LISTENING

Baseline: ES Level 3

ES: GLOBAL DESCRIPTION CLB: GLOBAL DESCRIPTION ES: ORAL COMMUNICATION TASKS CLB: LISTENING TASKS

CONTEXT

  • Context can be unpredictable.
  • Interacts one-on-one on complex matters, on the phone, face to face or through recorded messages.
  • Gives a presentation to or exchanges information and opinions in a group, face to face, or by teleconference.
  • Communicates one-on-one on complex matters.
  • Selects from a significant range of formats and styles of presentation, levels of language complexity and degrees of formality to communicate a variety of ideas.
  • The individual may have more than one role in the group.
  • The situation and setting may be new and unfamiliar.
  • The audience can be unfamiliar, include authority figures and occasionally be uncooperative or hostile.
  • Exchange is of medium to extended duration (30 minutes or more).
  • There may be significant noise or other interference.

RISK

  • Significant resulting in: failure to obtain a major objective.
  • Danger, significant hazard.
  • Public hostility, criticism, or discreditation.
  • Loss of considerable money and time.

CONTEXT

  • Comprehends main points, details, speaker’s purpose, attitudes, levels of formality and styles in oral discourse in moderately demanding contexts. (8)
  • Listening texts are lectures, presentations and dialogue exchanges, up to 40 minutes in length. (PC 10/11)

LIMITATIONS

  • Often has difficulty interpreting verbal humour, low-frequency idioms and cultural references. (9)
  • Sometimes may miss some details or transitional signals and is temporarily lost. (9)
  • Input has clear speech, organizational structure and transition signals. (9)
  • Only occasionally misses a topic shift or another transition. (10)
 
  • Listens to an oral persuasive presentation to a council, committee or commission; identifies, analyzes and evaluates the stated and unstated values and assumptions in them. (10)
  • Completes a related evaluation task in a standard format: circling, matching, filling in blanks, completing a chart. (10)
  • Traces and summarizes the development of an argument in a 20-30 minute lecture / presentation in a one-page summary. (10)