4.1.1 Listening Comprehension: Selective Listening

• General information versus specific information in a spoken text
• Selective listening: deciding in advance what to catch from a leadership talk
• Listening and responding to texts on good governance and school leadership

• distinguish between specific and general information from a listening text
• select specific information from a listening text
• listen and respond to texts on leadership
• emphasise the value of listening skills in communication

“What can you do to ensure you capture relevant information from a speaker?”

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1. General and specific information
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   General information is a broad claim. Specific information is a name, time, number or place you can tick.
2. Listen to leadership talk and respond
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Prepare a question, select the fact from a good-governance talk or role play, then answer the speaker.