Listening Skills Quiz

What is the primary focus of Unit Two?

• Teaching speaking skills

• Teaching reading skills

• Teaching writing skills

• Teaching listening skills

Which activity involves brainstorming on the nature of listening?

• Activity 4

• Activity 3

• Activity 2

• Activity 1

What is one of the objectives for trainees in this unit?

• Identify the distinctive features of listening skills

• Identify the distinctive features of speaking skills

• Identify the distinctive features of reading skills

• Identify the distinctive features of writing skills

What does bottom-up processing involve?

• Decoding the speech signal

• Using prior knowledge

• Making inferences

• Interpreting meaning

Which stage of listening skills lesson involves predicting content?

• Pre-listening

• While-listening

• Post-listening

• None of the above

What is a misconception about teaching listening?

• Listening is a two-way process

• Listening is an active process

• Listening is a passive skill

• Listening is an individual act

What is the purpose of the while-listening stage?

• To complete comprehension questions

• To evaluate text content

• To activate prior knowledge

• To summarize the main ideas

Which of the following is NOT a feature of spoken discourse?

• False starts

• Complex sentences

• Contractions

• Fillers

What is the main goal of teaching listening?

• Developing listening acquisition and comprehension

• Developing speaking skills

• Developing writing skills

• Developing reading skills

Which activity focuses on identifying bottom-up and top-down processing?

• Activity 1

• Activity 2

• Activity 3

• Activity 4