MUET MOMENTS

By DR KOH SOO LING

LESSON 2

Listening Skills I

For the Listening Component, candidates are assessed on their ability to understand various types of oral texts. Students will be tested on the following aspects:
1. Knowledge/comprehension
2. Application
3. Analysis
4. Synthesis
5. Evaluation

Sample Questions for Listening Test (Part 1)

Voice 1: Listen to the interview.

Commentator: Front of the Class is a movie about a teacher with Tourette’s Syndrome.
Encik Zamri, what exactly is this disease?

Zamri: Tourette’s Syndrome is a neurological disorder characterised by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalisations called tics. The disorder is named for Dr Georges Gilles de la Tourette, the pioneering French neurologist who in 1885 first described the condition in an 86-year-old French noblewoman.

Commentator: What are the symptoms?

Zamri: The early symptoms of Tourette’s Syndrome are typically noticed first in childhood, with the average onset between the ages of 3 and 9. Most people with the condition experience their worst tic symptoms in their early teens, with improvement occurring in the late teens and continuing into adulthood.

Commentator: Can you explain what tic symptoms are?

Zamri: Tics are classified as either simple or complex. Simple motor tics are sudden, brief movements that involve a limited number of muscle groups. Some of the more common tics include eye blinking and other eye movements, facial grimacing, shoulder shrugging, and head or shoulder jerking. Simple vocalisations might include repetitive throat-clearing, sniffing, or grunting sounds. Complex tics are distinct, coordinated patterns of movements involving several muscle groups. Complex motor tics might include facial grimacing combined with a head twist and a shoulder shrug. Other complex motor tics may actually appear purposeful, including sniffing or touching objects, hopping, jumping, bending or twisting.

For Question 1, write you answer in NOT MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
1. Tourette’s syndrome is a neurological disorder characterised by _______________________ movements and vocalisations called tics.

For Questions 2, 3 and 4, write your answer in NOT MORE THAN FIVE WORDS.

Early Symptoms
The early symptoms of Tourette’s Syndrome are typically noticed first in childhood, with the average onset 2. ____________________.

Tic Symptoms
Most people with the condition 3. ____________________ in their early teens.

This gradually 4. __________________ and continues into adulthood.

For Questions 5 and 6, write your answer in NOT MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
Simple motor tics are 5. _____________________ that involve a limited number of muscle groups. Some of the 6. _________________ include eye blinking and other eye movements, facial grimacing, shoulder shrugging, and head or shoulder jerking.

For Questions 7 and 8, circle the correct answer.
7. Which of the following is correct? Simple vocalisations might include repetitive _____________ sounds.
A. throat-clearing
B. sneezing
C. groaning

8. Complex motor tics might include ________________facial expressions combined with a head twist and a shoulder shrug.
A. distorted
B. regular
C. pleasant

NEXT WEEK: Listening Skills II

ANSWERS:
1. repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary
2. between three and nine years
3. experience their worst tic symptoms
4. improves in the late teens
5. sudden, brief movements
6. more common tics
7. B
8. A

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