ASL Specs XI

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Listening Class XI 4045minutes 20 items/20 marks 1,700 words


CBSE curriculum objectives: Understanding a range of genres and contexts of spoken English across the familiar & unfamiliar, concrete and abstract topicsin the academic,
personal and social domains
Topics: Media and networking, Health and fitness, Natural Resources, Business world, Ethics and values, The elderly, Urbanization, Adolescence, Inventors and inventions,
Sports and sportsmanship, Careers, Art and aesthetics
Grammar & language functions: as per classes IX & X but deeper understanding of different tense forms used or different kinds of narration in different genres
CBSE skills objectives
Task focus
CEFR B2
Domain: academic, vocational, personal,
social. Familiar & unfamiliar + abstract
Text type Test tasks Item specifications
topic, text length, item focus,
domain
To understand oral
presentations across a range of
topics
Can identify speaker viewpoints &
attitudes as well as information; Can
understand TV news, documentaries &
live interviews

Extracts of opinion on a single
topic
Short texts; monologues
Informal/semi-formal
Multiple matching
5 marks
5 items out of 7 multiple
matching
focus on opinions or purpose of
speaker
e.g. vox pop on news, tv/radio
discussion, etc (non taboo)
Text: 80 words x 5 = 400 words
To draw inferences

Can understand propositions & linguistic
complexity in concrete & abstract topics
Can identify mood, tone, etc.
Conversation on serious topic
Informal dialogue
Long text
Multiple choice
6 marks
6 items: Multiple choicethree
options
Focus on inferences, attitudes,
beliefs
CBSE Assessment of Speaking and Listening (ASL)
Specifcatons for Listening--Class XI
4

Text: 500 words
Domain: school topics (serious),
home, relationships, career
counsellor
To perceive the overall meaning
and organisation of a text
Can follow the essentials of lectures, talks
& reports which are propositionally &
linguistically complex
Lecture, presentation or talk
Formal
Long text; monologue
multi-choice: choose 4
out of 7 options
4 marks
7 items: statements4 true + 3
distractors
4 correct out of 7 multi-item
Focus on ordering /cohesion

Text: 300 words
Domain: on a school subject
area, world issues, culture&
values
Identify the main points &
supporting details
Can follow extended speech and complex
lines of argument
Debate or seminar
Formal/semi-formal
Long text; dialogue
Sentence completion
5 marks
5 gapped sentences focusing on
key points in text or supporting
detail
Text: 500 words
Domain: school/class debate or
seminar on subject: issues e.g.
environment , arts education vs
science, vegetarianism,
uniforms, mobile phones, etc.

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