{"id":3227,"date":"2016-05-27T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2020-12-10T13:43:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:43:30","slug":"toefl-listening-practice-integrated-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/toefl-listening-practice-integrated-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"TOEFL Listening Practice for Integrated Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWhere can you find good practice for TOEFL Integrated Writing? Magoosh’s comprehensive guide to TOEFL Writing Task 1 helps point the way<\/a>. And in this post, we explore finding good TOEFL Integrated Writing practice specifically for the listening component of the task.<\/p>\n

This post contains audio for the TOEFL Integrated Writing\u00a0lecture that appears as transcript-only\u00a0on pages 27-28 of\u00a0TOEFL Quick Prep, Volume 1<\/a>. (Quick prep is one of ETS\u2019s official\u00a0free TOEFL resources<\/a>.).<\/p>\n

The first recording is the easiest, with slow speech and no verbal pauses. The recordings get harder from there. The most advanced recording is just like a real lecture at an American university.<\/p>\n

The wording remains the same in each track, so you\u2019ll get real TOEFL wording and vocabulary no matter which track you listen to.<\/p>\n

Description of the four levels of TOEFL Listening audio<\/h2>\n

The beginner-level track is the slowest, so slow that it won\u2019t really sound natural. The low intermediate track is slow, but not completely unnatural. The pace of speech is similar to that of an English speaking news announcer. The high intermediate track is completely TOEFL-like. You can use this, along with the question on page 28 of ETS\u2019s Quick Prep Volume 1<\/a>, to practice a full TOEFL Integrated Writing Task, complete with audio.<\/p>\n

The advanced-level track is not strictly needed for TOEFL practice. This track, which is the most difficult, has the pace and tone of a a real college lecture<\/a>, the kind you\u2019ll hear\u00a0once you pass the TOEFL and get accepted into school.<\/p>\n

I still recommend testing your skills with this version of the lecture. When it comes to preparing for study abroad, TOEFL lectures and \u201creal\u201d lectures go hand-in-hand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How to use the tracks<\/h2>\n

For the best TOEFL Listening practice<\/a>, take the following steps:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. This audio lecture is designed to challenge the claims from the Integrated Writing Passage seen on page 27 of TOEFL Quick Prep Volume 1. Be sure to read this passage before you listen to the lecture itself.<\/li>\n
  2. Listen to the high-intermediate track. If you can understand this track perfectly, great! You\u2019re ready to move on from TOEFL listening practice to TOEFL vocabulary practice. (Or you could move straight to optional step 6.)<\/li>\n
  3. If you had trouble understanding the high-intermediate track, listen to the low-intermediate track. Can you figure out which words you missed, now that the speech is slower?<\/li>\n
  4. If there are still some words you can\u2019t hear clearly, listen to the beginner-level track.<\/li>\n
  5. If even the beginner-level track has words you\u2019re not sure about, check the transcript for this lecture (pages 27-28\u00a0of TOEFL Quick Prep Volume 1<\/a>). Is there any vocabulary you didn\u2019t recognize as you listened?<\/li>\n
  6. Now, listen to the high intermediate track again. You may find you understand it much better. If you\u2019re able to recognize a lot of stuff you missed the first time, make note of the listening mistakes you made. This can help you know which listening skills\u00a0you need to improve.<\/li>\n
  7. Optional step:<\/em> Listen to the advanced track. If you can master listening at that speed, you\u2019re\u00a0more than<\/em> ready for the TOEFL, and also ready to take on regular English lectures and conversations in your future studies.<\/li>\n
  8. Now it\u2019s time to self-assess. If you had\u00a0to listen to the beginner or low intermediate tracks to fully understand what you heard, then you need to really improve your listening skills before test day. If there are a lot of words in the lecture that you still don\u2019t feel confident with, you may need to build up\u00a0your TOEFL vocabulary<\/a> as you continue to practice listening.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Track 1: TOEFL Integrated Writing\u00a0Lecture, Beginner Level<\/h2>\n

    https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/05\/QuickPrepV1WritingTask1Beginner.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Track 2: TOEFL Integrated Writing\u00a0Lecture, Low Intermediate Level<\/h2>\n

    https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/05\/QuickPrepV1WritingTask1LowIntermediate.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Track 3: TOEFL Integrated Writing\u00a0Lecture, High Intermediate Level (like the TOEFL)<\/h2>\n

    https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/05\/QuickPrepV1WritingTask1HighIntermediate.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Track 4: TOEFL Integrated Writing\u00a0Lecture, Advanced Level (like a real academic lecture at an American university)<\/h2>\n

    https:\/\/magoosh.com\/toefl\/files\/2016\/05\/QuickPrepV1WritingTask1Advanced.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n

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