Listening N3–N2 · Lesson 40

N2 listening review: five question types, signal words

結局けっきょく、どうすることになったんですか。

N2 listening review: what each question type asks and what to hear first; nine kinds of signal words; contractions; exercises on dialogues, talks and replies.

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In this lesson

  1. 01What you listen for: five question types, and what to hear in each
  2. 02Signal words: the full table
  3. 03How speech sounds: a table of contractions
  4. 04Listen through once: where is the lecture’s conclusion?

Practice

  • Task-based comprehension: long conversations, which step first
  • Key-point, summary and integrated comprehension: long conversations and lectures
  • Quick response: one line in different situations
  • Hear the signal word: what does the speaker mean?
  • Match the signal words with what they do
  • Choose the natural spoken expression

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