CAE Listening

Tests your ability to follow and understand a range of spoken materials, such as interviews, radio broadcasts, presentations, talks and everyday conversations.

Time allowed: About 40 minutes

Number of parts: 4

Number of questions: 30

Marks: 20% total

Recordings may be from: Recordings may be from: Monologues: radio broadcasts, speeches, talks, lectures, anecdotes, etc.; or interacting speakers: radio broadcasts, interviews, discussions, conversations, etc.; Listening for feeling, attitude, opinion, purpose, function, agreement, course of action, gist, detail, etc; Listening for specific information, stated opinion.

What do I have to practise? Listening for feeling, attitude, opinion, purpose, function, agreement, gist and detail; listening for specific information, stated opinion ; listening for gist, attitude, opinion, purpose, feeling, main points and detail; listening for attitude, opinion, detail, gist, main idea and specific information.