer. For me there was no hint at real scientific proofs provided by said scientists. Anyway, I wanted to also thank Magoosh for providing these videos.
I'm a Korean who has lived in the US all my life, but was still kinda curious how hard the TOEFL was. It seems as long as you take notes, there is no reason a native speaker scores less than a 110 in my opinion
Hi guys, this lesson has been really useful for me. It's a pity that it is the only one listening practice lesson on this channel. well you know I wish there were more practice videos like these.
Thanks for the feedback, Armando! We'll make a note of that for our content team. In the meantime, check out our TOEFL blog for more help with the Listening section: magoosh.com/toefl/toefl-listening/
9/17 Oh my god I can't be concentrated in lectures in portuguese about general subjects imagine in english... But I will improve my skills to listening great.
Hi. I've taken the magoosh preparation course and I have a question about the listening sections. I dont know if it is a stupid question, but I find the magoosh-listening questions too difficult, compared with those that I have made in the official guide of the TOEFL or the quick preparation guide. I hope you understand, I´m a little bit worried about this section because TOEFL test is a little bit expensive so there is no another opportunity to take it in a long time. If anyone who has done the magoosh course and the TOEFL test answered my question, I would be fantastic for me.
Thanks for this practice test! It was well done! And it's nice to see why those answers are true, because it shows the explanations of each question. Although I scored 8/17 :( But with the explanation, it has a lot of sense, and when I heard the audio again, I heard the correct phrase. I think I learned a lot. Thanks again
I'm an English learner I try to find a way to get a good score in toefl exam ..because I am not a native speaker. I am 16 years old from Egypt..pray for me
Yes! It is a lot of information! That's why notetaking is a huge part of the TOEFL listening section. You might want to take a look at these tips :) magoosh.com/toefl/2013/the-best-tips-for-note-taking-on-the-toefl/
Is it just me or are the answers on the fifth question all incorrect, including D... The professor merely stated that she had to study this for her exam. He did not say that it was going to be a part of the actual exam.
It happens to everyone. You are not alone,,,,,,the best solution for this is PRACTICE....PRACTICE....PRACTICE which I got rid of this problem by doing so
You lose one point for each incorrect answer. So if there are 2 answers the question is likely only worth one point and so you won't get anything if you miss one. If a question is worth 2 points and has 3 answers, then if you miss one and get two correct you'll receive 1 point. If you only get one correct and two wrong then you won't get any points. For more info: magoosh.com/toefl/toefl-tuesday-partial-grading-2-point-questions/
Nice job! We recommend paying careful attention to the questions you missed and asking yourself what steps you could take to avoid making similar mistakes in the future. This can help you increase your score even more! :)
I can't hear correctly what she says at the time 4:15-4:15. A word starts with ''p'' but can't get it, and subtitle also does not write it correctly, it shows ''piaces'', however this word doesn't exist at dictionaries. Could somebody help me, please?
Although i got 15/17 correct (also changed 1 correct ans to wrong one 😠) but still feel the questions were little bit tougher than the actual test, is it so or am i just overthinking?
Hi Akshay! We tried to make the questions match the difficulty of TOEFL test questions. If you don't think that is the case we really appreciate that feedback :)
I received my TOEFL results today, I scored 92 (23 reading, 19 listening, 26 speaking and 24 writing) is it a good score? I don't know why my listening was so bad though
Hi Victor! It all depends on the minimum requirements for your program! You can usually find these requirements on your program's website.To give yourself an idea of what some programs require check out this blog post: magoosh.com/toefl/2014/toefl-scores/
As my first time for toelf listening, this video provide a good beginning for my exam preparation. Thanks a lot. Hope you all achieve your score goal on toelf. Good luck.
This is very useful tool! I got 14/17 now, and I decided to try hard to get perfect!!
Great job! Keep it up! :)
Hey i just like to thank you guys, i scored 100 on toefl, more than i needed to be honest and i studied through your channel and website :)
Marvellous approach towards TOEFL.
I got 13/17 gosh I was quite good though I almost fall asleep in the middle. Math and science is really not my thing
I almost fell asleep too
Transcription First
Professor: So, Aaron, in your e-mail you said you wanted to talk about the exam.
ARIN: Yeah, I´ve just never taken a class with so many diferente readings. I´ve managed to keep up with all the assignments, but´i´m not sure, how do... How do..
