16 Listening f General tips Before listening, read the task carefully, including the title and picture. Start thinking about what the recording will deal with. If you know what to expect, it will be much easier for you to understand the content. Read the items (options, questions, sentence parts, etc.) carefully. Brainstorm different ways of expressing the same ideas. The language used in the recording will be different from the language in the items. Highlight relevant keywords and phrases in the questions or options. Pay special attention to expressions like ‘the biggest problem’, ‘at first he thought’ or ‘it puts the main focus on’. Expressions like these mean that you will hear about more than one idea and have to choose the correct one. Use the first time you listen to the recording to choose an answer to every question in a preliminary way. Use the second time to either confirm or change your choices. After listening for the first time, you don’t have to be sure about each answer yet. But you should have a good idea of the structure of the recording and know when you need to listen most closely. Multiple matching (sentence parts or statements to speakers) (MM) If you’re asked to match parts of sentences, pay attention to their grammatical structure as well as the content. Not all beginnings will be possible matches for all endings. You could try writing the letters of possible matches next to the first halves of the sentences before you listen. If you have to match speakers to statements, check the task carefully to see how many statements each speaker gets. This might vary from speaker to speaker. Multiple choice (MC) You may hear expressions or ideas from all four options, but only one answer is correct. Try crossing out options you’ve heard that are wrong. If you still aren’t sure about the answer to a question after listening for the second time, eliminate the options you know are wrong and then take a guess. Four-word sentence completion/Four-word answers (4W) Think about possible answers when reading the task. Does the question ask for a name or a number? Does the sentence need an object, a person or an activity to complete it? If the audio gives you more than one possible answer, write in only one of them. Never write answers like “he likes food/cars”. Words or phrases as you find them in the audio will not always function as answers or sentence completions, you might have to rephrase them. Never write more than four words. No matter how good your answer is, it will still be wrong. Don’t worry too much about spelling or grammar, your answer only has to be clear. Tips and tricks Go to www.oebv.at and type in the code p7fp8s to access the audio files you need for the following listening tasks. If you need the key and the transcripts, use this code: g55m3g. p7fp8s Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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