No Situations
1 You’re at the airport, listening
for information about your
flight.
2 You’re in a city that you don’t
know. You’ve asked someone
for directions to your hotel.
3 You’re listening to a song on
the radio.
4 You’re chatting to an old friend
and exchanging news
5 You’re paying for your
shopping at the supermarket.
Listening sub-skill(s) Reason
Listening for specific There’s a lot of
information announcement in the
airport. We only need
information for a certain
details that is about our
flight details for example
the information of the
boarding gate
Listening for details We need to listen for all
the details given by the
person we asked
because it’s a detail
about direction. If we
miss one detail we will
not able to go to the
right destination.
Listening for gist When you listen to a
song, the impression will
be different depends on
what the song is about or
you might want to
understand the lyrics.
Listening for gist When chatting with
friend, you could listen to
some parts for gist and
other parts in details. It
depends on how
interested you are in your
friend’s news.
Listening for specific We need to listen for
information specific information when
paying for our shopping at
the supermarket because
we will wait to hear how
much money that we
should pay.