Relacionar Columnas 5 strategies for ListeningVersión en línea 5 strategies for Listening por Virtual English Learning 1 Pay attention to the intonation. 2 Listen for words that are repeated or paraphrased. 3 Speaker´s attitude and feeling. 4 Listen for signal words 5 Listen for keywords. A speaker will often use different words to express the main idea while giving details. How speaker´s voice goes up and down will help you understand more clearly what a speaker is saying. These are often stressed by a speaker because the words indicate essential information in a sentence.They will sound louder, longer and higher pitched than other words. A speaker will often use words to indicate the introduction, major steps or ideas, examples and the conclusion or summary for example: First, then, after that, finally, to sum up. A speaker may not directly say he or she is angry, but you can tell whether he or she is through the tone of voice.