SKILLS manilelailey Listening & Speaking = Ty am id pean ed Fiona Scott-Barrett| | Proficiency Listening & Speaking Fiona Scott-Barrett LONGMAN EXAM SKILLSEXAM FACTFILE Paper 4: Listening takes is conducted in nn groups consists of three or four parts making up a total of 25-30 questions. The tasks could take ‘the form of ‘* multiple-choice questions « true-false questions ‘= note-taking and blank-filing exercises # yes-no questions: + identifying who said what + labelling diagrams tests your ability to listen to a spoken text and: ‘* understand the gist ‘follow the significant points «identify specific information + understand points of detall ‘ recognise attitude, emotions and opinions deduce meaning is marked Paper 5: Speaking takes out of a final total of 20 marks ‘about 15 minutes (individual candidates) OR about 20 minutes (paired candidates) OR about 25-27 minutes (groups of three) is conducted in a one-to-one interview with an examiner OR an interview in pairs with an examiner OR an interview in groups of three with an examiner consists of four parts: is marked ‘some general, personal or social questions (about 1 minute) ‘a discussion based on one or more photographs (about 5 minutes for individual candidates; about 7 minutes for paired candidates; about 10 minutes for groups of three) ‘* commenting on a short passage (about 2 minutes for individual candidates; about 3 minutes for paired candidates; about 3 minutes for groups of three) ‘* a communicative activity (about 5 minutes for individual candidates; about & minutes for paired candidates; about 12 minutes for groups of three) interact in a theme-based conversation in English on general, specific or abstract ‘topics while demonstrating appropriate control of: «fluency accuracy ‘» pronunciation of sentences ‘© pronunciation of individual sounds + Interactive communication ‘¢ vocabulary ut of a final total of 40 marks | | |