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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.
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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 9,999,999,999,999 500 % 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 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 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
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 20,400,000 – 27,000,000 won 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? Source: www.autoevolution.com
Numbers - Inference Example: Population - Shanghai 23,000,000 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%
Homework From tomorrow (Tuesday), check the website “Homework” section. Download the assignment page and listen to the audio clip. Answer the questions.