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LISTENING SKILLS
March 16, 2015
Today• Listening strategies & listening for details: Numbers
Listening for details: Test/Quiz situation
Look at your work sheet.
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 - four thousand six hundred (46 hundred)
25, 000,000 - twenty-five million
813 – eight hundred thirteen
920,000 – nine hundred twenty thousand
English number system
What are these numbers?
350,000,000 – three hundred fifty million
88,000 – eighty-eight thousand
740,000,000,000 – seven hundred forty billion
1,000,000,000,000 – one trillion
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
44,500,000 – 44.5 million
44,000,500- forty-four million five hundred
10,008,000,000
3,569,983,234
“:Point”
12, 300,000 12.3 million
456,800,000,000 456.8 billion
12,030,000 twelve million thirty thousand
English number system1. 6,700
2. 45, 000,000
3. 223,000
4. 8, 000,000,000
5. 19,000
6. 89, 500
7. 720,000,000
8. 92,340,110,000
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
13,000,000
Numbers - Inference
Example: Research
- Adult obesity rate in America
Rate usually = percentage (%)
- The number will not be over 100.
35.7%
Homework
From tonight, check the website “Assignments” section.
Download the assignment page and listen to the audio clip.
Answer the questions.
Deadline: Wednesday (in class)
