CELPIP focus LISTENING and SPEAKING‘GHLIP Focus Listening and Speaking In response to ongoing research and development, changes may occasionally be made to the (CBLPIP Test. There may be short peciods of time when study matertals do not exactly match the current official test former, and content may be updated to match changes to the CELPIP ‘Test without prior notice. Check celpip.ca for any updates to the CELPIP Test, Copyright © 2048 Paragon Testing Enterprises, 2 subsidiary of The University of British Columbie Paragon Testing Enterprises, Vancouver, British Calumbis, Canada First Printing: October 2018 Second Printing: March 2019 AllLrghts reserved. Its legal to reproduce any portion of tis material except by special arrangement with Paragon Testing Encerprises. Reproduction of this material without authorization, by any duplication process whatsoever, isa violation of copyright. ISEN g7-988097-28-7CONTENTS ‘The CELPIP Test iv How to Use This Book iy The Listoning Test Uniex Overview of the Listening Test 1 Listening to Conversations berween Two People 9 Listening to a News Item 2 Listening to aDiseussion © Units Listening or Viewpoines 8 The Speaking Test Unité Overview of the Speaking Test ss Unity Giving Advice o Unie® Talking abouta Personal Experience 7 Unito Deseribinga Scene 80 Unie1o Making Predietions so Unies. Comparing and Persuading 160 Unitsa Dealing witha Diicue Situation mt Units Expressing Opinions et Units ‘an Unusual Situation am Answer Key uaaeat aeeten es Siena wu The CELPIP Test About the CELPIP Test ‘The Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP) isa computer delivered {general English language test administered by Paragon Testing Enterprises, a subsidiary of ‘The University of British Columbia. The CELPIP Test measures how well rest akers can communicate In Bags in a variety of social, workplace, community, and dally life situations ‘The format and scoring ofthe test ae referenced to the Canadian Language Benchmarks (cup) ‘The CELPIP Testis offered in wo versions, This char summarizes the main features of each Kisening Gpatist geSSmminueey | Listening Spans" 7 srainutes Reading ¢pars” s§-6ominutes | Speaking” Stuska "15 20'minutes WWiting 9°73 sks g-cormimmes [ Speaking Susks as-zo minutes » There may be additional unscored items in the Listening andjor Reading Tests which are used for research and development parposes. See celpip.ca for more information Tip Doing a CELPIP Practice Testis a great way to familiarize yourself with rest features 1nd get ready for your test day. You can access fre practics test questions and purchase practice tests ar celpip.ca, How to Use This Book ‘This books divided into two modules, Listening are Speaking, Bach unis within a module fs independent of the others, so you can do them in any order. Since the skills get harder to ‘master 2s you work through the module, i is easier to starcat the beginning of the module and work through efLook for the icons shown below to quickly locate specific features. @ e @ e @ e ‘The Modules ‘The Listening Module ‘The format ofthe six parts ofthe Listening Test is explained. ‘The different kinds of questions found on the Listening Test are discussed. Fach unit explsins either a single Listening part, or multiple Listening parts that share similarities, ‘An infographic shows key elements and computer navigation features forthe Listening "Test LISTENING SKILLS: ‘These skills help improve your ability to get the score you need on the Listening ‘Tost ‘SPEAKING SKILLS: ‘These skills help you perform at your best on the Speaking Test. activity: ‘These are practice opportunites for the skill you ae learning. Answers, some with explanat ons, ae provided in the Answer Key. (ONLINE RESOURCE: ‘This icon indicates that there are resources on the internet that will be needed for the activity, mr: "These are important tips and strategies to improve your performance on the test. NOTE-TAKING: This feacure shows ways to set up your notes for each Listening partCELPIP Focus: Listening and Speaking: vi ‘The Speaking Module + Anoverview ofthe test component explains the format of the Speaking Test and gives information about performance expectation ach umic explains a single Speaking task An infogrophie shows key computer navigation features for the Speaking Tost. Sample responses have been provided foreach task in the Speaking Test Speaking tasks are presented a they look on the test screen act unic focuses on key language skills and essential tes-eking strategies. A complete Answer Key is included, with explanations for some activities. The speaking checklists will help you assess your Speaking respon: ‘Accessing Media and Transcripts Tis book uses nutnerous audio and video files to support the skills and activities that are discussed. To access this media, please goto the Focus LS Resource Portal link below) and liek on the matching filename. Full transcripts are also provided for relevant media Online Resource: https;/secure paragontestingeaipifocusls For Instructors Use this bool to build your ov CELPIP test preparation course. The activities here are best sulted to self-study but many can be adapted for working in geoups of two or more, Here are & ‘ew suggestions to get yous started + Students can work in pair co complete an activity + Students can complete an activity alone and discuss their answers in smal groups. + Ate completing an exercise, students ean exchange books and mark each other's ‘Students can provide feedback on each othor's Speaking responses using the speaking checklists in Units 7-24. + Tomake fall use of this book, you may project the relevant transcripts sh to access the media for the class, as well asLEARNING FOCUS Format of the Listening Test ‘Understanding question format Identifying question types Previewing Improving your listening. ‘The Listening Test consists ofa varity of typical daily social and workplace situations, This includes conversations, news items, reports, and discussions in which people express different viewpoints. Before listening to the audio 'n each part, ou will see a bref statement providing some context about ‘what you are about to hear. You will be required to listen for information, infer meaning, identify main points and important details, and perform other listening tasks as you complete each part of the test. {In this unit, you will become familiar withthe overall format and the