Advanced listening
Level 6, Module 4: academic lectures, fast speech and answers that are said in other words.
5 lessons, 47 min
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Module 28
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- Lessons
- 5
- Study time
- 47 min
- Questions to answer
- 34
The lessons
Lessons in this module
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- Lecture digressions: hold on to the main pointLecturers step aside for stories, jokes and reminders. Hear the signals that open and close an aside, tell an example from its claim, and answer Part 4 questions on the main point.
- Speaker attitude: sceptical, enthusiastic, cautiousHear how a speaker feels, not just what they say: the words of doubt, enthusiasm and caution, the real view after a concession, and the attitude words in the options.
- Fast speech: contractions, linking and weak formsNatural speech blurs words together. Decode contractions, linking, dropped sounds and weak forms, tell can from can’t and fifteen from fifty, and answer questions at full speed.
- Note completion in a dense lectureComplete notes, a table and a flow-chart from a lecture about a harbour in a fictional town: predict each gap, follow paraphrase past distractors, and keep to the word limit, spelling and plurals.
- Facts that change: corrections and updatesIn conversations, times, names and prices change. Follow self-corrections, corrections by others, changed plans and turned-down choices, and complete forms and tables with the final version.