{"id":2870,"date":"2016-02-25T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/?p=2870"},"modified":"2020-12-10T13:44:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:44:06","slug":"practice-your-listening-skills-with-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/practice-your-listening-skills-with-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice your Listening Skills with Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One activity that\u2019s very popular with my students is <em>recipe dictation<\/em>. In this activity, I read a recipe out loud in a tutoring session. In the activity, they try to understand what I\u2019ve said, write it down, and then try the recipe for themselves. It\u2019s a fun and tasty way to practice hearing and recording important details.<\/p>\n<p>To help you practice your listening in this way, I\u2019ve recorded myself explaining the recipe for chocolate fondant. Listen to the recipe and see if you can write down the details correctly. You can check your answers by downloading my written version of the recipe <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/magoosh.resources\/MagooshChocolateFondantRecipe.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2871 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/magoosh-company-site\/wp-content\/uploads\/toefl\/files\/2016\/02\/16065504\/pylswr_img1.jpg\" alt=\"pylswr_img1\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/247105721&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"500\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Web is full of this kind of recipe listening practice. Video portals like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DailyMotion<\/a> have tons of recipe videos. And cooking websites like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Food Network<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/allrecipes.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All Recipes<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Martha Stewart Living<\/a> have both recipe videos and written versions of the recipes so that you can easily check your listening.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re working with a tutor, recipe dictation can also be a good way to practice speaking. Recipes are generally less complicated than the passages you&#8217;ll hear on <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/toefl-listening-tips-tricks\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TOEFL Listening<\/a>, but watching cooking videos by native speakers is also a great way to pick up English intonation. <\/p>\n<p>And, just in case you&#8217;re wondering, the fondant recipe I just gave you was actually originally dictated to me by an ESL student who lives in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One activity that\u2019s very popular with my students is recipe dictation. In this activity, I read a recipe out loud in a tutoring session. In the activity, they try to understand what I\u2019ve said, write it down, and then try the recipe for themselves. It\u2019s a fun and tasty way to practice hearing and recording [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13616],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[13630],"class_list":["post-2870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-listening"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.7 (Yoast SEO v21.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Practice your Listening Skills with Recipes - Magoosh Blog \u2013 TOEFL\u00ae\ufe0f Test<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/practice-your-listening-skills-with-recipes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Practice your Listening Skills with Recipes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One activity that\u2019s very popular with my students is recipe dictation. 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His work at Magoosh has been cited in<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?hl=en&amp;as_sdt=0%2C50&amp;q=Recine+magoosh&amp;btnG=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> many scholarly articles<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/minds.wisconsin.edu\/handle\/1793\/65479\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> his Master's Thesis<\/a> is featured on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.readingwithpictures.org\/2013\/09\/research-highlight-teaching-english-language-learners-with-comics\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Reading with Pictures<\/a> website, and he's presented at the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.witesol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/2014-WITESOL-Program-FINAL-10-28-14.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> WITESOL (link to PDF)<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/interoff\/docs\/nafsaregionv_2014conference\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> NAFSA<\/a> conferences. David has taught K-12 ESL in South Korea as well as undergraduate English and MBA-level business English at American universities. 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