TOEFL Listening Practice | Lecture | Arachnophobia

Improve your listening skills for TOEFL with this lecture on Arachnophobia very similar to what you might expect to appear in the TOEFL listening section. The lecture is followed by some questions on it. Then listen to the excerpts from the talk indicating the right answers. You can also practice with some key vocabulary from the TOEFL Lecture. The lecture touches on evolutionary explanation for the fear of spiders. Just like any other phobia, arachnophobia is a powerful and crushing feeling that subconsciously tells you that you are in grave danger. And as such, it can interfere with your life and work in a way that makes you incapable of focusing on the task at hand because your mind is fixated on that overwhelming sense of dread and anxiety. Do you know anyone suffering from arachnophobia? Do you suffer from any phobias? How do you deal with them? Do you know people whose phobias interfere with their everyday lives? If you found this video useful, please subscribe to my channel for more TOEFL Listening Practice: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOSiNdtOZsvlsr8_PyELbQA?sub_confirmation=1 TOEFL Listening practice with short conversations (everyday topics): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjSl_IdITCEXHc2-4ShvUCx_SEFnv3Qcf More practice with TOEFL Lectures (academic topics) : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjSl_IdITCEVxZjUARAzRA3KUjh9I3eNz You can also follow me on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tutor.nadeen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tutornadeen?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tutornadeen