Intensive Listening

8 Grade 10 English questions on Intensive Listening, with worked marking schemes. 8 questions are available on this topic in full.

1. Question 1

   2 marks

   Distinguish between hearing and listening.

   (2 marks)

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2. Question 2

   4 marks

   Distinguish between listening for gist and listening for specific information, giving one classroom example of each.

   (4 marks)

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   (1) Listening for gist means following the overall or main idea of a text without attending to every word (1 mark). (2) Example: listening to the first minute of a news bulletin simply to tell what the item is about (1 mark). (3) Listening for specific information means searching the text for particular items such as names, dates, prices or figures (1 mark). (4) Example: listening to a market report in order to write down the price quoted for a bale of hay (1 mark).

3. Question 3

   5 marks

   Describe five strategies a learner can use in order to listen intensively to a recorded interview and answer detailed questions on it afterwards.

   (5 marks)

   Marking scheme

   Award 1 mark each for any five: (1) Read the questions before the recording begins so as to know exactly what to listen for. (2) Remove or move away from distractions and sit where the recording is clearly audible. (3) Write short notes in key words, figures and abbreviations rather than full sentences, so as not to fall behind. (4) Hold back from arguing with or judging the speaker while listening, since rehearsing one's own reply causes details to be missed. (5) Use the second playing to fill the gaps left in the notes rather than starting the notes afresh. (6) Check names, numbers and dates immediately, as these are the details most easily confused. Max 5 marks.

4. Question 4

   1 mark

   A Grade 10 class plays a five-minute radio bulletin twice in order to write down the exact dates and tonnage given for the maize harvest. This kind of listening is best described as

   A. appreciative listening, because the bulletin is enjoyable to follow

   B. extensive listening, because a whole bulletin is played

   C. empathetic listening, because the learners feel for the farmers

   D. intensive listening, because attention is fixed on particular details in a short text

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5. Question 5

   1 mark

   In a talk, a speaker says, "The county has sunk eleven boreholes since 2022" and later, "Our county's water policy is the finest in the country." A learner taking notes should record the second statement as

   A. an opinion, because it is a judgement that no figure in the talk supports

   B. a fact, because it can be checked against the county's records

   C. a fact, because it was said by a county officer

   D. a prediction, because it looks to the future

   (1 mark)

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6. Question 6

   3 marks

   Identify three features of a speaker's delivery that help an intensive listener to pick out the most important points in a talk.

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7. Question 7

   1 mark

   A county agricultural officer gives a twenty-minute talk on controlling armyworms. Which is the most effective note-taking practice for a learner in the audience?

   A. Note key words, figures and phrases, then expand them into full notes soon after the talk

   B. Write down every word the officer says so that nothing is lost

   C. Copy only the opening sentence, since it states the topic of the talk

   D. Write nothing during the talk and reconstruct it from memory afterwards

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8. Question 8

   1 mark

   Otieno misses most of a talk because he is silently rehearsing the question he intends to ask at the end. The barrier to his listening is best described as

   A. physiological, because he is tired after games

   B. psychological, because his attention is fixed on his own thoughts

   C. physical, because the hall is crowded and noisy

   D. linguistic, because the speaker uses unfamiliar vocabulary

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