______________________________________________________________ PRE-SESSIONAL ENGLISH PROGRAMME 2022 _______________________________________________________________ LISTENING ASSESSMENT PLACEMENT TESTING Instructions for Candidates • You will hear three recordings and should answer questions on what you hear. • You will hear each recording twice. • You will have one minute at the start of each section to read the questions. Student name (in capitals): __________________________ Student Identification N°: __________________________ Section 1 You will hear an extract from a lecture given to students on a pre-sessional programme. Listen to the recording and answer the questions below. You should hear the recording twice. What is the topic of the lecture? 1. …….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark) What is an autonomous learner able to do? 2. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark) What is the third of the speaker’s key terms? 3. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark) What two things does the speaker suggest students can do to learn more effectively? 4. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark) 5. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark) What point does Barbara McDevitt make? 6. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. (1 mark) Why does the speaker believe that learning is more effective when learners take control of their own learning? Give three reasons. 7. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. (1 mark) 8. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. (1 mark) 2 9. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark) What is the name of Ellis and Sinclair’s book? 10. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark) What is the traditional method used for conducting a needs analysis? 11. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark) In addition to writing, what two ways of doing a needs analysis does Jim Scrivener suggest in Learning Teaching? 12. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. (1 mark) 13. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. (1 mark) Total: 13 marks 3 Section 2 You will hear an extract from a lecture on the effects of air pollution on health. Listen to the recording and answer the questions below. You should hear the recording twice. Complete the notes. Main focus of lecture in relation to air pollution: 1. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….......... (1 mark) Pollutants mainly enter the body through three organs which have public health importance: 2. a)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark) b) gut 3. c) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark) Two false beliefs most people have about air pollution: 4. a)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. (1 mark) b) Most air pollution is outdoor air pollution. Example of indoor air pollution (illustrated by picture of woman in Uganda & picture of room at Hampton Court): 5.……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….................. (1 mark) The ‘Great Smog’ (UK): Date: 6. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. (1 mark) Cause: 7.a)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 b)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... (2 marks) Number of deaths Estimated at between 8. …………………………… and …………………………….................... (1 mark) The Clean Air Act introduced in 1956 despite government concerns over its 9. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark) Examples of non-human causes of air pollution: 10.………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. (1 mark) 11. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark) 12.………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. (1 mark) 13. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark) Total: 14 marks 5 Section 3 You will hear an extract from a lecture about the linguistic abilities of babies. Listen to the recording and answer the questions below. You should hear the recording twice. 1. At what age does language learning begin to decline? (1 mark) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. What will be discovered by studying how babies learn sounds? (1 mark) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Babies are referred to as ‘citizens of the world’ because….(1 mark) a) They are able to switch effectively between sounds ☐ b) They have no sense of nationality yet, compared to adults ☐ c) They can understand all languages easily d) They can differentiate between sounds from multiple languages ☐ ☐ 4. What do babies do during this critical two-month period for sound development? (1 mark) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. What do we learn about bilinguals from this experiment? (1 mark) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6. Summarise the findings of the experiment which exposed American babies to Mandarin. (2 marks) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 7. Which form of learning was the most effective in the final experiment? (1 mark) Audio ☐ Video ☐ Human presence ☐ Combination of video and audio ☐ Total: 8 marks THIS IS THE END OF THE LISTENING TEST 7
