1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:00,450 All right. 2 00:00:00,450 --> 00:00:04,080 So we're going to move into our first practice opportunity. 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:10,280 And we're going to have three different practice opportunities and just practicing Section one. 4 00:00:11,860 --> 00:00:13,210 Of going over. 5 00:00:13,630 --> 00:00:18,130 I've gone over the skills that they test on. 6 00:00:19,230 --> 00:00:21,690 I've gone over what you need to watch out for. 7 00:00:22,140 --> 00:00:25,230 So let's go through some practice ones. 8 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:32,700 I'm going to be using Cambridge Book 16, the Cambridge official guy from 2014, which is a great practice 9 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:41,670 book and I'll STRAINER two academic as you know, for the general and academic exams, the listening 10 00:00:41,670 --> 00:00:43,080 is exactly the same. 11 00:00:43,950 --> 00:00:46,110 There's no difference at all whatsoever. 12 00:00:47,250 --> 00:00:49,140 So we're going to go through the practice. 13 00:00:56,930 --> 00:01:00,590 So coming up next is our first practice. 14 00:01:00,770 --> 00:01:06,410 Like I said, it'll be coming from Cambridge, all 16 tests, one, and I'll be going through just section 15 00:01:06,410 --> 00:01:06,890 one. 16 00:01:07,550 --> 00:01:07,710 All right. 17 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,630 So if you have your book in front of you, you can practice with your book in front of you. 18 00:01:12,110 --> 00:01:13,640 You can also see what's on my screen. 19 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,230 But if you have your book in front of you, it's a great book to have. 20 00:01:16,250 --> 00:01:23,210 I encourage you to really use the books because they have they have the accurate practice test. 21 00:01:24,910 --> 00:01:27,850 All right, so here is our first practice in Section one. 22 00:01:29,830 --> 00:01:33,880 This is Test one, Section one Children's Engineering Workshops. 23 00:01:34,210 --> 00:01:40,780 So before we listen, the first thing I want you to do is if you don't have the book in front of you 24 00:01:40,780 --> 00:01:48,220 and you're just looking at my screen, go through go through it mentally and identify all of the key 25 00:01:48,220 --> 00:01:49,120 words. 26 00:01:49,450 --> 00:01:53,560 If you have the book in front of you, then go ahead and identify the key. 27 00:01:54,690 --> 00:01:54,940 Right. 28 00:01:54,940 --> 00:02:01,000 So take 30 seconds and just try to identify what are the key words you're going to listen to that are 29 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,950 connected with the answer choices. 30 00:02:42,870 --> 00:02:43,340 Okay. 31 00:02:43,350 --> 00:02:44,670 So let's have a look at it. 32 00:02:45,180 --> 00:02:54,240 So in terms of the keywords, I would have selected the language you see in green as the key words that 33 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,450 I'm going to listen to in connection with the answer choice. 34 00:02:59,050 --> 00:03:05,530 These are the words that when I hear this language, I know that they are they have just said the answer 35 00:03:05,590 --> 00:03:07,900 or they are about to say the answer choice. 36 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,320 So let's go ahead and listen to this first. 37 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:13,700 Section one practice. 38 00:03:13,970 --> 00:03:16,730 And write your answers down and we'll go over them. 39 00:03:27,830 --> 00:03:32,150 Now listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 3. 40 00:03:34,970 --> 00:03:39,350 I wanted some information about the workshops in the school holidays. 41 00:03:39,380 --> 00:03:40,010 Sure. 42 00:03:40,310 --> 00:03:42,800 I have two daughters who are interested. 43 00:03:43,100 --> 00:03:44,700 The younger ones, Lydia. 44 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:45,950 She's four. 45 00:03:45,980 --> 00:03:48,260 Do you take children as young as that? 46 00:03:48,290 --> 00:03:49,160 Yes. 47 00:03:49,190 --> 00:03:54,140 Our tiny engineers workshop is for 4 to 5 year olds. 48 00:03:54,170 --> 00:03:56,540 What sorts of activities do they do? 49 00:03:56,660 --> 00:03:57,830 All sorts. 50 00:03:57,860 --> 00:04:05,030 For example, they work together to design a special cover that goes round an egg so that when it's 51 00:04:05,030 --> 00:04:09,050 inside, they can drop it from a height and it doesn't break. 52 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:13,110 Well, sometimes it does break, but that's part of the fun. 53 00:04:13,190 --> 00:04:14,030 Right. 54 00:04:14,270 --> 00:04:16,820 And Lydia loves building things. 55 00:04:17,790 --> 00:04:20,340 Is there any opportunity for her to do that? 56 00:04:20,370 --> 00:04:25,080 Well, they have a competition to see who can make the highest tower. 57 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:28,110 You'd be amazed how high they can go. 58 00:04:28,140 --> 00:04:28,920 Right. 59 00:04:29,070 --> 00:04:32,910 But they're learning all the time, as well as having fun. 60 00:04:33,180 --> 00:04:39,480 For example, one thing they do is to design and build a car that's attached to a balloon. 61 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:45,030 And the force of the air in that actually powers the car and makes it move along. 62 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,430 They go really fast, too. 63 00:04:47,460 --> 00:04:51,090 Okay, well, all this sounds perfect. 64 00:04:54,500 --> 00:04:59,570 Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions. 65 00:04:59,570 --> 00:05:00,980 4 to 10. 66 00:05:01,900 --> 00:05:04,150 Now listen and answer questions. 67 00:05:04,150 --> 00:05:05,230 4 to 10. 68 00:05:08,820 --> 00:05:16,320 Now, Carly, that's my older daughter, has just had her seventh birthday, so presumably she'd be 69 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:17,520 in a different group. 70 00:05:17,550 --> 00:05:21,060 Yes, she'd be in the junior engineers. 71 00:05:21,210 --> 00:05:24,060 That's for children from 6 to 8. 72 00:05:24,210 --> 00:05:27,140 And do they do the same sorts of activities? 73 00:05:27,150 --> 00:05:30,600 Some are the same, but a bit more advanced. 74 00:05:30,690 --> 00:05:38,850 So they work out how to build model vehicles, things like cars and trucks, but also how to construct 75 00:05:38,850 --> 00:05:43,290 animals using the same sorts of material and technique. 76 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,700 And then they learn how they can program them and make them move. 77 00:05:47,730 --> 00:05:49,830 So they learn a bit of coding. 78 00:05:49,830 --> 00:05:50,700 They do. 79 00:05:50,910 --> 00:05:52,890 They pick it up really quickly. 80 00:05:53,230 --> 00:05:55,410 We're there to help if they need it. 81 00:05:55,410 --> 00:05:57,750 But they learn from one another, too. 82 00:05:57,780 --> 00:05:58,500 Right. 83 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,620 And do they have competitions, too? 84 00:06:01,650 --> 00:06:02,480 Yes. 85 00:06:02,490 --> 00:06:10,440 With the junior engineers, it's to use recycled materials like card and wood to build a bridge and 86 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,690 the longest one gets a prize. 87 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,000 That sounds fun. 88 00:06:14,010 --> 00:06:16,050 I wouldn't mind doing that myself. 89 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:23,100 Then they have something a bit different, which is to think up an idea for a five minute movie and 90 00:06:23,100 --> 00:06:27,240 then film it using special animation software. 91 00:06:27,270 --> 00:06:29,810 You'd be amazed what they come up with. 92 00:06:29,820 --> 00:06:35,370 And of course that's something they can put on their phone and take home to show all their friends. 93 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:36,630 Exactly. 94 00:06:36,870 --> 00:06:44,370 And then they also build a robot in the shape of a human, and they decorate it and program it so that 95 00:06:44,370 --> 00:06:46,260 it can move its arms and legs. 96 00:06:46,260 --> 00:06:47,220 Perfect. 