LISTENING SKILLSClass 5

March 18, 2013

Today• Listening strategies & listening for details: Numbers

Listening for details: Test/Quiz situation

Look at your example quiz.

What information could you use on this page to help you with listening?

Numbers

1 2,000,300

500 %

9,999,999,999,999

450,000

English number system

1 2 3 4 5… EASY!

10 11 12 13… 20 21 22 30 40 50…still easy!

100

Has 3 digits (numbers)

hundreds 200 300 400 500 …900

English number system

Hundreds

• 150 = 100 + 50• one hundred fifty

• 935 = 900 + 35• nine hundred thirty-five

• - Look at first digit, then at the other two digits.

English number system

1,000 3,000 5,000 8,000

Has 3 digits AFTER the comma (4 – 6 digits total)

2,500 = 2,000 + 500

two thousand five hundred

thousands

English number system

1,000 3,000 5,000 8,000

Has 3 digits AFTER the comma (4 – 6 digits total)

10,000 = ?

- Look at the number of digits LEFT of the comma.

100,000 = ?

thousands

English number system

1,000,000 4,000,000 9,000,000

Has 6 digits AFTER the first comma (7 – 9 digits total)

10,000,000 = ?

100,000,000 = ?

millions

English number system

1,000,000,000 4,000,000,000 9,000,000,000

Has 9 digits AFTER the first comma (10 – 12 digits total)

10,000,000,000 = ?

100,000,000,000 = ?

1,000,000,000,000 = 1 trillion

bill ions

English number system

What are these numbers?

4,600 350,000,000

25, 000,000 88,000

813 740,000,000,000

920,000 1,000,000,000,000

English number systemWrite these numbers as digits:

• Five billion 5,000,000,000

• Three hundred fifty thousand 350,000

• Seven thousand eight hundred 7,800

• Forty-four million 44,000,000

• Six million four hundred thousand 6,400,000

• Nine point three million 9,300,000

Numbers

What are some situations where numbers are important?

- Money

- Demographics (i.e., population)

- Research

Numbers

Hearing numbers can be difficult until you have a lot of practice with them.

To help you understand numbers that you are hearing , you can use inference.

- Use the context and any background knowledge you have to help understand numbers you hear.

Numbers - Inference

Example: Prices (in won)

- Hyundai Sonata

Source: www.autoevolution.com

1,000 won

10,000 won?

100,000 won?

1,000,000 won?

10,000,000 won?

100,000,000 won?

1,000,000,000 won?

20,400,000 – 27,000,000 won

Numbers - Inference

Example: Population

- Shanghai1,000

10,000

100,000

1,000,000

10,000,000

100,000,000

1,000,000,000

23,000,000

Numbers - Inference

Example: Research

- Adult obesity rate in America

Rate usually = percentage (%)

- The number will not be over 100.

35.7%

Homework

From tomorrow (Tuesday), check the website “Homework” section.

Download the assignment page and listen to the audio clip.

Answer the questions.