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Listening skills. Class 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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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.