Following an oral sequencing of information 

Practice for the communicative skill of listening, subskill following an oral sequencing of 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
  • Listening: Highlight incorrect words
  • Listening: Write from dictation
Click on the link below for more information on the resource Summary of how this subskill is practiced in each resource

Academic Listening Encounters: Human Behavior

paying attention to signal words that indicate how ideas are organized

Academic Listening Encounters: Life in Society

listening for organizational phrases and signal words

Learning to Listen 3 identifying sequences of actions and activities

Lecture Ready 1

Lecture Ready 2,

Lecture Ready 3

recognizing transitions between ideas in lectures

NorthStar Listening and Speaking 5

using context clues to determine sequences

Open Forum 2

identifying organizing phrases

Open Forum 3 recognizing key phrases to introduce important facts, identifying pronoun referencing