Professor: ... How do review everything?
ARIN : Yeah, in other classes I´ve had, there´s usually just one book to review, not three diferente books, plus, all those other text excerpts and vídeos.
Professor : well, developmental psychology is a little more involved compared to some other subjects, you´ve looked at the study guide, I assume.
ARIN : kind of, yes.. I mean, I haven´t gone through the whole thing yet, I´m still just doing the on the firs page.
Professor: You haven´t looked at the second page of the study guide at all yet?
ARIN : no, I´ve barely had time to go back over the first two readings from the first page
Professor: well, no wonder you´re so confused about Where to start, let me show you a copy of the study guide.
Look here, see what it says at the top of the page, this first page os just a list of all the texts and vídeos that´ll be on the teste. The actual guide is on the second page, see?
ARIN: Oh, wow, and says what I need too remember from each Reading
Professor: aha, so for example, from the intro to adolescente psychology, you Only need to review the developmental stages from chapter two.
ARIN: And it looks like I need to know everything from the main textbook, the big one
Professor: right, you´ll want to review all the core concepts in the first four chapters of development through lifespan. Well, almost all, I forgot to mention this on the study guide but the test really go int Freud stages of development, those are a little outdated compared to newer research.
ARIN: but we´re still going over all Piaget developmental stages for children, right ?
Professor: exactly and notice that you Only need to review
Half of the supplemental readings, just the one that focus on
Adult psychological development and the vídeo on Alzheimer´s disease. The brain disorder and elderly people. See, I marked it right here.
ARIN: ok, I feel like I understand a lot better now, I.... I guess I should have looked at the second page, huh
Professor: yeah, and I actually did mention that in class, you know, you really should have checked with your classmates before coming to me.
ARIN: well, I´ve Always studied alone before
Professor: I don´t think students should be studying solo. In any class. It´s Always better to study with a partner or a group . It can really help avoid confusion
ARIN: yeah, I´ve really had trouble keeping up in
Class so far, I think I´ll join the class study group
In the library Tonight.
Professor: yes, please do, your classmates can probably help you more than I could. You know, When it comes to organizing your notes, getting together a good study strategy that sort of thing
From the conversation in first recording,. I think of something happened to me when I was in university :
I ever had a vacation during a semester, so I missed classes. I approached the professor of a course, he said : " You study yourself first, and then go getting classmates' help in case if you're still not ok, and then come back to me if classmate's help is still not ok to you "
I scored 16/17 Thanks!
Me too
A quien le importa lo que te sacaste ? Jajaja
Please add "water" to "erosion" in the fourth option of question 6, otherwise it is ambiguous: if you just say "erosion", it is of any sort and it is the same as "other types of erosion" in option 1. I wouldn't mind, if it hadn't messed up my score ;)
Thank you for the video, though!
WOW, got 17/17! Thank you!
really? well u know best!
gabriela manarin where are you from ?
This is so Amazing! Congrats!
I got 8/17 :(
But I learned more about English :D
I got 16 out of 17 just with listening, i mean without taking notes. Thank you for sharing this test with us.
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Very helpful. I have good comprehension skills but the volume of information in each excerpt makes it sometimes challenging to take notes WHILE listening to the whole thing. I have been practising consistently (mostly with a French prep book) for a few days and went from an 18 to a 28 for the listening section! It's all in the practice peeps. Good luck to all my fellow TOEFL candidates :D
Wow go Clara!
I got 11/17 :/ The second lecture was so boring to me it didn't give the urge to listen at all
we're completely on board within the test result and the idea of boring second one :)
Emna Abassi. I got the same score. And i agree with you the second one got me.
The second one just sounded like the same idea repeated over and over to me.
I got the same score. And i agree with you
Sure
My test is tomorrow and while I am almost at C2 level I scored 15/17. This erosion lecture was rather detailed. I am not quite sure that answer C to question 16 about Aristotle and the greek scientists is correct though. "[...] first real scientific proof that the earth was round." does not sound like the correct answer. For me there was no hint at real scientific proofs provided by said scientists. Anyway, I wanted to also thank Magoosh for providing these videos.
