WEBVTT 00:00.930 --> 00:06.190 OK so now let's get into Section Three in section three. 00:06.290 --> 00:07.260 Just so you can. 00:07.290 --> 00:13.080 I'm going to repeat this again because I want you to understand what the real differences are what the 00:13.080 --> 00:16.950 real differences are between two sections 1 2 and 3. 00:16.980 --> 00:22.650 The difference is not in the questions in Section 1 1. 00:22.680 --> 00:27.540 You may have multiple which was to fill the blank section to multiple choice or fill the blank section 00:27.540 --> 00:33.390 3 multiple choice or fill the blank section for multiple choice and or feel the blame. 00:33.510 --> 00:35.300 So no question. 00:35.310 --> 00:42.260 QUESTION design our question types are the same with all four sections. 00:42.360 --> 00:46.200 So the question the question in your mind might be well why is it difficult. 00:46.200 --> 00:53.310 What makes them more difficult is we each for each for each section of the test we raise the level of 00:53.310 --> 01:02.860 English like here in section three here you see for like twenty one The question is longer the answer 01:02.860 --> 01:09.490 choices are longer the vocabulary in the answer choices and the question is more of a challenge to be 01:09.490 --> 01:10.800 able to handle. 01:11.050 --> 01:18.640 This is where students were only able to maybe get a score of a 5 or 5.5 in listening start falling 01:18.640 --> 01:25.750 off because they're not able to keep up with the though English vocabulary level. 01:25.750 --> 01:29.100 And so that's what's happening. 01:29.110 --> 01:32.630 The level the level keeps rising each time. 01:33.080 --> 01:34.240 OK. 01:34.960 --> 01:36.720 So I'm going to go ahead. 01:36.730 --> 01:45.670 If we when we see this one here we have all multiple choice from 21 all the way to 30 here directly 01:45.670 --> 01:51.520 all multiple choice no fill the blank in this section three twenty one to thirty directly straight through. 01:51.520 --> 01:52.930 So we know what we have to deal with. 01:52.930 --> 01:58.300 I've gone over this with you before you write for multiple choice questions you have to look at the 01:58.300 --> 02:03.580 question and circle the keywords in the question and then listen for which answer choices do they use 02:03.580 --> 02:09.850 synonym language for that will be the answer to the question like twenty one says one reason why Spiros 02:09.850 --> 02:16.330 felt happy about his marketing presentation was that why did he feel happy about his marketing presentation 02:16.780 --> 02:25.090 why happy about marketing that's what you decided you should have circled why happy about marketing 02:26.070 --> 02:26.440 OK. 02:26.470 --> 02:33.130 That's what I would have circled or underlined in terms of my keywords and then when I'm listening I'm 02:33.130 --> 02:40.930 listening for that key language happy about marketing presentation with now understanding that they 02:40.930 --> 02:48.550 may use synonym language OK they may use synonym language when they're doing it and so when not when 02:48.550 --> 02:53.860 they give the answer choice you're going to have to look for which answer choice A B or C is a is a 02:53.870 --> 02:55.880 synonym match for what they say it. 02:56.140 --> 02:58.300 That's the way it works. 02:58.330 --> 02:58.660 All right. 02:58.690 --> 02:59.590 So twenty two. 02:59.580 --> 03:05.770 So when they give us our time when they give us our time to look through the answer choices go through 03:05.770 --> 03:12.220 each question circling the keywords in the question circling the keywords in the question I've told 03:12.220 --> 03:14.910 you about doing that nouns and verbs. 03:15.230 --> 03:15.900 OK. 03:15.970 --> 03:19.030 Because you have to listen for that language. 03:19.390 --> 03:30.630 Listen for that language so you know what is being said like 20 to what surprised Hiroko about presentations 03:30.710 --> 03:34.840 surprised her vocal about presentations. 03:35.040 --> 03:36.770 Surprise surprise. 03:36.770 --> 03:38.440 Well I guess that's key. 03:38.790 --> 03:43.910 Surprised him about presentations that's what I would have circled. 03:44.040 --> 03:45.190 All right. 03:45.200 --> 03:50.750 Twenty three I was circle after presentation her vocal felt. 03:50.750 --> 03:57.260 That's what I'm listening for I'm listening for that the synonyms of that key word language and then 03:57.260 --> 03:58.990 my answer choice. 03:59.030 --> 04:03.040 OK so now we're going to play the audio. 