Exam Skills X1 · IGCSE Skills: Listening & Reading
Follow a longer dialogue for opinion and attitude, not just fact: catch attitude markers, notice when a speaker changes or qualifies a view, and match the answer to a paraphrase rather than the exact word heard.
Orient · target · prepare
Tick each as you secure it.
Recognise · use
Do it every time
Before listening, mark each option as fact, opinion or reason.
Listen for the words that carry feeling.
أَعْتَقِدُ · أَرَى أَنَّ · لِلْأَسَفِ · لِحُسْنِ الحَظِّ
The correct option often means the same as the audio without using the same words.
opinions, attitudes and a change of mind
رَامِي: صَحِيحٌ أَنَّ التَّعَلُّمَ عَنْ بُعْدٍ مُرِيحٌ، غَيْرَ أَنَّنِي أَشْعُرُ بِالعُزْلَةِ أَحْيَانًا. سَلْمَى: كُنْتُ أَعْتَقِدُ أَنَّهُ سَيِّئٌ، لٰكِنِّي غَيَّرْتُ رَأْيِي؛ فَهُوَ يُوَفِّرُ الوَقْتَ. رَامِي: أَتَّفِقُ فِي مَسْأَلَةِ الوَقْتِ، لٰكِنَّ التَّرْكِيزَ فِي البَيْتِ صَعْبٌ. سَلْمَى: لِحُسْنِ الحَظِّ، تَعَلَّمْتُ كَيْفَ أُنَظِّمُ وَقْتِي، وَهٰذَا أَهَمُّ سَبَبٍ لِتَغَيُّرِ رَأْيِي.
Diagnose · target