Wow, how was it? I'm an upper intermediate level, I'm taking my TOEFL soon and I'm stressed af, could you give me some help? :(
i did 13/17. Lecture about gravity was more interesting than one about ereosion.
As a native English speaker from Australia I understood about 40% of what that girl in the red said.. Goodluck ESL peeps you're gonna need it.
Scored 17/17 this gives me hopes
Got a perfect score on this. It boosts my confidence😁
Thank you for the video and answers! But i just cant understand why "had to be round" is equal to "proof"! I selected A in that question
Exactly
I'm a Korean who has lived in the US all my life, but was still kinda curious how hard the TOEFL was. It seems as long as you take notes, there is no reason a native speaker scores less than a 110 in my opinion
13 out of 17... not bad for the first time(without practice)
the
same
Hideki Ryuga got that too high five!
thank you for making such qualified video with detail explanations
You're welcome! Good luck with your test!
I got 15. Only the erosions questions I had some problems. But I fell really proud about myself, because I didn't study for this test.
Hi guys, this lesson has been really useful for me. It's a pity that it is the only one listening practice lesson on this channel. well you know I wish there were more practice videos like these.
Thanks for the feedback, Armando! We'll make a note of that for our content team. In the meantime, check out our TOEFL blog for more help with the Listening section: magoosh.com/toefl/toefl-listening/
got 11/17 i think it isn't bad for me who don't live in the english language country, and it's my first try
Great
:( Almost half! Listen, memorizing and then forget...I test it at 1AM. Now I can go to sleep without count 1-100!
Thanks! I'll do it before sleeping
I don't have time right now. So i just answered 5 questions and i got 4/5
16/17 this really gave me a confidence
Woohoo!
9/17 Oh my god I can't be concentrated in lectures in portuguese about general subjects imagine in english... But I will improve my skills to listening great.
Thanks so much for the video! I need to practice more listening! So i proposed to listen to have much more experience!!!! :D i'm inspired now!
13 out of 17. I do keep working
9/17. The second lecture was so dull it took me out of concentration.
same, wkwk
Hi. I've taken the magoosh preparation course and I have a question about the listening sections. I dont know if it is a stupid question, but I find the magoosh-listening questions too difficult, compared with those that I have made in the official guide of the TOEFL or the quick preparation guide. I hope you understand, I´m a little bit worried about this section because TOEFL test is a little bit expensive so there is no another opportunity to take it in a long time.
If anyone who has done the magoosh course and the TOEFL test answered my question, I would be fantastic for me.
Hey! I am agree with you....I've also taken magoosh course and listening section is way much harder!
i got 15/17 marvellous
I think these recordings are slower than the on TPO tests, and so easier 😂😂😂
I had the same thing in my mind. Will the actual test be this easy?
I think the real listening is not as easy as this one!
The 8th question was rather tough. Thank you for the practice.
Hi! I just wanted to let you know that in the answers you have the same video for 2 different answers: the 12th and 13th answers are the same video.
Tor pronunciation is perfect.
Hopeful and helpful too....thanks brother
Hi Magoosh,
Can you share the answer link. The link provided in the description isn't working.
14/17
all 3 mistakes from second lecture lol😂😂
same the second one was boring
Great vidio!
Thanks very helpful!
got 13/17. i think it's not a bad score
wooo i think im ready got 16/17 half listening while playing game on my ipad...toefl tomorrow is gonna be mad decent
Cool,,,,,,
i bet u wont play on ur ipad in the test class of toefl
14/17 my score
Thanks for this practice test! It was well done!
And it's nice to see why those answers are true, because it shows the explanations of each question.
Although I scored 8/17 :(
But with the explanation, it has a lot of sense, and when I heard the audio again, I heard the correct phrase.
I think I learned a lot. Thanks again
where is the answers?
Could anyone tell me how relevant is this practice to the actual TOEFL IBT?
No, sorry
How can we calculate final grade on "listening" depending how many wrong and rights we have?
9/17 honestly
mine is too :( that was my first time
10/17 well. Way to go
Very helpful video! Thanks!
Thank you for these practice test questions . Really helpful.
You're welcome :)
Thanks so much for your videos, they are really helpful!!!!
Exceptional job.
I have a question. Example, in the question 17, I have 1/3 correct answer, how can I count my score?