04:03.040 --> 04:10.330 We're gonna play the audio and and go ahead and answers to the best of your ability. 04:10.430 --> 04:20.150 Section 3 to overseas students called Spiros and Hiroko have just finished the first semester of their 04:20.150 --> 04:28.810 university course they are discussing with their English language teacher how they coped with the course. 04:28.910 --> 04:34.670 First you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25 04:43.940 --> 04:44.260 right. 04:44.260 --> 04:48.630 So even though it's all multiple choice they're still splitting it up because it's the Section 3. 04:49.090 --> 04:55.270 So they're going to 20 20 25 and then they're going to stop the tape give you time to look at 26 to 04:55.270 --> 04:58.980 third before we start Spiros and Hiroko. 04:58.990 --> 05:05.050 Thanks for coming in today to talk about your recent study experiences and congratulations to you both. 05:05.080 --> 05:07.800 In doing so well in your first semester exams. 05:07.870 --> 05:08.860 Thank you. 05:08.860 --> 05:13.330 I'd like to discuss with you the value of the English for academic purposes. 05:13.330 --> 05:18.530 Course you did here last year before starting your university course. 05:18.540 --> 05:20.410 Spiros if I could start with you. 05:20.890 --> 05:26.580 What parts of the program have now proved to be particularly valuable to you. 05:26.800 --> 05:31.060 I think that having to do a seminar presentation really helped me. 05:31.060 --> 05:37.990 For example a couple of weeks ago in our marketing subject when it was my turn to give a presentation 05:38.050 --> 05:40.000 I felt quite confident. 05:40.090 --> 05:46.180 Of course I was still nervous but because I had done one before I knew what to expect. 05:46.330 --> 05:50.780 Also I know I was well prepared and I had practiced my timing. 05:50.830 --> 05:56.890 In fact I think that in relation to some of the other people in my group I did quite a good job because 05:56.890 --> 05:59.500 my overall style was quite professional. 06:00.100 --> 06:01.120 What about you Hiroko. 06:01.960 --> 06:03.820 That's interesting. 06:03.820 --> 06:09.510 In my group I was really surprised by the way the students did their presentations. 06:09.550 --> 06:11.920 They just read their notes aloud. 06:11.920 --> 06:18.100 Can you believe that they didn't worry about their presentation style or keeping eye contact with their 06:18.100 --> 06:19.350 audience. 06:19.450 --> 06:24.490 And I remember that these things were really stressed to us in the course here. 06:24.520 --> 06:28.620 So how did you approach your presentation Hiroko. 06:28.630 --> 06:32.630 Well to speak frankly I read my notes too. 06:33.100 --> 06:39.520 At the time it was a relief to do it this way but actually when I had finished I didn't feel any real 06:39.520 --> 06:41.310 sense of satisfaction. 06:41.350 --> 06:44.890 I didn't feel positive about the experience at all. 06:44.930 --> 06:48.940 That's a pity you know although I was pleased with my presentation. 06:49.000 --> 06:51.700 I am not so pleased with my actual performance right now. 06:51.700 --> 06:54.490 Any tutorials during the whole semester. 06:54.700 --> 06:57.860 I've not said anything in our tutorial discussions. 06:57.860 --> 07:00.310 Not a word really spare us. 07:00.400 --> 07:01.440 Why is that. 07:01.480 --> 07:04.000 Do the other students talk too much. 07:04.000 --> 07:10.540 It's partly that but it's mostly because I have had no confidence to speak out their style of speaking 07:10.680 --> 07:11.900 is so different. 07:11.920 --> 07:18.370 It's not the style we were used to during the course they use so many colloquialisms they're not very 07:18.370 --> 07:22.890 polite and sometimes there seems to be no order in their discussion. 07:22.900 --> 07:28.540 Also they are very familiar with each other so because they know each other's habits they can let each 07:28.540 --> 07:30.160 other into the discussion. 07:30.160 --> 07:30.730 You're right. 07:30.730 --> 07:33.820 Spiros I've experienced that too. 07:36.940 --> 07:44.260 Before you hear the rest of the conversation you have some time to look at questions 26 to 30 07:48.770 --> 07:57.670 OK so I'm willing to back it up now and go through questions go through questions 24 one to twenty five 07:58.110 --> 08:04.260 point out for you what the correct answers are and why those are the actual correct answers. 08:04.440 --> 08:11.700 OK before we start Spiros and Hiroko thanks for coming in today to talk about your recent study experiences. 