‫Here is another lesson with an example, eyeholes question and audio again with a focus on the strategies
‫used to answer the questions.
‫Before we take a look at our question in this lesson, here is a quick strategy tip for you.
‫Whilst listening to the Eilts audio playback, you can make as many notes as you like on your ALT'S
‫listening question sheet.
‫It may be that you're unable to answer all questions, but your notes may help you find the correct
‫answer.
‫Now, not all students find taking note a useful strategy as people can often lose focus on the audio.
‫But it's definitely something that you could try to help you answer questions in the listening test.
‫Let's move on to our question in this lesson.
‫So, as before, it's very important that we look over the information and questions given to us before
‫the audio is played.
‫So let's take a look at our question.
‫Questions one to four right now, more than three words or numbers.
‫So in this question, example and answer of one, two or three words is fine, but four are more and
‫will score zero marks.
‫So let's take a look through the questions and highlight some key words.
‫Anthony Burgess is one of the most influential writers of the century.
‫Now, by reading this, I can see that there is going to be a century given in the audio extract.
‫I'm going to circle century question number two.
‫He was born in on the 25th of February, 1917.
‫Now, for this, I could circle the date or simply I could circle born because I know that there is
‫going to be the name of a place coming up in the audio.
‫So I'll just circle born and ah, listen carefully for the name of a city or a town.
‫Question three, his childhood, an earlier years, were described as losing most of his close family
‫here.
‫I'll circle earlier years, which will help me focus on information given about Anthony Burgess's childhood.
‫Number four, Anthony's most famous book was published in 1962.
‫Now I'm assuming that the missing words here are the name of his famous book.
‫So I'm going to circle famous book and listen very carefully for the name of this book.
‫So through reading these questions, I'm assuming that the audio is going to be a short description
‫of this person's life, a famous writer called Anthony Burgess.
‫Let's hear the audio now and see if you can answer these questions to.
‫Anthony Burgess is considered one of the greatest British writers of the 20th century.
‫He was born in the English city of Manchester on February the 25th, 1917, to Catholic parents.
‫Anthony described his family as a reasonably affluent and his parents were shopkeepers.
‫As a youngster, he was often alone.
‫And sadly, both his parents and sister died at a young age.
‫He rose to prominence as a sergeant during World War Two, which many believe influenced his later writing.
‫His most famous novel, A Clockwork Orange, depicting a dystopian future of aggressive youths, was
‫published in 1962 to much acclaim.
‫So let's take a look at our answers for this audio segment.
‫No one is 20th century number two is Manchester, number three is alone, and number four is A Clockwork
‫Orange.
‫Here is the audio script with highlighted location of the answers given.
‫If you would like to have a read through the script, then, of course, please do pause the video and
‫you can also go back through the audio reading earlier in this lesson.
‫The most important thing to remember is to read the information and questions given to you before the
‫audio is played.
‫By doing so, you'll be a lot more prepared to answer the questions given.