1. LISTENING SKILLS March 16, 2015

2. Today Listening strategies & listening for details: Numbers

3. Listening for details: Test/Quiz situation Look at your work sheet. What information could you use on this page to help you with listening?

5. Numbers

6. 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) 200 300 400 500 …900

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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 = ?

10. 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 = ?

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 44,500,000 – 44.5 million 44,000,500- forty-four million five hundred 10,008,000,000

16. 3,569,983,234

17. “:Point” 12, 300,000 12.3 million 456,800,000,000 456.8 billion 12,030,000 twelve million thirty thousand

18. 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

19. Numbers What are some situations where numbers are important? - Money - Demographics (i.e., population) - Research

20. 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.

21. Numbers - Inference Example: Prices (in won) - Hyundai Sonata Source: www.autoevolution.comwww.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

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

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

24. 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)