08:11.700 --> 08:13.650 And congratulations to you both. 08:13.710 --> 08:16.420 In doing so well in your first semester exams. 08:16.500 --> 08:17.460 Thank you. 08:17.490 --> 08:21.960 I'd like to discuss with you the value of the English for academic purposes. 08:21.960 --> 08:26.830 Course you did here last year before starting your university course. 08:27.170 --> 08:29.400 Spiros if I could start with you. 08:29.520 --> 08:35.240 What parts of the program have now proved to be particularly valuable to you. 08:35.430 --> 08:39.590 I think that having to do a seminar presentation really helped me. 08:39.690 --> 08:46.620 For example a couple of weeks ago in our marketing subject when it was my turn to give a presentation 08:46.710 --> 08:48.550 I felt quite confident. 08:48.720 --> 08:54.800 Of course I was still nervous but because I had done one before I knew what to expect. 08:54.960 --> 08:59.400 Also I know I was well prepared and I had practiced my timing. 08:59.460 --> 09:05.520 In fact I think that in relation to some of the other people in my group I did quite a good job because 09:05.520 --> 09:08.720 my overall style was quite professional. 09:08.730 --> 09:14.860 What about you Hiroko high so he felt quite confident. 09:15.090 --> 09:16.830 He said he was still nervous. 09:16.830 --> 09:24.910 Now choice a is a trap answer because you hear exact language like the word nervous. 09:24.980 --> 09:26.510 Leave it alone. 09:26.510 --> 09:30.250 Learn to leave it alone right. 09:30.250 --> 09:32.600 Learn to leave it alone right. 09:32.590 --> 09:33.070 We've tried. 09:33.080 --> 09:34.880 He said he was nervous. 09:34.880 --> 09:38.150 He didn't say he was not nervous but the word nervous is a trap. 09:38.870 --> 09:39.370 OK. 09:39.370 --> 09:40.480 Don't pick a. 09:40.490 --> 09:42.460 Don't fall for the trap. 09:42.650 --> 09:46.710 Don't fall for the exact language trap please. 09:46.730 --> 09:47.090 All right. 09:47.120 --> 09:48.830 Keep listening. 09:48.830 --> 09:53.330 Also I know I was well prepared and I had practiced my timing. 09:53.330 --> 09:59.420 In fact I think that in relation to some of the other people in my group I did quite a good job because 09:59.420 --> 10:02.600 my overall style was quite professional. 10:02.600 --> 10:03.140 What about you. 10:03.140 --> 10:03.900 Hiroko. 10:05.120 --> 10:05.420 Right. 10:05.420 --> 10:07.990 So correct answer here is B. 10:08.180 --> 10:09.590 He said he was confident. 10:09.710 --> 10:13.550 He said his overall style was professional. 10:13.550 --> 10:13.940 Right. 10:14.030 --> 10:16.960 So in choice B we hear sensitive language right. 10:17.030 --> 10:19.250 We hear the word style which is fine but a lot. 10:19.310 --> 10:25.460 But like I've told you the correct answer choice will use synonym language. 10:25.460 --> 10:27.920 Correct answer choice we'll use in another language. 10:27.950 --> 10:30.670 So you said his style was quite professional. 10:30.890 --> 10:38.090 He was confident his style was quite professional correct answer is B Choice C was another trap answer 10:38.450 --> 10:39.950 because you heard the word grew. 10:39.950 --> 10:46.400 You heard the exact word group but they did not say that he was the best in the group right. 10:46.400 --> 10:50.470 They did not say he was the best in the group correct answer here is B. 10:50.570 --> 10:54.530 His style was professionals that are known for his style was good. 10:54.580 --> 10:55.060 All right. 10:55.130 --> 10:56.090 What about you Hiroko. 10:57.010 --> 10:58.630 That's interesting. 10:58.880 --> 11:05.080 In my group I was really surprised by the way the students did their presentations right off the bat. 11:05.090 --> 11:08.910 They try to trick you with the word interesting right. 11:08.930 --> 11:13.610 The choice a yes says the exact word interesting you're trying to pull you two hours a day pull you 11:13.610 --> 11:15.680 to that as an answer choice. 11:15.680 --> 11:18.080 They just read their notes aloud. 11:18.080 --> 11:24.260 Can you believe that they didn't worry about their presentation style or keeping eye contact with their 11:24.260 --> 11:25.570 audience. 11:25.580 --> 11:28.580 And I remember that these things were really strict. 11:28.580 --> 11:28.900 All right. 11:28.910 --> 11:38.760 So there is our correct answer is c they didn't keep eye contact keep didn't keep eye contact is synonym 11:38.780 --> 11:41.890 for did it look at right. 11:41.900 --> 11:43.870 That's what surprised her. 11:43.880 --> 11:45.360 All right correct answer. 11:45.380 --> 11:48.580 We'll use synonyms. 