CITO KLT step-by-step

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4-6

Listening

The goal of this lesson is to show you TWO important listening strategies.

And to practise listening

What do you find difficult when taking a listening test?

Which listening strategy do you already use?

TWO most important listening strategies

1. Underline key words in the answers and focus on its synonyms while listening.

Step 1: Introduction (Dutch)

• Find out the main topic.
• They tell you in Dutch!

Step 2: Introduction (English)

• Get used to the speakers' voices and accents;
• Confirm main topic and listen for extra information;
• Focus on picking up key words.

Step 3: Reading question

• Keep main topic in mind;
• focus on key words;
• Identify positives and negatives in the answers.

Step 4: Listen for key info and link ABC

• If you want: Take notes related to the key words;
• Keep in mind the main gist (de grote lijn); What they mention the most often is usually the right answer. 
• You are allowed to write on a piece of paper during the test!

Step 5: Back to the question

• Elimination: which answer can you cross off?
• Compare positives and negative answers to what you heard.

Concluding tips

• Focus on main gist when using other footage;
  
• Watch and listen to as many materials as possible:
• Podcasts (BBC The Why Factor, New York Times Daily); the news (CNN10, BBC Newsround); programmes (BBC Panorama); documentaries; British Netflix series.

KLT - tips summary

• Keep main topic in mind;
  
• focus on key words and take notes while listening;
• Identify positives and negatives in the answers.
• Elimination: which answer can you cross off?.

TWO most important listening strategies

2. While listening, write down key words or phrases that make up the main gist of the extract.

Which general aspects make Trump's current nomination different from previous one?

1. He is less organized now and has no clear political objectives.
2. His health is undermining his work and he will retire after this term.
3. His political objectives are clearer now and he is more organized

What were Trump's executive appointees unwilling to do in 2020 according to the video?

1. Boycotting Democrats that wanted to work with them.
2. Working for Donald Trump in general.
3. Spreading fake messages that were created to ruin Hillary Clinton
4. Suing critics and opponents of Donald Trump.

What type of people is Trump looking for in his executive branch according to the speaker?

1. people who are firm believers of his political stance
2. people who are firm followers of ethics
3. people who are open to different points of view.
4. people who were part of his 2020 administration

What is Trump's plan regarding immigration now compared to 2016?

1. Returning undocumented immigrants that have just crossed the US border
2. Blocking undocumented immigrants from crossing the US border
3. Returning undocumented immigrants that have lived for multiple years in the US.

What does the agreement among the Republican supreme court judges in the lawsuit against Trump show us?

1. That a president never stands above its citizens
2. That Trump thought he could not persecuted as he was the president.
3. That a president like Trump can actually stand above the law.