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KET Listening Activities List

Target Audience: Students    Teachers

Name of Activity

Relevance to Test

Focus of Activity

KET Listening Overview Activity 

Format of the KET Listening Test

To check teachers' knowledge of KET Listening

DOs and DON'Ts 

General advice for taking KET

To remind students what they should do before and during the exam

Key Words 

All parts

To train students to listen for key words

What's in a Question 

All parts, especially Parts 1 and 3

To train students to identify the focus of questions

Stress Patterns 

All parts

To teach students about basic stress patterns of spoken English

Topic Sets 

Part 1

To review and extend topic-linked vocabulary

In Other Words 

Listening Parts 1, 2 and 3; Reading Part 6

Recognising paraphrase

Working with Tapescripts 

Parts 1- 5

Confidence building

Alphabet Soup: Sounds 

Parts 4 and 5

To practise the sounds of the alphabet

Alphabet Soup: Spelling 

Parts 4 and 5

To practise spelling


 
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