Question 1. Recognising general structure (L.

6)

According to your understanding of the whole talk, which of the

following best describes what the speaker was doing? Choose ONE
statement from the following list, and circle its letter A, B, C or D:

A. Comparing features of different types of English

B. Explaining the development of English as a global language
C. Explaining how global languages changes over time
Predicting what English will be like in the next century
Which answer fits the whole talk?
Which is very general?
Which cover only part of the talk?
B. Explaining the development of English as a global language – This is the only one that fits the
whole talk. C is too general, A and D only cover part of the talk.
Question 2. Identifying purpose (L.3)

Which of the following do you think best represents the speaker’s purpose during the whole
talk? Choose ONE statement from the following list, and circle its letter A, B, C or D:

A. to persuade the audience of the importance of something

B. to recommend solutions to a problem he presents
C. to entertain the audience and other viewers
D. to provide further information on a familiar topic

Where is the persuasive language?

Where are the recommendations and solutions?
Do you have some knowledge of the topic?

to provide further information on a familiar topic – the audience is listening in English

Question 3. Identifying main points in the lecture (L. 4)
At the start of his lecture, the speaker gives some statistics on climate change. According to
what he says, which of the following statements are true?
Mark each statement True, False or Not Given (T, F or NG).

The more powerful a country is, the more likely people from other countries are to speak
its language

English is the fastest growing language in the world

What is the most widely spoken language? What is the fastest growing?

Global English began with the concept of the United Nations

A Lingua Franca English would be mainly American English

False – this second scenario, by its definition, would be made up of lots of Englishes
 Question 4. Listening for detail (L. 4)

At the beginning, the speaker talks about the reasons

English has become a global language. Which ONE of the
reasons below does he not mention? Place a cross (x) next
to one of the reasons below:

United Nations
X – this is mentioned later on, but not in this context
 Spelling
Look at the notes in the table below. Complete the missing
information
Examples of with no more e.g.than ONE word.
Encyclopaedia → 1. __Encyclopedia (difficult but he does
American English explain it) must have correct spelling
influencing British
English 2. Pronunciation
e.g. schedule

Grammar
e.g. I’ve just eaten → I just 3. ate

Why are there Form of 4. ___Identity___

different varieties Also can be seen in countries like India, Nigeria and Ghana
of English?
There are at least 5. 400 million speakers of Indian English

Have introduced present continuous in present simple verb forms

e.g. I’m knowing it
Question 5. Attitude of the speaker (L. 2)

a. During the talk, the speaker makes predictions for the future of English
as a global language. How certain is the speaker about each of these
predictions. Circle ONE of the options that follow.

English will still be the predominant global language in the next 10 years:

Very certain – ‘short term future – no change’ There is a little amibiguity

over short-term and 10 years, but as he has already talked of languages in
terms of 1000 years, 10 seems pretty short-term
One day Spanish will be the predominant global language:

Neither certain nor uncertain – ‘all of these things could happen’

i. If English is the predominant global language in the
future, it will not be connected with any one country:

Quite certain - ‘it is probably the way it’s going to go’

a. What is the speaker’s attitude to the influences of other English-
speaking countries on British English? Circle ONE option below.

b. Unknown – He gives examples, he doesn’t comment on them

Question 6. Understanding the gist of a discussion (L. 5)
Which of the following topics below are discussed by the speakers? Choose
THREE from the following list, and circle their letters A, B, C, D, E or F:

A. Social media has been important in spreading English around the world
B. We need to use different forms of English in different situations
C. There is a standard form of English which everybody should speak
D.Text messaging and social media are not damaging English
E. English does not belong to any one country
F. Texts and social media are changing the spelling of English
G.Many school children do not know how to speak proper English
Question 7. Understanding purpose of contributions (L.3)

Which of the following statements best describes the purpose of all the
contributions to the discussion? Choose ONE statement from the following
list, and circle its letter A, B, or C:

A. To share different perspectives

B. To decide on a solution to a problem
C. To present and challenge an argument
Question 8. Understanding attitude and opinion (L. 2)

Which of the following statements best describes the opinions of people in the
discussion? Choose ONE statement from the following list, and circle its letter
A, B or C:

A. There was general disagreement on the main points

B. There was partial agreement on the main points
C. There was general agreement on the main points
e.g. ‘ can I just pick up on that’, ‘I think it’s true’ against this is – ‘I want to
do something that’s probably going to annoy John’ – but John doesn’t get
annoyed – he doesn’t even contribute – maybe he’s too annoyed.