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Level 3 Model Exam

LISTENING

Description of the Test

The test consists of 3 tasks containing 20 questions.

Topics

Ali topics from generał and Professional areas such as politics, economics, science, technology, culture, etc.

Text Types

Authentic radio recordings:

•    news items

•    interviews

•    reports with dialogues Studio recordings:

•    military briefings Task Types

•    multiple choice

•    note-taking

Skills

•    understanding explicitly stated information and opinions

•    understanding implicitly stated information and opinions

•    understanding the main idea

•    understanding supporting detail

•    distinguishing the main idea from supporting detail

•    understanding the speaker's attitude Recordings and Instructions

The test lasts approximately 35 minutes. In Task 1 texts are played once. In Tasks 2 and 3 texts are played twice. Candidates are given instructions in Polish before the start of the test. In the recording, each task is preceded by the instructions given in English and no examples are provided. The instructions are followed by a pause to allow candidates to read the questions. At the end of the test there is a pause of 4 minutes to allow candidates to transfer their answers to the answer sheets. Recordings may contain a variety of native speaker and non-native speaker accents.

Marking

Candidates are awarded one mark for each correct answer in all parts of the test and they have to score 14 out of 20 points to pass the listening test. In Tasks 1 and 2 candidates are asked to indicate answers by circling one letter, whereas in Task 3 they complete the sentences. Grammatical mistakes and incorrect spelling not impeding understanding are not penalised.

	Text Type	Test Method	Number of Items
rH	8 short authentic radio news	multiple choice questions	8
W	items	with three options
	2-3 authentic radio interviews	multiple choice questions	5-6
	and reports with dialogues	with three options
ro	military briefing (studio	note-taking	6-7
g	recording)

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