FCE exam tip 32 - First certificate preparation - Listening part 2
Welcome to a new lesson of English course. With these lessons, you will find all the advice you need to pass the exam. You have to be careful because it is a very specific exam.
In today's lesson, we will study the second part of the listening section of the exam. Practice this lesson to be well-prepared.
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FCE TIP 32
Listening Tips - Part 2
The Listening exam is comprised of 4 parts. Let's focus on Part 2!
You will be focusing on:
detail, specific information
stated opinion
This test contains 10 questions each preceded by a recording / listening passage you will have just listened to. You have to complete each of the 10 gaps with 1 to 3 words from the recording. You are not given any options to choose from so you must pay attention to the listening passage. The gap can be completed with 1 to 3 words which could be heard in the recording, as they are spoken (they do not need to be changed in any way). The missing word(s) can be words, numbers or phrases. You must try and spell the words correctly. Minor spelling errors are not penalised.
Listening passages may include broadcasts, monologues, or classroom presentations. So expect a specialist topic to appear in this recording!
Advice:
get used to listening to real-life recordings such as announcements, news announcements, weather reports, YouTubers vlogging (video blogging). Ask a friend to hide ten words in a text, then have him or her read out the text with the missing words. Try to write down the words to fill in the gap.
go over numbers: cardinal and ordinal numbers, but also letters of the alphabet. In lesson 38 your exam tip will be about this!
do not rephrase what you hear in the recording. You have to transcribe words or phrases from the recording
check the text before and after the gap to ensure that the 1 to 3 words that you have added make sense.