Listening at band 6.5
Level 5, Module 5: discussions, lectures, note completion and the traps that cost marks.
5 lessons, 44 min
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Module 24
This module in figures
Counted from its lessons.
- Lessons
- 5
- Study time
- 44 min
- Questions to answer
- 27
The lessons
Lessons in this module
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- Part 3: agreeing, disagreeing and decidingPart 3 is a discussion between students, often with a tutor. Track who suggests an idea, who agrees or disagrees, and what they finally decide.
- Part 4: a lecture and note completionPart 4 is a talk by one speaker on an academic subject, with notes to complete. Follow the lecturer’s signposts and catch each answer behind a paraphrase.
- Predict the answer: word type, number or pluralUse the seconds before the recording to decide what each gap needs: a verb, a noun or an adjective, a number, a date, a price, a singular or a plural.
- Listening traps: plurals, spelling, limits, correctionsFour ways to lose a mark you heard: an answer the speaker then corrects, too many words, a missing plural s and a spelling slip. Practise each one.
- Follow the argument: contrast and cause signalsSpeakers in Parts 3 and 4 build arguments with small words: however, whereas, although, because of, as a result. Learn what each one tells you is coming.