Aural-Oral Skills Assessment

A teacher is in the pre-listening stage of a lesson. Which of the following is NOT a primary objective?

• To build student motivation

• To encourage initial interaction

• To prepare students for the listening text

• To have students contextualize the entire story

A student listens to a radio news report about a topic they have already studied in class. They listen to confirm facts and see if new information is mentioned. What listening process is this?

• Up-down

• Top-down

• Bottom-up

• Up-bottom

Which of these is the best example of a monologue in a listening activity?

• A classroom forum

• A university lecture

• A job interview

• A two-person advertisement

At the end of a lesson, the objective states, "Students should be able to differentiate between an interaction routine and an information routine." The verb "differentiate" assesses the students' ability to:

• apply

• create

• analyze

• remember

A teacher reads several sentences and asks students to count how many words they hear in each one. This activity focuses on which listening process?

• Up-down

• Top-down

• Bottom-up

• Up-bottom

Active listening involves several key actions. Which of these is a result of active listening, not a part of the process itself?

• Trust

• Asking questions

• Listening

• Summarizing

A person who maintains eye contact and asks relevant questions to show they are engaged is practicing:

• Active listening

• Emphatic listening

• Participatory listening

• Surface-depth listening

Which of the following are considered goals of active listening?

• To build trust and for listening and understanding only

• To collect pertinent information and diffuse anger only

• To build trust and collect pertinent information only

• To build trust, collect information, understand, and create harmony

Which of these statements about spoken speech is CORRECT?

• Speech is usually spatial and well-organized.

• Speakers always produce simple sentences.

• Mistakes in speech can never be completely eliminated.

• There must always be face-to-face contact during speech.

Active listening is a key part of effective communication. Which of the following is NOT a good example of an active listening technique?

• Showing empathy

• Encouraging a positive conversation

• Acknowledging the other person's point of view

• Repeating back the speaker's exact words without summarizing