Progression Test Stage 8 English as a Second Language 2025 Paper 2

1. Listening for visual recognition: identifying objects, locations, clothing, activities, transportation through short dialogues and matching to images (A/B/C options)
2. Contextual understanding: multiple-choice answers to short dialogues about cafés, plans, music lessons, surprises, and friendship issues
3. Information extraction: completing a form about a poetry competition (theme, line limit, prize, deadline, website) from a radio announcement
4. Interview comprehension: Olivia building electric guitars (reason for starting, first issue, first sale reaction, reason for popularity, future goals), selecting correct answers
5. Speaker viewpoint identification: teenagers discussing birthdays, selecting unique statements (e.g. celebrating in the afternoon, preparing food, enjoying variety, school presence)
6. Listening skills focus: CEFR A2–B1, interpretation of tone and intention, matching spoken details to written responses, filling in forms, choosing accurate summaries from multi-speaker input