Listening skills March 19, 2014

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 9,999,999,999,999 500 % 450,000

English number system hundreds 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 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 thousands 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

English number system thousands 1,000 3,000 5,000 8,000 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 = ?

English number system millions 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 = ?

English number system billions 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

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 system Write 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

“:Point” 12, 300,000 12.3 million 456,800,000,000 456.8 billion 12,030,000 12.03 million

English number system 1. 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

Numbers - Inference Example: Population - Shanghai 13,000,000 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000,000 1,000,000,000

Numbers - Inference Example: Research Adult obesity rate in America Rate usually = percentage (%) The number will not be over 100. 35.7%

Macbook air 1,250,000 won

6,900 won

Homework From tonight, check the website “Homework” section. Download the assignment page and listen to the audio clip. Answer the questions. Deadline: Friday (in class)