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Test Specifications
Listening, Part 2
In this part of the Listening subtest, the candidates should demonstrate their ability to understand
a global message as well as specific details of information heard on the radio and in public
announcements.
Material may include traffic news, weather forecasts, news of upcoming events, short news items, flight
information at the airport, announcements at train stations, etc. The weather and traffic news are always
represented in this task.
Structure Instructions
Audio texts
Items
Objective To assess the candidate’s ability to understand general and specific
information in short public announcements
Intended operations Listening for gist (item 5) and listening for detail (items 6–9)
Type of task Multiple-choice items with three options
Number of items Five (items 5–9)
Channel Text: spoken
Instructions and items: written
Type of text Monologues: announcements on the radio or over a public loudspeaker
Nature of information Information on the radio, such as the weather forecast, traffic news,
upcoming events, commercials, etc. or public announcements at a train
station, in a shop, at the airport, etc.
Speakers Number of speakers: one per announcement
Text length 55–65 words per announcement
Test items • The candidate will hear five public announcements.
• Each announcement is played once.
Topics See Inventory T – Topics
• For each announcement, there is one multiple-choice question with three
options. The task is to choose the correct statement for each announcement.
Only one option is correct.
Lexical range See Inventory V – Vocabulary
Level Vocabulary and grammar of the items and in the relevant parts of the texts
should be at level A2 or A2+ in some cases.
Weighting 1 point per item (0 for incorrect response)
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