TOEFL® Tip: Listening for Basic Comprehension

Sharpen your listening skills with these tips:

• Expand your vocabulary.
• Focus on the content and flow of spoken material.
• Do not be distracted by the speaker's style or delivery.
• Remain focused by trying to anticipate what a person is going to say.

For more practice developing your listening skills, try Idioms in English, an
interactive program in our English Skills Series from ETS and AmEnglish® that features 100 current English idioms
and expressions.