I'm an English learner I try to find a way to get a good score in toefl exam ..because I am not a native speaker. I am 16 years old from Egypt..pray for me
I wish you the best of luck . And i am the same as you
this is not just like listening, but need to memorize it
Yes! It is a lot of information! That's why notetaking is a huge part of the TOEFL listening section. You might want to take a look at these tips :)
magoosh.com/toefl/2013/the-best-tips-for-note-taking-on-the-toefl/
Wow, i love this but i'm not able to select my answers, how should i go about that?
Is it just me or are the answers on the fifth question all incorrect, including D... The professor merely stated that she had to study this for her exam. He did not say that it was going to be a part of the actual exam.
did you have a video with the paper test ?
I got 14/17
How in the world greek thinkers had produced the “sciientific evidence” before the emergente of the experimental méthod in s. XVI?
I didn't understand it either.
10 /16
it was an interesting video. i got 12/17
my listening skill is fine but i have a difficulity in memorizing the informations that the audio provides. What should I do
Hi! Try taking notes as you listen. You might find this article helpful :) magoosh.com/toefl/2014/balancing-notes-and-listening/
It happens to everyone. You are not alone,,,,,,the best solution for this is PRACTICE....PRACTICE....PRACTICE which I got rid of this problem by doing so
Take notes!
is it allowed to take notes? when i took toefl test the participants were forbid to write anything except their answer (i'm sorry for my bad english)
I cant find the answers. Could someone tell me where they are?
toefl.magoosh.com/youtube-listening-answers
This was really helpful!
14/17 Thanks for your Video LUCAS,great job you are doing,RESPECT
Got 10/17 ..just a query if for questions requiring 2 answers one of our answer is correct do we score any point for that ?
You lose one point for each incorrect answer. So if there are 2 answers the question is likely only worth one point and so you won't get anything if you miss one.
If a question is worth 2 points and has 3 answers, then if you miss one and get two correct you'll receive 1 point. If you only get one correct and two wrong then you won't get any points. For more info:
magoosh.com/toefl/toefl-tuesday-partial-grading-2-point-questions/
I could not find answers to the questions at the end of the vidoe
I got 14 from 17 on this test.
Nice job! We recommend paying careful attention to the questions you missed and asking yourself what steps you could take to avoid making similar mistakes in the future. This can help you increase your score even more! :)
Thank you! That's awesome!
Sure thing! We're glad you liked it! :)
13 with help
I got everything.
How I can pass the TOEFL exam because I have alots of problem
11 second lecture fucked up lol
I can't hear correctly what she says at the time 4:15-4:15. A word starts with ''p'' but can't get it, and subtitle also does not write it correctly, it shows ''piaces'', however this word doesn't exist at dictionaries. Could somebody help me, please?
Piaget
7/11 . ok it is better than I thought.
Hi SHourya, can you read this?
Really helpful video, thanks Lucas!
It's a Weasley!
Great video! I love that it's both comprehensive and engaging :)
life is good 15/17
very nice tips
14 out of 17...
What are the odds that Im I the only native english speaker watching this?
Wherr are the Answers ?
anybody knows where I can get more free listening practices like this ? any websites ?
Got 14/17 :D
Although i got 15/17 correct (also changed 1 correct ans to wrong one 😠) but still feel the questions were little bit tougher than the actual test, is it so or am i just overthinking?
Hi Akshay! We tried to make the questions match the difficulty of TOEFL test questions. If you don't think that is the case we really appreciate that feedback :)
Hi Lucas, any change of you posting the transcript?
Hi Bruna! Thank you for your feedback! We are not currently planning to post the transcript but we will keep it in mind for the future :)
I received my TOEFL results today, I scored 92 (23 reading, 19 listening, 26 speaking and 24 writing) is it a good score? I don't know why my listening was so bad though
Hi Victor! It all depends on the minimum requirements for your program! You can usually find these requirements on your program's website.To give yourself an idea of what some programs require check out this blog post:
magoosh.com/toefl/2014/toefl-scores/
I got 14/17. I missed the last ques bcs of time :(
I got 10/17....
A bit harder than TOEFL real questions
Actually my listening power is good but I'm unable to recall them suddenly when it's asked..so what should I do?
take efficient notes while you listen)
14/17 second one is hard to me
14/17.. I don't know y this video came as recommendation 😂😂
12 out of 17