Do you remember? Listening and types of questions

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• Leerjaar 2

All about listening

How to listen strategically

Lesson overview

1. Do you remember the 4 types of questions?
   
2. What is the difference between direct and indirect questions?
3. Listening strategy: predicting
   
4. Practice

Learning Goals

I know the 5 types of questions on a listening test

I can explain what I should/shouldn't do when answering the types of questions

I can design my own listening practice using the 5 types

How many types of questions are there?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 5
4. 7

Types of questions in a listening test

Questions types not to be found in listening tests

Multiple choice questions

One choice answers

Short answer questions

Matching

Long answer questions

Give your opinion

Direct/ indirect questions

Subjective questions

Complete the sentence (/ fill in the blank)

Mind map 

Photo questions

Types of Questions

There are 4 main question types that you may get:

• Short answer questions
• Multiple choice questions
• Matching
• Complete the sentences or summary

Short answer question

Write a short phrase or sentence to answer the question.

For example: "Which reason did Mary give for her choice?"

• Do's : Pay attention to your spelling, answer with information from the audio.
• Don'ts: Answer with your opinion, go over the number of words you can write (if they specify it).

Multiple choice question

Select one of the answers given. Example: "Why did Mary make that choice?"

A. Because she felt pressured to do so
B. Because her friend did it too
C. Because she had always wanted it

• Do's: Read the question carefully. If you struggle with finding an answer, look at the ones that cannot be the answer first.
• Don'ts: Guess, or choose the "longest" answer.

Matching

Example: Match the item in the store with the person who wants to buy it:

A. Mary               ... Apples                   

B. Eric                 ... Toothpaste

Do's: Read the instruction really carefully. What are they really asking you to match? Make sure the letter is readable! 

Don'ts: Make lines or other symbols. 

Complete the sentences or summary

Example: Complete the sentences with no more than two words

"Mary decided to go to the supermarket because ....... told her to. She needed to buy ..... and ..... ".

Do's: Pay attention to your spelling, answer with information from the text or video

Don'ts: Add your opinion, exceed the number of words indicated.

Direct and indirect

Direct and indirect questions

Direct questions: the answer to the question is given within the audio fragment.

Indirect questions: you need to interpet the answer based on what you have heard. 

Indirect questions

Example: What's the attitude of the speaker towards using public transport?

Do's: Listen to what is said; is the speaker positive or negative?

Don'ts: Add your opinion

Types of questions in a listening test

Questions types not to be found in listening tests

Multiple choice questions

One choice answers

Short answer questions

Matching

Long answer questions

Give your opinion

Direct/ indirect questions

Subjective questions

Complete the sentence (/ fill in the blank)

Mind map 

Photo questions

If you need more help or practice, these are helpful links:

British Council - Listening B1

British Council - Listening A2

Cambridge - Short Practice

Predicting

Making predictions about a video can help to give you, have an idea about the topic and the questions before you have start. 

Just be careful that you do not miss out on information because you were focused on other elements.

What to do?

1. Have a look at the title of the video-, or audiofragment. What do you think is the topic?
   
2. Read the questions. What do you think is the topic? What kind of clues do you need to listen for?
   
3. Look for keywords in the questions.
   

Let's predict

Have a look at the picture:

What do you see?

What do you think the picture is about?

Let's get to work

Learning Path - Lesson 7 - All about listening

• Predicting
• In a Nutshell
• Design your own listening practice

Links to the videos are found on the instruction page of the 'test'. So click the link before starting.