The Labyrinth → Listening comprehension → Vocational school

What this corridor works on → Listening comprehension: understanding the main points, then the details of a short document about everyday life or work (levels A2 to B1+). See the official requirements

My pace → You can stop whenever you want: your answers are saved on this device.

CO1

A work voicemail

Podcast

Audio podcast (British English)Voicemail → Message from your placement

Speed Listens: 0

In the exam, you hear the document three times. Here, you can listen as many times as you want.

Read the script (after listening, to check)

Laura : Hi Sam, it’s Laura from Greenleaf Garden Centre. I’m calling about your work placement. We’d like you to start on Monday the twelfth, not the fifth, because the new greenhouse won’t be ready until then. Please come to the main entrance at quarter to nine and ask for me at reception. Wear sturdy boots; we’ll provide the gloves. Oh, and if you can’t make it, just send me a text on this number. Thanks, bye!

Fictional script written for this exercise, recorded as an audio podcast.

Situation 1 of 3

CO2

A podcast report

Podcast

Audio podcast (American English)The Daily Brief → Phones at the counter

Speed Listens: 0

Read the script (after listening, to check)

Host : Some cafés are now offering discounts to customers who leave their phones at the counter. Our reporter Mia spent a morning in one of them.

Mia : The rules are simple: you hand in your phone, you get ten percent off. The owner told me sales haven’t dropped at all. Customers stay longer, and they actually talk to each other. But not everyone’s convinced. One student said it felt a bit like detention. Still, most people I met said they’d come back.

Fictional script written for this exercise, recorded as an audio podcast.

How does the offer work?

You pay with your phone. You charge your phone for free. You leave your phone at the counter to get 10% off.

What does the student think?

He loves the idea. He thinks it feels like a punishment. He works in this café.

What is the reporter’s conclusion?

Most of the customers she met would come back. The café is going to close. Sales have gone down.

Situation 2 of 3

CO3

A conversation at a hotel reception

Podcast

Audio podcast (British English)Hotel reception → A room with a view

Speed Listens: 0

Read the script (after listening, to check)

Receptionist : Good evening, how can I help?

Guest : Hi. I booked a double room with a sea view, but the room you gave me looks onto the car park.

Receptionist : I’m terribly sorry about that. Let me check… I’m afraid we’re fully booked tonight, but I can move you tomorrow morning, and breakfast will be on us.

Guest : Well, I suppose that’s fair. As long as it’s before ten. I’ve got a meeting at eleven.

Fictional script written for this exercise, recorded as an audio podcast.

What is the guest complaining about?

Her room is dirty. Breakfast is too expensive. Her room looks onto the car park, not the sea.

What does the receptionist offer?

To change rooms immediately. To refund the night. To change rooms tomorrow morning and offer a free breakfast.

How does the guest react?

She accepts, as long as it is before 10 am. She refuses and leaves. She asks to see the manager.

Situation 3 of 3

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