Zito Classes

Test Format: Listening (Academic & General)

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30 minutes

You will listen to four recordings of native English speakers and then write your answers to a series of questions.

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• Recording 1 – a conversation between two people set in an everyday social context.

• Recording 2 - a monologue set in an everyday social context, e.g. a speech about local facilities.

• Recording 3 – a conversation between up to four people set in an educational or training context, e.g. a university tutor and a student discussing an assignment.

• Recording 4 - a monologue on an academic subject, e.g. a university lecture.

 

Assessors will be looking for evidence of your ability to understand the main ideas and detailed factual information, the opinions and attitudes of speakers, the purpose of an utterance and evidence of your ability to follow the development of ideas.

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Question Paper Format

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• There are four sections with ten questions each. The questions are designed so that the answers appear in the order they are heard in the audio. 

• The first two sections deal with situations set in everyday social contexts.

  1. In Section 1, there is a conversation between two speakers (for example, a conversation about travel arrangements).

  2. In Section 2, there is a monologue in (for example, a speech about local facilities). The final two sections deal with situations set in educational and training contexts.

  3. In Section 3, there is a conversation between two main speakers (for example, two university students in discussion, perhaps guided by a tutor).

  4. In Section 4, there is a monologue on an academic subject. 

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The recordings are heard only once. They include a range of accents, including British, Australian, New Zealand, American and Canadian.

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