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Sample listening items and responses

To familiarize yourself with the listening items and how responses are scored, see the sample listening items available below.

Listening items #1 and #2

Item 1. “Cross-curricular competencies” might best be defined as:

  1. the ability to do well on tests or exams.
  2. attendance and punctuality.
  3. skills that are useful in a range of learning situations. (correct response)
  4. good behaviour in the classroom.

Item 2. The educational problem identified in this passage is that:

  1. children have poor learning skills.
  2. writing report card comments can take up lots of a teacher’s time.
  3. there is a lack of agreement on what to call these skills.
  4. teachers are not well trained to assess these skills. (correct response)