11:48.640 --> 11:48.930 All right. 11:48.930 --> 11:51.090 They did not keep eye contact with the audience. 11:51.090 --> 11:51.600 They did. 11:51.690 --> 11:53.730 They did not look at the audience. 11:53.760 --> 12:01.280 Correct answer is C and I remember that these things were really stressed to us in the course here. 12:01.320 --> 12:04.500 So how did you approach in last part. 12:04.500 --> 12:09.440 They tried to pull you to answer choice B by using the word stress. 12:09.600 --> 12:14.050 All right so I hope you see a lot of times with with incorrect answers. 12:14.280 --> 12:19.950 What they're doing is trying to pull you towards it with exact language but not using any synonyms that 12:19.950 --> 12:20.970 will make it correct. 12:21.350 --> 12:22.190 OK. 12:22.440 --> 12:26.510 So how did you approach your presentation Heroku. 12:26.520 --> 12:34.710 Well to speak frankly I read my notes to at the time it was a relief to do it this way but actually 12:34.710 --> 12:39.180 when I had finished I didn't feel any real sense of satisfaction. 12:39.240 --> 12:42.090 I didn't feel positive about the experience at all. 12:42.110 --> 12:50.160 I didn't feel any sense of satisfaction she didn't feel positive said in an answer is dissatisfied. 12:50.160 --> 12:57.270 Answer twenty three is B B as in boy that's a pity you know although I was pleased with my presentation 12:57.750 --> 13:00.450 I am not so pleased with my actual performance right now. 13:00.450 --> 13:03.420 Any tutorials during the whole semester. 13:03.420 --> 13:06.610 I have not said anything in our tutorial discussions. 13:06.620 --> 13:10.050 Nothing would really spare us the correct answer. 13:10.050 --> 13:11.380 Twenty 24 years a. 13:11.410 --> 13:19.790 He's not very pleased synonym answer is not very happy not very pleased not very happy. 13:20.010 --> 13:23.470 It's an English test everybody picks in it Ms. 13:23.520 --> 13:29.110 A lot of students pick B because they heard the word pleased he said not pleased. 13:29.190 --> 13:33.240 So setting a match is not very happy. 13:33.240 --> 13:34.080 OK. 13:34.230 --> 13:35.960 This is the way it works. 13:36.030 --> 13:38.670 You have to pick synonym matches. 13:38.670 --> 13:41.500 You can't just pick something and say I heard this exact word. 13:41.490 --> 13:42.880 So that's the answer. 13:42.990 --> 13:44.920 They're testing your English. 13:45.010 --> 13:49.950 The best way to test your English is if you understand synonyms really spare us. 13:50.040 --> 13:51.060 Why is that. 13:51.120 --> 13:53.640 Do the other students talk too much. 13:53.640 --> 14:00.180 It's partly that but it's mostly because I have had no confidence to speak out their style of speaking 14:00.310 --> 14:01.540 is so different. 14:01.560 --> 14:04.360 It's not the style we were used to during the course. 14:04.740 --> 14:11.190 They use so many colloquialisms they're not very polite and sometimes that seems to be no order in their 14:11.190 --> 14:12.520 discussion. 14:12.570 --> 14:14.900 Also they are very familiar with each other. 14:15.090 --> 14:20.280 So because they know each other's habits they can let each other into the discussion again they try 14:20.280 --> 14:20.880 to trick you. 14:20.880 --> 14:24.870 They say they're not very polite here says they are polite. 14:25.740 --> 14:27.370 So again a is wrong. 14:27.390 --> 14:27.880 Avoid. 14:27.880 --> 14:28.640 Exactly. 14:28.670 --> 14:30.130 Really spare us. 14:30.200 --> 14:31.350 But why is that. 14:31.380 --> 14:33.900 Do the other students talk too much. 14:33.900 --> 14:40.470 It's partly that but it's mostly because I have had no confidence to speak out their style of speaking 14:40.560 --> 14:41.800 is so different. 14:41.820 --> 14:44.650 It's not the style we were used to during the course. 14:45.000 --> 14:49.110 They use so many colloquialisms they're not very polite. 14:49.110 --> 14:52.830 And sometimes there seems to be no order in their discussion. 14:52.830 --> 14:55.200 Also they are very familiar with each other. 14:55.350 --> 15:00.060 So because they know each other's habits they can let each other into the discussion. 15:00.060 --> 15:01.480 You're right Spiros. 15:01.590 --> 15:06.440 I have experienced that too. 15:06.510 --> 15:11.560 They're very familiar with very familiar which they're very familiar with each other. 15:11.790 --> 15:14.160 So they could let each other into the discussions. 15:14.160 --> 15:21.000 Correct answer is C Ok You Guys Are you getting it being very familiar with each other. 