Listening is often the

only thing needed to

help someone
Lesson 10 - Week 11 - Day 2

Miss Jeymi Castillo

Paper 2 Assessment
TIP
 How is the Listening section organized?
Higher level recording consists of three audio texts: A, B and
C.
First, you will listen a recording containing all the instructions
for the examination.
You will have the opportunity to listen each audio text twice
before proceeding to the next.
Each audio text will be introduced and you will have four
minutes to read the questions for that audio text.
 How is the Listening section organized?
Between the playing of each audio text there will be a
pause to allow you to complete and check your answers.
Between the second playing of each audio text there will
be another pause to allow you to complete and check
your anwers.
There will be a mix of "easy" and "difficult" questions on
each of the three texts.
Higher level texts B and C will be longer and more
complex than those for standard level.
 What varieties of english might I hear in the recordings?
All recordings are linked to an Anglophone culture; therefore,
you will only hear native speakeers of English in the recordings.
Recordings will reflect regional and cultural diversity; therefore,
you will hear different English accents from around the world.
In an English B listening paper you will not necessarily hear
examples of British or Amercian English. Voices could also
come from, for example, South Africa, Australia, Canada,
Sinagpore or Anglophone Caribbean.
All the speakers in the audio recordings will pronounce all their
words clearly, but a pace natural to native speakers.
Procedures and objectives
Procedures and objectives
Procedures and objectives
Procedures and objectives
CRITICAL LISTENING AND CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING
LISTENING
SKILLS
 What specific listening skills do you need?

INFORMATIONAL LISTENING
Whenever you listen in order to understand or to learn
something you are engaged in informational listening.
You need to demostrate you can understand:
The factual meaning of the spoken messages.
The factual details of what the speakers say
the ideas being discussed or presented
the examples and explanations given
In what ways can i improve my informational listening skills for the examination?
 What specific listening skills do you need?

CRITICAL LISTENING
Critical listening is about analysing opinions and making
judgments. Therefore, it involves problem-solving and
decision-making.
You use use critical listening skills to listen to:
The overall meaning of the spoken message
The details of whtat the speakers say
The ideas being discussed or presented
The arguments the speakers are making
The speakers' use of language
RESEARCH AND SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS
RESEARCH AND SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS