Listen for the referent and read for the relationship
| English | 中文 | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|
| referent | 所指对象 | suǒ zhǐ duì xiàng |
| answer transfer | 答案转写 | dá àn zhuǎn xiě |
A decision before an answer
- Two pictures show a girl eating and a girl drinking. variant of 吃吃 and to shout喝 change the correct choice even though the person is the same.
- Your goal: Match a heard phrase to its pictured referent without seeing the script.
Read the relationship
- The new level-one sample has twenty listening items and twenty reading items. Its cover allocates about twelve minutes to listening, twenty to reading and three to answer transfer; the full sitting includes five minutes for personal information. Learn the task from the new sample rather than borrowing the legacy pacing.
- Distinguish number, person and location in short messages.
她喝水 matches which action?
喝 is drink; 水 is water.
Use the defining rule
- For picture choices, identify who is present, what the person does and any visible quantity. Listen to the entire phrase before selecting. A familiar noun alone is insufficient: daughter女儿喝水 and daughter女儿to have a meal吃饭 share a person but describe different actions. In classroom listening, the teacher keeps the script hidden and gives every learner the same delivery.
- Match a short written utterance to a fitting response.
Which reply fits 你在哪儿？
哪儿 asks location; 在学校 supplies it.
Check the conditions
- For short written information, preserve polarity and the question word. how many / a few几 asks a number, who谁 a person and where哪儿 a place. A reply Beijing, capital of the…北京 answers a place question; 三个person人 answers a quantity question. Read the whole utterance, including not不 and not / haven't没, before matching a picture or a reply.
- Match a short written utterance to a fitting response.
Teacher-read rehearsal, script hidden: “table桌子(bound form) up上to have / there is有两个cup杯子。” Learners choose between a table with two cups and a table with three books. Correct: two cups; to have / there is有 states existence, 两个 counts cups and table桌子(bound form) up上 locates them. A printed copy would test reading, not listening.
Complete the number question: 有____个学生？
几 asks how many.
Apply the task format
- On feedback, reveal the script and name the contrast that caused the error. Practise a new case after feedback, not the identical exposed item. Written multiple-choice checks below assess task understanding; the held-out teacher-read task is the evidence of listening performance. Record correct meaning separately from character recognition.
- Match a short written utterance to a fitting response.
A matching object does not rescue the wrong quantity. Do not claim a visible-script task proves listening ability.
Which answer fits this case?
Match a heard phrase to its pictured referent without seeing the script
A visible listening script gives evidence of listening alone.
Reading the script introduces a different source of information.
Keep the distinctions
- referent the objects indicated所指target对象 — The person or object an utterance points to.
- answer transfer answer答案to transliterate转写 — Copying selected responses to the required answer record.
- Match a heard phrase to its pictured referent without seeing the script.
- Distinguish number, person and location in short messages.
- Match a short written utterance to a fitting response.
Match each term with its precise meaning in this lesson.
Keep the distinctions stated in the teaching example.
Put this lesson’s reasoning or event sequence in order.
The order follows the stated process; check each stage before the next.