97 00:06:47,610 --> 00:06:51,120 So is it the same price as the tiny engineers? 98 00:06:51,330 --> 00:06:55,290 It's just a bit more £50 for the five weeks. 99 00:06:55,290 --> 00:06:57,750 And are the classes on a monday, too? 100 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:04,560 There used to be, but we found it didn't give our staff an off time to clear up after the first workshop, 101 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,380 so we moved them to Wednesdays. 102 00:07:07,620 --> 00:07:11,530 The classes are held in the morning from 10 to 11. 103 00:07:11,550 --> 00:07:14,760 Okay, that's better for me, actually. 104 00:07:15,300 --> 00:07:16,830 And what about the location? 105 00:07:16,830 --> 00:07:19,320 Where exactly are the workshops held? 106 00:07:19,410 --> 00:07:23,640 They're in building ten a there's a big sign on the door. 107 00:07:23,670 --> 00:07:24,840 You can't miss it. 108 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,600 And that's in Fred Industrial Estate. 109 00:07:27,930 --> 00:07:29,940 Sorry, Sandstone. 110 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:30,960 That's 111 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:39,180 fradst0ne 112 00:07:39,450 --> 00:07:41,130 and that's in grass. 113 00:07:41,130 --> 00:07:42,050 Food, isn't it? 114 00:07:42,060 --> 00:07:42,800 Yes. 115 00:07:43,050 --> 00:07:44,390 Past the station. 116 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,040 And will I have any parking problems there? 117 00:07:47,070 --> 00:07:49,740 No, there's always plenty available. 118 00:07:49,950 --> 00:07:53,430 So would you like to enrol Lydia and Carly now? 119 00:07:53,460 --> 00:07:54,240 Okay. 120 00:07:54,570 --> 00:07:56,860 So can I have your full name and. 121 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:00,070 All right, let's see how you did. 122 00:08:06,660 --> 00:08:06,960 All right. 123 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,720 So I'm going to take this section by section. 124 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:17,250 So for questions one through three, the correct answers are a tower and car. 125 00:08:18,380 --> 00:08:20,960 Right Egg tower and car. 126 00:08:22,130 --> 00:08:29,660 So we can see for number one, they said, for example, they can work together to design a special 127 00:08:29,660 --> 00:08:32,030 cover that goes round and egg. 128 00:08:33,620 --> 00:08:34,400 Right around the. 129 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:37,940 And therefore number two. 130 00:08:38,990 --> 00:08:42,650 They use they use some paraphrasing here. 131 00:08:42,860 --> 00:08:50,300 Well, they have a competition to see who can make the highest, which is a paraphrasing of to build 132 00:08:50,300 --> 00:08:51,890 the tallest tower. 133 00:08:53,050 --> 00:08:54,820 And then for number three. 134 00:08:55,790 --> 00:08:57,290 Here we're dealing with. 135 00:08:57,620 --> 00:08:58,910 Build a car. 136 00:08:58,910 --> 00:09:00,140 Make a car. 137 00:09:00,380 --> 00:09:02,420 So to our car. 138 00:09:05,350 --> 00:09:10,330 Numbers four, five, six and seven. 139 00:09:11,310 --> 00:09:17,010 Number four is animals build, construct animals. 140 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:20,500 Number five is bridge. 141 00:09:21,010 --> 00:09:25,810 Number five is where we get into some where they're changing up the word order with number five. 142 00:09:26,460 --> 00:09:32,280 So for number five, you can see it says take part in a competition to build the longest bridge using 143 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,430 card and wood in the passage. 144 00:09:35,850 --> 00:09:38,820 It says yes with the junior engineers. 145 00:09:38,820 --> 00:09:42,360 It is to use recycled materials like card and wood. 146 00:09:42,690 --> 00:09:47,850 So card and wood in the passage is mentioned before the answer bridge. 