| Listening
for specific information |
An
important listening
skill. Students listen for a short list of specific
information on a tape which contains other information as
well.
Example: Students listen to a tape of a person asking
for information about a flight times. They answer questions
such as:
1. What are the numbers of the flights to France?
2. What times are the flights to France?
3. How long does it take to fly to France?
Listening for specific information is similar to Listening
for detail. The difference is that in Listening for
specific information, students are required to distinguish
relevant information from irrelevant information. In Listening
for detail, the students are required to extract all the
information.
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