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B1 Preliminary for Schools Listening Part 1 – Teacher’s Notes

Description

In this activity students look at a set of three pictures from Part 1, describing the details, differences

and situation before listening to the text. They then write a short dialogue in pairs for another set of

pictures and roleplay the dialogue for another pair. After completing a Part 1 task, they use the audio

script to focus on key information and distractors.

Time required: 60 minutes

Materials

required:

Student handout 1 and 2

Sample task (below)

Audio script (below)

Audio recording

Two different coloured pens

Aims: to familiarise students with the content and format of B1 Preliminary for Schools Listening Part 1

to raise awareness of distractors in this type of question and to familiarise students with the types of dialogues used

to practise Part 1

Procedure

1. Explain to students that they will be doing Part 1 of the B1 Preliminary for Schools Listening

exam. Explain that there are seven short listening texts, with one question and three images

for each listening text. Tell students they may hear monologues or dialogues and concept

check the difference (how many people speak?) and explain that the situations are all about

daily life.

2. Put students into pairs and ask them to think about food items that you would have at a

barbecue. Elicit their answers and write them up on the board.

3. Play the recording for question 1. Ask students to listen and check if any of their ideas were

mentioned.

4. Check the students’ understanding of the text by asking these questions:

Who is speaking? (friends: a boy and a girl)

What is the situation? (They are talking about food for a barbecue)

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How many different types of food were mentioned? (3)

5. Give out the sample task and play the recording again for the students to listen for what the

answer is and why (A – sausages – ‘How about some sausages?’). Allow students to check

their answer with their partner so you can find out who had trouble with it. Ask the class why the

other options are wrong (B – chicken - ‘we’ve got loads thanks’; C – burgers – ‘Well, Anna’s

made about twenty’).

6. Explain that the skill being tested is listening for specific information. As the listening text can

include key words about all three of the pictures it is important not just to listen out for these key

words (like chicken or burgers), but to listen for detail and understand what is being said about

them. In Part 1 you have to listen carefully until the very end of the audio to be able to choose

the right answer.

7. Ask students to look at each question and the images for each and to discuss with a partner what

they think the situation might be, and what they can see in each picture. Whole class feedback of

ideas, noting any new vocabulary on the board.

8. Give out Student Handout 1. You could help the class to write an example dialogue on the board

for the second question or roleplay the example dialogue given on the worksheet to demonstrate

the activity. Check that they have understood what they have to do by asking questions such as

‘Who is talking?’ (a boy to his friend), ‘How many of the pictures are included in the conversation?’

(all three), ‘How many pictures are correct?’ (just one).

9. Students work in pairs to write their dialogues.

10. Put two pairs together, to work in groups of four. Ask them to roleplay their dialogue to the other

pair. The other pair should listen and identify which question it is and what the answer is. Then

they swap over.

11. Explain that the students are now going to answer Part 1. Tell them to indicate the correct answer

by circling the letter beneath the image on the question paper while they listen. Elicit the

procedure to follow: the first time they listen, they should get an idea of the answer; the second

time they listen, they should check their answer is correct and also try to see why the other two

pictures are not correct. Remind your students that they answer on the question paper during the

test and at the end they fill in the right box on the answer sheet.

12. Play the recording through to the end. Students check/discuss their answers in pairs. If

necessary, play the recording again, then check answers with the class (see Answer key).

13. Hand out the audio script and make sure they all have two different coloured pens. Ask students

to read through the audio script and underline the answers in it in one colour and the parts about



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the other images (the distractors) in another colour.

14. Give out Student Handout 2 and ask students to work in pairs to answer the questions they have

just underlined on the audio script to help them.

15. Whole class check (see Answer key). Discuss any language and comprehension questions that

come up.

Suggested follow-up activities:

1. Students compare their dialogues from the Student Handout 1 with the audio script to see if any of

their ideas are the same.

2. Students write more dialogues for similar situations (or the other ones on the sample task) to raise

awareness of paraphrasing and distractors.

3. If you want students to practise using the answer sheet, photocopy it and ask the students to fill in

the lozenges in pencil for their answers to Part 1.



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Answer key

Sample task

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. C

5. C

6. A

7. C

Student Handout 2 1. Underline the key sentence containing the answer: ‘How about some sausages?’

What is said about the other options to show they are wrong?

Chicken – ‘we’ve got loads thanks’

Burgers – ‘Well, Anna’s made about twenty.’

2. Underline the key sentence containing the answer: ‘I’m going to get my ankle checked at the

doctor’s because the pain still hasn’t gone.’


Head – ‘I wasn’t really concentrating because I had a terrible headache.’

Shoulder – ‘my shoulder really hurt but that pain soon wore off.’

3. What are the key words for the answer ‘paintings of rock stars by the artist Ben Soper. We’ll visit

that at the end of the tour’


Jewellery – ‘this room is where the ancient jewellery’s displayed’

Racing car – ‘But before that, I’ll take you into the garden where you can have a look at the old

racing car’

4. What are the key words for the answer ‘in catching it when it stopped to eat some grass’




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Road – ‘saw the animal walking down the side of the road’

Shopping Centre – ‘walked right through a shopping centre’

5. What are the key words for the answer ‘I said I’d rather go to the science museum … I got what

I wanted in the end’


Swimming pool: ‘we tried to get into the pool, but there was a big swimming competition going on’

Cinema: ‘the film had already started’

6. What are the key words for the answer ‘Dance Moves … The only problem is knowing when to

quit.’


Pet project: ‘you’ll quickly feel as though you’ve seen it all before’

Cooking Star: ‘but imaginary food has a limited attraction’

7. What are the key words for the answer ‘I was able to try windsurfing too’


Sailing: ‘I did a course last year’

Water skiing: ‘My little brother was old enough to do it too this time’



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B1 Preliminary for Schools Listening Part 1

Student handout 1

Look at the sample Part 1 task with your partner. Choose one question and work with your partner to

create a short dialogue between two people that will give one of the pictures as an answer. Try to

include some information about the other picture as part of the conversation, but make sure there is only

one correct answer. Write down your dialogue.

This is an example dialogue for Question 2 on the sample task.

A: Hi! How are you? You don’t look very happy.

B: I’m not. I fell off my bike yesterday.

A: Did you hurt yourself?

B: I thought I had broken my ankle because the bike fell on top of it.

A: Is it OK now?

B: Yeah, I have a small bruise on my head from when I hit it on the bike, but now my shoulder really hurts.

A: I think you should go to the doctors to get it looked at.

B: Good idea.



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Student handout 2

Answer the following questions using the audio script to help you.

1. Underline the key sentence containing the answer.


Chicken:

Burgers:

2. Underline the key sentence containing the answer.


Head:

Shoulder:

3. What are the key words for the answer?


Jewellery:

Racing car:



Road:

Shopping centre:




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Swimming pool:

Cinema:



Pet project:

Cooking Star:



Sailing:

Water skiing:



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B1 Preliminary for Schools Listening Part 1

Sample task



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Audio script – B1 Preliminary for Schools Listening Part 1



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B1 Preliminary for Schools Listening: Candidate Answer Sheet


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KET for Schools · Sample task (below) Audio script (below) Audio recording Two different coloured pens Aims: to familiarise students with the content and format of B1 Preliminary