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CALP Academic Listening Skills Flashcards

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  1. A student listens to a debate and must evaluate which argument is better supported. What CALP listening skill is required?

    Answer: Critical evaluation of evidence quality while processing spoken academic language

    Evaluating argument quality during listening requires simultaneous CALP-level critical thinking and academic language processing.

  2. In CALP assessment, a student listens to an academic lecture and then writes a response. This task type primarily measures:

    Answer: Integration of academic listening and academic writing skills

    Listen-then-write tasks assess the integration of CALP listening and writing, requiring students to process and then produce academic language.

  3. What is 'academic register' in the context of CALP listening?

    Answer: The formal, discipline-specific language style used in educational settings

    Academic register refers to the formal linguistic features—vocabulary, syntax, discourse—used in educational contexts that students must process during CALP listening tasks.

  4. A student successfully summarizes a 20-minute academic lecture without notes. Which CALP listening sub-skill is most responsible for this ability?

    Answer: Working memory capacity applied to academic language processing

    Retaining and summarizing extended academic discourse requires significant working memory capacity applied specifically to CALP-level academic language.

  5. When a professor uses hedging in a lecture ('some researchers suggest...'), what should a CALP-proficient listener understand?

    Answer: The claim is presented with qualified certainty, not as established fact

    CALP listening proficiency includes understanding epistemic stance markers like hedging that signal how certain or contested a claim is.

  6. Why is listening to academic English presentations beneficial for developing CALP in US secondary schools?

    Answer: It exposes students to formal academic syntax, discourse patterns, and content-area vocabulary

    Academic presentations expose students to the formal register, syntactic complexity, and disciplinary vocabulary that constitute CALP listening competency.