Ordinary level 2026 South West regional mock English language listening comprehension

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SUBJECT Title	ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper No. / Title	Paper 1 – Listening Comprehension Test
Subject Code No.	0530

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1

Instructions for the conduct of Section A

(Listening Comprehension Test – 5 marks)

 

These instructions are for the use of the teacher only and must not be shown to the candidates.

 

The question paper for the Listening Comprehension test should be distributed to the candidates. Candidates should be instructed to enter the details required on the front cover but NOT to open the question paper until they are told to do so after the first reading of the Listening Comprehension passage (see below).

 

The complete test should take 25 minutes. The timing commences at the beginning of the first reading of the passage. The short time allowed to candidates for reading the questions should be two minutes.

 

If the teacher considers it desirable to give an extra reading of any group of words because of some noise outside or for any other good cause, this can be done. If this is found necessary, the cause must be reported to the Regional Delegation of Secondary Education on the special report form.

 

The procedure for giving the Listening Comprehension test is explained in the following announcement which the teachers should read to the candidates immediately before the test:

 

I shall read a passage to you once. You are not allowed to write anything during this first reading. Do not look at your question paper. (First reading).

 

The timing of the test (25 minutes) commences at this point. The teacher should read the passage through at normal reading speed, avoiding any distortion of features of spoken language. The teacher then announces:

 

Now open your question paper. I shall give you two minutes to look at the questions on the paper. They are grouped into three sections. Do not write anything.

 

The teacher allows an interval of two minutes and then announces:

 

I shall now read the passage through again but this time in three stages. When I have finished reading the first section you will be given two minutes in which to provide answers to the first section of the questions. Your answers must be given as instructed in the booklet. This procedure will then be repeated for the other sections. You will be allowed two minutes at the end of the test for final revision. You may still look at the questions and you may make notes on your blank sheet of paper, if you wish, as I read.

 

First Section

The teacher should read the sections aloud pausing for about 4 seconds at each slant line. A two-minute interval should be respected after each section. Two minutes after reading the third section the teacher should make the following announcement.

 

You now have the remainder of the 25 minutes for final revision.