Practice for the communicative skill of listening, subskill comprehending explicit and implicit information
The PTE Academic item types where this subskill is tested are
- Speaking: Re-tell lecture
- Listening: Summarize spoken text
- Listening: Multiple choice, choose multiple answers
- Listening: Fill in the blanks
- Listening: Highlight correct summary
- Listening: Multiple choice, choose single answer
- Listening: Select missing word
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Summary of how this subskill is practiced in each resource |
Academic Connections 1,
Academic Connections 2,
Academic Connections 3,
Academic Connections 4 |
recognizing the relationships between parts of a lecture even when not explicit, making inferences about a speaker's intention |
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Academic Listening Encounters: Human Behavior
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listening for specific information, recognizing inferred information as compared to explicit information, drawing inferences
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Academic Listening Encounters: Life in Society
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listening for specific information, drawing inferences
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Contemporary Topics 1,
Contemporary Topics 2,
Contemporary Topics 3
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listening for detail
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NorthStar Listening and Speaking 3,
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inferring the underlying messages in advertisements, identifying details, inferring implied meaning through intonation, inferring the speaker’s point of view
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| NorthStar Listening and Speaking 4, |
listening for details, listening for specific information, inferring meaning and information not explicit in a listening passage |
| NorthStar Listening and Speaking 5 |
inferring meaning not explicit in a listening passage, understanding metaphorical language, separating fact from myth, distinguishing between literal and figurative meanings |
| Open Forum 3 |
listening for specific information |
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Panorama Listening 2,
Panorama Listening 3
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listening for specific details, drawing inferences |
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Study Listening
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practicing listening skills including inferencing based on eight lectures on academic topics
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