Extensive Listening
8 Grade 10 English questions on Extensive Listening, with worked marking schemes. 8 questions are available on this topic in full.
Question 1
4 marksDistinguish between extensive listening and intensive listening.
(4 marks)
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Award 1 mark for each correctly stated contrast, maximum 4: - Extensive listening deals with long texts; intensive listening deals with short texts. (1) - Extensive listening aims at general understanding and enjoyment; intensive listening aims at detailed understanding of particular words, sounds or structures. (1) - Extensive listening uses easy material usually chosen by the learner; intensive listening uses harder material usually chosen by the teacher. (1) - Extensive listening is normally done once, straight through; intensive listening involves repeated replaying and close analysis. (1) - Extensive listening is rarely tested; intensive listening is usually followed by comprehension or language exercises. (1) A contrast must name both types to earn the mark. Mark any four.
Question 2
3 marksState three benefits a Grade 10 learner gains from a regular extensive listening programme.
(3 marks)
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3 marksSuggest three criteria a learner should apply when selecting audio material for extensive listening.
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4 marksYour class has been asked to run an extensive listening club for one term using podcasts on climate change in the Horn of Africa. Outline four practical steps you would take to organise it.
(4 marks)
Marking scheme
Award 1 mark per step, maximum 4: - Assemble a bank of suitable podcast episodes at a range of easy levels and store them where members can access them. (1) - Set a realistic target, for example one episode a week per member. (1) - Have each member keep a simple listening log recording the title, date and a brief personal response. (1) - Hold a short weekly meeting where members recommend episodes and share what they found interesting. (1) - Arrange for a teacher or club leader to check the logs periodically and monitor progress. (1) Mark any four.
Question 5
1 markA Grade 10 class is asked to choose their own audio material for a term-long extensive listening programme. Which choice best fits the purpose of extensive listening?
A. A three-minute news headline bulletin replayed ten times
B. A recording of a debate in which learners must count the filler words used
C. A podcast series on Kenyan wildlife conservation that the learners find easy and interesting
D. A technical lecture on soil chemistry that the learners find largely incomprehensible
(1 mark)
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1 markWhich of the following is the most reliable sign that a learner's extensive listening programme is working?
A. The learner listens to longer texts with less strain and understands more of them
B. The learner can name every speaker featured in the recordings
C. The learner finishes each recording in the shortest possible time
D. The learner can repeat whole sentences from the recording word for word
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1 markA learner keeps a listening log for an audio series on maize storage. Which entry shows the kind of response extensive listening asks for?
A. A tally of how many times the presenter said 'you know'
B. A short personal comment on what the episode was about and what she thought of it
C. A word-for-word transcript of the first two minutes
D. A list of all the new words with their dictionary definitions copied out
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1 markNjeri listens to a forty-minute radio documentary on tea farming in Kericho every Saturday, purely because she enjoys it, and she does not take notes or sit a test afterwards. This practice is best described as extensive listening because it is:
A. listening to detect the errors a speaker makes in grammar
B. listening repeatedly to a short recording in order to memorise it
C. listening to a long text for general understanding and enjoyment over time
D. listening only to the parts of a text that answer a set question
(1 mark)
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