You may take notes while you listen. You may use your notes to help you answer the questions. Your notes will not be scored. In some questions, you will see this icon. This means that you will hear, but not see, part of the question. | Example Listen as a student asks her professor about an assignment. Professor Roberts I have a question for you about the assignment. Okay if it s a short question. It is. The assignment on the syllabus lists pages 101 through 120 in the text and the last page of the assigned reading is a list of questions. I was wondering if we were supposed to read through the questions and just think about the answers or actually write out the answers to the questions. Well you don t need to write out neat and formal answers to the questions but you should be really familiar with the answers because well be talking about the questions during class and I expect you to have answers ready. You mean we don t need to turn in written answers to the questions That s right but you might want to jot down notes about your answers so that you can refer to them during our discussion. After you listen to the conversation a function question asks about the speakers purpose in saying something. To start this question a part of the conversation is replayed. You see on the computer screen You hear narrator Listen again to part of the passage. Then answer the question. student Professor Roberts I have a question for you about the assignment. professor Okay if it s a short question. LISTENING SKILLS 137 I The question and answer choices then appear on the computer screen as the narrator states the question. You see on the computer screen You hear narrator What does the professor mean when he says this professor Okay if it s a short question. In the conversation the student says Professor Roberts I have a question for you . . . and the professor responds by saying okay if it s a short question. From this it can be concluded that the professor means that he does not have much time to answer a question. The last answer is therefore the best answer to this question. Now look at an example of a question that asks about a different function. To start this question a part of the conversation is replayed.
