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Listening for gist An important listening skill. Students listen to a tape and answer general questions about it to show that they understand the main idea.

Example:
Students listen to a tape about the problems of the world and answer questions such as:

1. Is the speaker optimistic or pessimistic?
2. Does the speaker think there are a lot of problems in the world?