Listening Skills (1)

1. Listening Skills (1) How to Predict?

2. How to Predict? • Clues that help you to predict: 1. How much you know about: --the topic --the situation --the country in which the language is spoken

3. How to Predict? 2. intonation 3. semantic markers 1) Markers which signals sth negative will follow I’m afraid… Actually,

4. How to Predict? 2) Markers that introduce an idea which runs against what has been said, or is going to be said but, and yet, nevertheless, although, on the other hand

5. How to Predict? 3) Markers used for listing, such as: firstly, in the first place secondly, thirdly my next point is, last/finally

6. How to Predict? 4) Markers that show us the cause and effect relationship between one idea and another: so because therefore since thus (we see)

7. How to Predict? 5) Markers which indicate that the speaker or writer is going to illustrate his ideas by giving examples: for instance for example let’s take …(an example) an example/instance of this was…

8. How to Predict? 6) Markers which indicate that the speaker or writer is about to sum up his message, or part of it. to summarize what I have been saying is this it amounts to this if I can just sum up

9. How to Predict? 7) Semantic markers used to express a time relationship: then previously next while after that when

10. How to Predict? 8) Markers used to indicate the relative importance of something it is worth noting I would like to direct your attention to

11. How to Predict? 9) Markers used to rephrase what has already been said, or to introduce a definition: in other words to put it another way let me put it this way that is to say

12. How to Predict? 10) Markers that express a condition: if assuming that unless

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