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The Speaking and Listening part has the following parts:
Independent listening tasks (10 minutes)
In this part of the exam there are two tasks.
Task 1 (4 minutes 30 seconds)
You listen to a recording (1 minute) twice and take some notes. You don’t have to take notes if you don’t want to. The examiner asks you six questions about facts in the recording.
Task 2 (5 minutes 30 seconds)
You listen to a recording (1 minute 15 seconds) twice. After the first time you tell the examiner what the talk is about in a few words. You listen again and this time take some notes if you want to. Then you tell the examiner six facts you heard in the recording. After this, the examiner asks you four questions about the recording.
A few tips for the Listening part:
Do
Practise listening to recorded English — you are tested on listening to recordings, so watch films and television in English, listen to English podcasts or news programmes, watch English videos on the internet and practise in class.
Practise taking notes while you listen — try to only write the most important information like dates, names, places and facts.
Don’t
Don’t try to write down everything you hear — you don’t need 100% of the information.
Below you can see an example of a real Speaking and Listening B1 exam.
You can go to the official Trinity site for listening exercises and you can also practice your listening skills at this British Council website.
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