wv Listening & Speaking Skills ‘CAMBRIDGE EXAMINATIONS PUBLISHING Diana Pye Simon Greenall UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE29 $a 201101 CAE Listening and Speaking Skills CAMBRIDGE EXAMINATIONS. PUBLISHING Diana Pye and Simon Greenall BDF KONYVTARA TAD BS BRIDGE 9) UNIVERSITY PRESS10 Stamiord Road, Oaeigh, Mel © Cambridge Universiy res 1996 cst published 1996 Printed inthe United King brary of Congres catalog cand samber A catalogue record for this book is ailable from the British Library 0 521 48533 9 Staden’s Book 1 ABS34 7 Sr of 2 cassees University res, Cambridge Contents Map of the book. Acknowledgements To the student To the teacher Foundation unit Differene backgrounds Unusual homes 12, Town and country Role cards and extra material for Section B Assessment grid Answer sheet for Paper 4 Listening Tapescripe Answer keyMap of the book Unit Topics isting Map of the book Sandesh] Fanouledens | Seng: rng for dal charscerisiesot | understanding ext leaders ‘organisation listening for i sain ideas Unit Topics Listening odin TFoandaion | TheGAE@am | Alle races eed in the es seit exam sce Ta the teacher matching extracts wih i qualities 2itferene Natveand adopted | Strategies notesaking leadership qu backgrounds | counties; comparing | listening fr main ideas 9 Eavironmenal | Oiltanker dares Swati itening for am Afferent estes] Exam questions ticking hazards caress; | sm infomaton infringing cos ing dangerous and interpreting attitude | and responding to counter installations Bxam question: marching extracts with peopl; matching extract wih topics 3 inooal Desarting and homes comparing homes ; 10 Conscripion | Comparing nasonal cre in different countries diferent 4 Communicating | Difrenrmodes of | Statepes inrerpreting pe of mana commmanicaton; | context istening fr tmin service brady language Exam question: marching 1 Tine waters | Time and the human main | Swati: matching cartoons odes of communication and bodys ime with captions discussing and situations rmanagement drawing concusions = Exam question: matching two 5 Urascal ‘Work diferent job Seapi in ree svecupations ; eb an commesing oe fa seen acting rocaning: istening for main | 3 phoeo agree ideas Hinenig for detail | Exam question: describing and WTownand | Atractve vow and Strate: aking features oF ‘Exam question: complating | identifying ewo pictues in a ‘ouney regions tourist 8 town expressing opiions sentences ae atracons ty fe menting ana description je ing ofack SFoodand | Foods restaurants; | Strategies: infecting anna; | Strategies wing paraphrase charg labeling ap .2. ‘catinghabies | healthy menus | fstening or spcic comparing and problem Haan qr solving ing | Exam question: describing and ornmentng on pictures Bapresing your ‘Saregies: asking for spins explanations and dariations reporting discussions; rankiag and aching agreement exnacs with opis Ean question commenting matchingexracts with | ona photo; discussing speak’ reactions prposeAcknowledgements ‘We would ke to ask: ur ein Lis Des for ber adie and care oer his book, indy Whi, Jesabe McCarea, Lr Sham, Josne Cure, Randell ar, Nick Newon and rerphady a Cambidge Univer Pre for naking tis Book posse the author and paler, wood let thank the teahas and seat who tilled the material sou whose edbick wor inva ‘The authors and paler ae pate othe asthe, publer and ote who have To the student ‘About the exam “The Cerifcate in Advanced English (CAE) i for so of Enlsh To give you an idea ofthe level, you ay 12 an advanced lve re eaken the Cambridge in Seton Ba shor decripive passage, in Scton C. and in Seton D a series of short extracts sting bor isa good paper, thea eater example ofthe An axetil before the theexam, your report back on your ‘The Speaking Papers marked according to five crtesa: envy, acurary, pronunciation, ask achievement and interactive communication.To the student ‘About this book “This bok is designed ro give you practice in developing the ifferet listening and speaking skills which are rested in the exam, and in answering the exarm be very familiar with the exam qucstion We have