Practice for the communicative skill of listening, subskill i
dentifying supporting points or examples.
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: Highlight correct summary
- Listening: Multiple choice, choose single answer
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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 |
understanding important details of lectures and conversations, recognizing speech markers that signal introductions, conclusions, or exemplifications |
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Academic Listening Encounters: Human Behavior
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recognizing examples, applying general concepts to specific data, using examples to illustrate a general point
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Academic Listening Encounters: Life in Society
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listening for supporting details, listening for signal words
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Contemporary Topics 1,
Contemporary Topics 2,
Contemporary Topics 3
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listening for details
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Lecture Ready 1
Lecture Ready 2
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recognizing definitions, examples, and explanations
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Lecture Ready 3
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recognizing generalizations and support, clarification and emphasis, recognizing comparisons and contrast, identifying causes and effects, understanding definitions, recognizing citations in lectures
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NorthStar Listening and Speaking 3
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supporting opinions with reasons, listening for details
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NorthStar Listening and Speaking 5
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supporting opinions with information after listening
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| Open Forum 2 |
identifying opinions and supporting arguments
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Open Forum 3
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identifying restatements and explanations, identifying key phrases that introduce an example
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Study Listening
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identifying information in lectures on academic topics
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