15:21.000 --> 15:22.870 They know each other very well. 15:22.920 --> 15:28.900 So for multiple choice questions whether a Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 or Section 4. 15:29.100 --> 15:31.550 That's what you have to do for multiple choice questions. 15:31.710 --> 15:37.440 You have to be able to pick synonyms the better you are picking synonyms the better you're going to 15:37.440 --> 15:39.900 do what the exam is that simple. 15:39.900 --> 15:41.250 That's the way it works. 15:43.140 --> 15:43.470 All right. 15:43.480 --> 15:52.510 So now we're gonna go ahead and answer questions 26 27 28 29 and 30 but recently I've been trying to 15:52.510 --> 16:00.250 speak up more and I just jump in and I've noticed an interesting thing I've noticed that if they thought 16:00.250 --> 16:02.530 my point was interesting or new. 16:02.680 --> 16:08.800 Then the next time they're actually asked for my opinion and then it was much easier for me to be part 16:08.800 --> 16:09.890 of the discussion. 16:09.900 --> 16:10.630 Oh that's great. 16:10.630 --> 16:11.160 You look good. 16:11.590 --> 16:14.050 I hope that happens for me next semester. 16:14.050 --> 16:17.210 I'll have to work hard to find some interesting points. 16:17.230 --> 16:19.560 What helped you to find these ideas. 16:19.570 --> 16:25.720 I think that the one thing that helped me with this was the reading I've had to do so much reading this 16:25.720 --> 16:29.430 semester just to help me make sense of the lectures. 16:29.450 --> 16:33.290 At first I couldn't understand what the lectures were talking about. 16:33.440 --> 16:36.910 So I had to turn to the books and journals. 16:37.220 --> 16:44.890 Every night I read for hours using the lists of references that were given and I made pages of notes. 16:45.200 --> 16:52.640 At breakfast I read and read my notes again this habit has helped me to follow the ideas in the lectures. 16:53.190 --> 16:56.890 And it's also given me some ideas to use in the tutorials. 16:57.300 --> 16:59.420 But I did so much reading anyway. 16:59.640 --> 17:03.360 I don't think there's any time left over for anything extra. 17:03.360 --> 17:08.730 My reading speed is still quite slow though I'm much better at dealing with vocabulary than I used to 17:08.730 --> 17:09.780 be. 17:09.790 --> 17:15.120 What else do you think we could add to the course program to help with this reading problem. 17:15.120 --> 17:16.610 Mm hmm. 17:16.680 --> 17:19.640 There's not really anything because it's my problem. 17:19.680 --> 17:22.710 I remember we were given long articles to read. 17:22.710 --> 17:23.570 We didn't like that. 17:23.580 --> 17:29.160 But now I realize that reading those long articles was good preparation for the things I need to read 17:29.160 --> 17:32.160 now also in class. 17:32.160 --> 17:37.460 We regularly had speed reading tasks to do and we kept a record of our reading speed. 17:37.860 --> 17:40.740 So the teachers were encouraging us to work on that. 17:40.800 --> 17:41.970 That's true spirit. 17:42.330 --> 17:45.210 But what we read could have been different. 17:45.390 --> 17:51.090 Sometimes in the English class I get frustrated when I had to read articles about the environment or 17:51.300 --> 17:58.770 health or education because I wanted to concentrate on my own field but we didn't read anything about 17:58.770 --> 18:00.150 engineering. 18:00.150 --> 18:03.410 So I think I wasted some time learning vocabulary. 18:03.420 --> 18:09.690 I didn't need but surely the strategies you were taught for dealing with that vocabulary were helpful. 18:09.720 --> 18:16.890 Yes but psychologically speaking I would have felt much better working on reading from my own field. 18:16.890 --> 18:18.340 What do you think spare us. 18:18.370 --> 18:23.860 Oh I agree that would have helped my confidence too and they would have been more motivated. 18:23.880 --> 18:28.800 It was good though that we could work on our own topics when we wrote the research assignments. 18:28.900 --> 18:44.130 Okay the answer to number 25 26 was B 20 26 as B 27 was a 28 was b twenty nine is C for engineering. 18:44.130 --> 18:44.490 All right. 18:44.560 --> 18:51.420 So I hope that you're able to as you were going through those last three questions to be able to get 18:51.420 --> 18:52.290 them correct. 18:52.670 --> 18:54.890 OK so I'll talk to you soon. 18:54.900 --> 19:01.770 And good job and I hope you understand now how to really handle these multiple choice types of questions. 19:01.770 --> 19:02.400 Thanks a lot. 19:02.400 --> 19:03.200 Talk to you soon.