Programme 10: Listening Exams: Part 2

Karen Adams : First of all, the important thing to remember: don’t panic. It’s very easy when you’re listening to a text to think ‘Oh, I’ve missed something’, and to become very worried. But remember, usually in a listening exam, you’ll hear the text more than once. You’ll normally hear it twice, or sometimes even three times. Mark Shea: Make sure you’re familiar with the structure of the exam. Sometimes you’ll hear things one time only, sometimes you might hear things twice. You need to know whether you’re going to hear once or twice. Are they going to repeat parts? Or will you hear only once? to be familiar with - být obeznámen Mark Shea: It’s important to read the question before you hear the tape, so you know what to listen for. Are you listening for specific information, or is it more a kind of global understanding that will be important in answering the question? Margaret John : Another golden rule that will really help you in a Listening Exam is to keep your finger on the question. Don’t be distracted by all that other language going around. So keep your eyes on the question. When you’ve heard the answer to that question, move straight to the next question, and put your finger on it, and pay attention to that and that alone. Don’t be distracted by all the other information going on around you. golden rule - "zlaté pravidlo" Margaret John: If you want to see what I’m talking about, look at a copy of a transcript, and you’ll find that there’s often 6, 7, 8 even 9 lines between one answer and the next. So the important thing to do is to put your finger on the question, and listen only for that question to be answered. You’ll find that you will pick it up that way. transcript - přepis (mluvené řeči) to pick up - zachytit Mark Shea: If you have the chance to hear things twice, try and form an opinion the first time you listen, and then the second time you listen you should be confirming that your guess was right the first time. Make sure that you do listen the second time, and don’t just think that you’ve got the answer right the first time round. to confirm - potvrdit guess - odhad Karen Adams: Try to get the answers to the most obvious questions first time round, and then use the second listening to answer the more difficult questions, and to check your answers to the more obvious ones. first time round - poprvé Mark Shea: If you have the opportunity to listen twice, make sure you listen twice; and make sure you know the format of the exam: are you going to hear once? Or are you going to hear twice? format of the exam - způsob zkoušení, povaha zkoušky Margaret John: What you have to remember is to keep your finger on the question. You try it, and you’ll find that you will improve your score by up to 30% almost immediately. score - počet bodů