Listening tool
Listening signpost trainer
Answers often arrive right after a signpost. Train your ear for these phrases so you recover quickly when the recording keeps moving.
IELTSTOEFLGeneral
High-value signposts
Correction
- • actually
- • sorry, I mean
- • not X, but Y
- • let me correct that
Contrast
- • however
- • on the other hand
- • although
- • despite this
Examples
- • for instance
- • such as
- • a good example is
- • this can be seen in
Conclusion
- • therefore
- • so the main point is
- • in short
- • as a result
Practice loop
- Listen once and mark only signpost phrases.
- Listen again and write the answer that follows each signpost.
- Compare with the transcript and mark missed corrections.
- Repeat the same audio at 1.1x speed after review.
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