C1 – Course Syllabus - Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas del País Vasco

Horoscopes or similar.
Poems.
Biographies.
Stories, tales and novels.
Theatre plays.
Production
Informative texts.
Discursive texts on familiar subjects.
Reports.
Accounts of experiences, real or imaginary events.
Descriptions of people, objects, activities, processes, services, places, plans and projects.
Biographies.
Summaries.
Book presentations.
Commitments and regulations.
Schemes and plans.
Recipes.
Instructions.
Work applications.
Announcements.
CVs.
Academic work.
Diaries.
Writing for pleasure.
3.1 Listening text types
In the checklists above as well as in the „texts‟ section on the grid in the Topic Areas below
(pp.15/16), learners will get a comprehensive understanding of the types of texts, media and
events they are likely to encounter as a listener.
In each case learners may be listening:
for gist.
for specific information.
for detailed understanding.
for implications, attitudes, etc.
3.1.1 Live events
As a member of a live audience a learner‟s understanding may embrace theatre performances,
public meetings, public lectures, concerts and other live entertainment.
Learners can extract specific information from poor quality, audibly distorted public
announcements, (e.g. in a station, sports stadium etc.) and understand complex technical
information, such as operating instructions, specifications for familiar products and services and
be able to follow most lectures, discussions and debates with relative ease.
3.1.2 Audio media and recordings
Any audio material such as public announcements whether spontaneous or pre-recorded,
answering machine messages, and a wide range of private or commercial recordings on audio
CD or cassette including song lyrics, radio broadcasts, etc.
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