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DELE A1 listening task 2: Messages and announcements

Comprensión auditiva, tarea 2

Match five short messages to five of eight pictures.

Part of the 25-minute listening test: 25 questions, 25 points, in group 2 with speaking. Every correct answer counts the same, and a wrong answer costs nothing.

En la estación de tren

Usted va a escuchar cinco mensajes en una estación de tren. Relacione los mensajes (1-5) con las imágenes (A-H). Hay tres imágenes que no debe seleccionar.

  1. AUna cafetería con bocadillos y café
  2. BUn viajero que compra un billete en una máquina
  3. CUna maleta negra en un andén
  4. DUn tren en el andén cuatro
  5. EUn cartel de prohibido fumar
  6. FUna taquilla de billetes con una empleada
  7. GLa puerta de los servicios
  8. HUn reloj grande en la estación
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What DELE A1 listening task 2 tests

The official guide describes very short messages and notices from public places, given in person or over a loudspeaker. It tests whether you can catch the general idea of such messages when they are spoken slowly and clearly. Each message is played twice, and there are more pictures than messages, so some pictures are never used.

The lesson on listening task 2 gives the full method and a worked pair of messages.

Common traps

  1. A landmark is not the subject. In Las toallas están al lado de la ducha, the towels are the point of the message, and a picture of the shower is the trap.
  2. After no funciona or está cerrado, keep listening. In La puerta uno está cerrada. Entren por la puerta tres, the message sends people to door three.
  3. The pictures in one set can all come from the same place, such as a beach or a hospital, so the setting alone never decides between them.

Worked example

Transcript of the recording

Megafonía: Atención, por favor: hoy la playa de San Juan está cerrada por el viento. Está prohibido bañarse. Gracias.

Elija la imagen que corresponde al mensaje.

  1. a) Una playa cerrada con una bandera roja
  2. b) Unas personas que nadan en el mar
  3. c) Un árbol que se mueve con el viento
Answer and explanation

Answer: a) Una playa cerrada con una bandera roja

In the exam the options are pictures. The announcement forbids swimming (Está prohibido bañarse), so b shows exactly what nobody may do today. The wind is only the reason for the closure (por el viento), so c does not show the subject. The message is about a closed beach, which is a.

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