LISTENING STRATEGIES

LISTENING STRATEGIES

1. strategy 1-Part 1

   • Three-option Multiple choice
     • In the CAE listening part 1, you need to listen to 3 different conversations, normally between 2 people.
       • The questions are multiple choice with a,b,c options. Remember you get to listen to every listening track 2 times!
   • Feeling, attitude, opinion, purpose, function, agreement, course of action, gist, detail.

2. strategy 3-Part 3

   • Attitude, opinion, agreement, gist, feeling, speaker purpose, function, detail.
     • Think about the differences between a,b,c,d if they are not obvious.
       • Indicate what you think is the correct answer the first time you listen.
   • Four-option Multiple choice
     • Read the question and underline the most important words.
       • Confirm your thoughts the second time you listen.

3. strategy 2-Part 2

   • Sentence completion
     • Learn about word families and sentence structures and think what type of word you need to put in the gap.
   • Take a few seconds to read and get an understanding of the topic
     • Watch out for expressions, collocations, phrasal verbs etc.

4. strategy 4-Part 4

   • Multiple matching
     • Remember that there are two tasks you must complete as the candidate listens to the recording, so all five speakers will be heard once before the recording is repeated. Quickly read the introduction and the headings of the columns.
   • Gist, attitude and opinion, main points, speaker purpose, feeling, interpreting context.
     • Context is extremely important in this part, so the candidate must clearly understand the situation and the nature of the two tasks. First, underline the important expressions in the headings for tasks one and two.