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Level 3 Model Exam

LISTENING

Description of the Test

The test consists of four tasks containing 20 questions.

Topics

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

Text Types

Authentic radio recordings:

•    news items;

•    reports.

Studio recordings:

•    dialogues with colloquial expressions;

•    military-contextualised briefings.

Task Types Used

•    multiple choice;

•    note-taking.

Skills

•    understanding explicitly and implicitly stated information and opinions;

•    deducing the meaning of unfamiliar words or phrases from context;

• identifying the main idea and distinguishing it from supporting details.

Recordings and Instructions

The test lasts approximately 45 minutes and all texts are recorded 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 1-3, candidates are asked to indicate answers by shading the right letter, whereas in task 4, they complete the sentences. Incorrect spelling not impeding understanding as well as grammatical mistakes are not penalised.

	Text Type	Tested Skills	Test Method	Number of Items
Task 1	five short authentic radio news items	• understanding explicitly/implicitly stated information or opinions	multiple choice questions with three options	5
Task 2	five short dialogues with colloquial expressions (studio recording)	• deducing the meaning of unknown words or phrases from context	multiple choice questions with four options	5
m one or two authentic radio reports		• understanding explicitly/implicitly stated information and opinions	multiple choice questions with three options	4
Task 4	military-contextualised briefing (studio recording)	• understanding explicitly stated information and opinions	note-taking	6

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