147 00:09:48,060 --> 00:09:53,370 You can see in the question bridge comes before card in wood. 148 00:09:53,490 --> 00:10:00,180 So this is what I'm talking about in terms of your being prepared to hear language taken out of order 149 00:10:00,180 --> 00:10:01,110 from the question. 150 00:10:03,370 --> 00:10:05,110 For number six. 151 00:10:06,110 --> 00:10:07,250 A five minute. 152 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:12,230 A five minute is a paraphrasing of of short. 153 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:17,600 Right think of an idea is a paraphrasing of create. 154 00:10:18,050 --> 00:10:22,340 So there we're listening to paraphrasing and also context. 155 00:10:22,340 --> 00:10:23,660 I'm sorry, also context. 156 00:10:23,660 --> 00:10:26,570 5 minutes is context for short. 157 00:10:27,530 --> 00:10:35,540 So they're not just testing direct synonyms and paraphrase and they are also testing contextual understanding. 158 00:10:37,570 --> 00:10:43,330 And then for number seven we have the correct answer is going to be decorate. 159 00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:47,820 Then we move down to our last three. 160 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,550 Number eight is Wednesdays. 161 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,190 Number nine is Fred Stone. 162 00:10:53,670 --> 00:10:55,980 And number ten is parking. 163 00:10:57,020 --> 00:10:57,280 Okay. 164 00:10:57,290 --> 00:10:58,520 Number ten is parking. 165 00:10:58,970 --> 00:11:01,910 So we do we do also have. 166 00:11:03,170 --> 00:11:08,360 For Number ten, we have a changing of the word order because in the question you see the word plenty 167 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:09,620 before parking. 168 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,350 And in the past, did you see the answer parking? 169 00:11:12,350 --> 00:11:15,650 And then you see the language related to plenty. 170 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:18,170 So we have to watch out for that. 171 00:11:19,340 --> 00:11:19,930 Right. 172 00:11:20,090 --> 00:11:25,010 For number eight we see some paraphrasing move them to held on. 173 00:11:25,870 --> 00:11:32,700 So we see all of all of the things that I was talking about in terms of skills that they test. 174 00:11:32,710 --> 00:11:34,720 We can see them in action here. 175 00:11:36,190 --> 00:11:41,890 So before I move on to the second practice set, did anyone get them all correct? 176 00:11:41,890 --> 00:11:43,510 100% correct. 177 00:11:43,750 --> 00:11:44,590 Anyone? 178 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,500 If you got them all correct, you're doing great, right? 179 00:11:48,580 --> 00:11:50,170 If you didn't get them all correct. 180 00:11:50,560 --> 00:11:52,240 You still need to practice. 181 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:53,590 You still need to practice. 182 00:11:53,590 --> 00:11:54,850 You still need to work on it. 183 00:11:56,350 --> 00:12:06,460 Your goal for section one is to begin no more than one wrong four Section one four section to get no 184 00:12:06,460 --> 00:12:08,260 more than one or two wrong. 185 00:12:08,980 --> 00:12:12,640 And then four sections three or four get no more than two or three wrong. 186 00:12:12,970 --> 00:12:17,890 If you're doing that, you're going to end up with the score that's above like a 7.5 easily. 187 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:26,950 Now, one thing that I encourage you to do is try to simulate test conditions, simulate test pressure, 188 00:12:27,550 --> 00:12:34,660 because very often students do great in practice, but when they take the exam, test, pressure takes 189 00:12:34,660 --> 00:12:35,170 over. 190 00:12:36,220 --> 00:12:45,190 Very often, you know, exam pressure, test anxiety can cause a score to drop by one or two points. 191 00:12:46,260 --> 00:12:52,530 Because when you have test anxiety or test pressure, it blocks your ability to listen. 192 00:12:53,010 --> 00:12:55,200 It blocks your ability to focus. 193 00:12:55,380 --> 00:13:01,680 So I encourage all of you to work on that, work on managing your anxiety and your pressure.