Listening 10: Lectures and Classroom Discussions Review Objectives: TOEFL iBT Listening Skills: • Review the format and question types for the lectures and lectures with classroom . discussions in the Listening section.
• Practice listening to three lectures from the Listening section. • Analyze mistakes and formulate a plan for improvement.
Review of Lectures and Classroom Discussions • Lectures and classroom discussions take place in a classroom or a lecture hall. • Some lectures have only one speaker—a professor. Some lectures include classroom discussions with a professor and one or more students. • The lectures and classroom discussions cover a variety of topics, such as history, science, art, and literature . • During an official TOEFL iBT test, you will not be able to see the questions while you are listening to a lecture, a lecture with a classroom discussion, or a conversation. • In this section, you will listen to three lectures and answer questions about them . One of the lectures includes a classroom discussion. For an authentic experience, read the questions only after you have listened to the lectures .
Activity 10.1: Botany Lecture
Directions: • Listen to the conversation and take notes . Scan the QR code to listen to the audio track . • Listen to the questions and answer them . Scan the QR code to listen to the audio track . • Check your answers using the answer key at the end of this section . 1 . What is the lecture mainly about? A. The effect of agriculture on pollinators
B. Threats to the pollination cycle in tropical rain forests C. The relationship between plants and their pollinators D. Various plant species in tropical rain forests that attract pollinators
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