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Reception Skills: Reading/Listening Flashcards

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  1. According to the CEFR, which level listener can understand most TV documentaries, live interviews, and talk shows?

    Answer: B2

    B2 learners can understand most TV documentaries, live interviews, and shows without significant difficulty.

  2. A C2 reader encounters a highly allusive literary text full of cultural references. Which response best describes their expected performance?

    Answer: They can appreciate the stylistic subtleties and understand allusive and culturally embedded references

    C2 readers can appreciate stylistic nuances and understand culturally embedded references in complex literary texts.

  3. In CEFR listening scales, what does 'understanding conversation between native speakers' require that listening to simplified speech does not?

    Answer: The listener must handle natural speed, reduction, elision, and overlapping speech

    Authentic native-speaker conversation includes elision, reductions, overlapping turns, and natural speed, which are absent in simplified input.

  4. Which CEFR level is described as being able to read with a large degree of independence, adapting style and speed to different texts?

    Answer: B2

    B2 readers can read with a large degree of independence, adjusting speed and style according to different texts and purposes.

  5. What is the primary purpose of CEFR 'can-do' descriptors for listening?

    Answer: To describe what a learner is able to do communicatively at each proficiency level

    Can-do descriptors specify observable communicative behaviors a learner can perform, making proficiency transparent and learner-centered.

  6. A learner at A1 who encounters an unfamiliar word in a written text will most likely:

    Answer: Be significantly impeded, as A1 readers have very limited lexical resources

    A1 learners have very limited vocabulary, so unfamiliar words significantly impede comprehension since they lack context-inference skills.

  7. Which CEFR sub-scale covers a learner's ability to understand recorded audio such as podcasts, radio broadcasts, and lectures?

    Answer: Listening to media and recordings

    The 'listening to media and recordings' sub-scale specifically addresses comprehension of pre-recorded or broadcast audio content.