ILEC Listening Part 4
Task Description
What sort of text do candidates listen to?
They hear a series of five themed monologues, of approximately 30 seconds each. The whole sequence is heard twice.
What do the candidates have to do?
There are two tasks, each with five questions (ten questions in total). Each set of five questions requires selection of the correct option from a list of six. Candidates may choose how they approach this task, but the set of texts will only be heard twice, during which time both tasks must be completed. In some cases the information to answer Task 2 may come before the information needed to answer Task 1.
What listening skills are being tested?
Candidates need to be able to identify the gist of what they hear in order to identify speakers and topics, interpret context and recognise function and attitude.
What text types are used?
In this part, the extracts have no specific context, but are linked instead by theme. For example, five accountants may be talking about similar issues, their experience of working in different areas of finance, their opinions about certain developments in the profession, etc.
Understanding the Task
To understand better how students need to approach this task, it may help you to do the activity yourself and analyse what you had to do to choose the right answer. Look at this sample Part 4 task. Complete the task, thinking about how you are doing it.To listen to the extract you will need the CD from the ILEC sample paper pack.
Sample Part 4 Task (PDF)
Answers
Recording
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Things to consider
Look at these questions about how you did this task and consider your answers.
- What did you do in the pause before listening to the text?
- How did you use the task to help you with the answers?
- What was the focus of the questions?
- How did you decide which option was the correct answer?
- What did you do if you couldn't answer a question?
- What did you do after the first listening?
- What did you do during the second listening?