1. Read the instructions and questions.

2. Listen for general information.

3. Listen for specific information.

4. Write the answers as you listen for the answers to the questions that follow.

5. Predict what you might hear.

6. Listen for the specific keywords or phrases.

7. Predict the variable words to listen for.

8. Answers are often stressed and repeated.

9. You can devise and use your own system of note-taking.

10. Practice more and more , making your ears used to the tapes.