chosen topics which we hope you will enjoy listening to and speaking about. Your mocivation is extremely important in your preparation for the ‘exam, and we ave tit to provide eats and easks which will interest you. Good luck with CAE Listening ard Speaking Skills and good luck with the Diana Pye Simon Greenall To the teacher CAE Listening and Speaking Skills a ‘candidates for Paper 4(Lsteni Cerin in hension and speakiog ability at an advanced lve ‘The book contains a gret deal of information about the exam isl, and in particular, about the exam question types, abou the statepesrequted to, swer the questions suocesflly and about the texts used. ‘The book is livded iro ewelve unis. ‘The Foundation unit (Unit 1) uses a Joop! format in which information about the exam i presened using activites similar othe question types in the exam. “Helping the candidates become famuliar wih the exam format is a imporeane part of your exam preparation class we hope that you will find this approach useful and challenging, Bach of the remaining listening and che secon 8s divided ito ewo sections, the Grst on ‘The two sections ae thematically linked, ~ i seties of activities to contextuaie the texs and activites and to prepare the candidates for Bstening.othe tescher ~ an activgy orto which peepae the candidates spesifially fora question Pe. taining advice speci tothe question type under the topics sclecrd and materia ‘iscusion beyond tis ime iif aden interests stained. Listeoing and speaking sls “Te following Leng sil are systematically covered: = interpreting atstude, point of view — idenifyng and incerpretng coatea, topic, function inforeation In order to develop these ils a numberof sratepes are focused on and practised These include predicting, sess timing, recuition of discourse ‘ecopition of repetition and rephrasing, dealing with unfamilioe Speaking sections, the activities are designed to provide sues withthe ve the target sis of che diferent phases of the CAE Speaking eam, which are: = gentralieecctional and social language = transactional language = negotiation and collaboration sls reporting, explaining, summarising, developing the discussion Suggestions for use To the teacher may slso want leave out certain unit and activ- sind, tose if they are more successful. ‘When you come toan exam dp box, here ae some suggestions on elasroom with pleasure, and is intended tobe sed with ‘lesrre, with special emphasis on che leit of use. We hope you enjoy ‘sing CAE Listouing and Speaking Skil. Diana Pye Sieve GrecnallFoundation unit Section A Listening = Canyouideatany rich hey may bn pining fr ea sop sit aster | = coterie ea ated | = How ne you decree anes towers each oe Ae hey fr ecrpe ey ing to hea a recording in which an organiser of the CAE ‘exam is describing the Listening Paper to a group of people. Ea) 0 Listen to the recording, Who do you think the people listening tothe presentation are? ‘What helped you makeup your mind? Be prepared to explain your reasous tthe class. Foundation nit 2 Look a¢ the lst of subtopics below. They are all mentioned in the presentation ofthe CAE Listening Paper inactivity 1. ‘Work in pairs. What srt of information woald you expect to heat for ‘each sub-topic? © Listen tothe recording from activity 1 again, Number the sub-topics inthe order in which chey are mentioned. ‘With your partner, discuss the information you heard for each sub-topic. EES is from the setion of the CAE Specifications leaflet on the Listening Paper. What sort of formation would you expect 0 find in the chart? Listening | Text pe | Number of times | Tex lengeb texts heard Seaton A Section B Section C ‘Seztion D [3 ro Listen tothe recording from activity 1 again. Complete the chart. ‘You will not hea the information needed to compete three of the blanks i ‘When we lento our wn lnguge, we regster and erpret many des bout the stuton andthe | | spekes imohed wttout beng conics aware of what we are doing Honeve; when we ten toa |, Src angugs we may hve dtl procesng mary ofthe backround eta ich as acetone, | | repster fiction and atte ofthe pears ?