In Part 4 you hear a lecture and answer multiple-choice questions. You hear it twice. Here’s how to grasp the main points.
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Key takeaways
Part 4 tests whether you can follow a longer, connected lecture on a factual or specialist topic – one person speaks without interruption. You answer seven tasks with three options each (a, b or c).
The tasks follow the order of the lecture. At C1 you must grasp main points, reasons, figures and conclusions, and the answer is paraphrased. You hear the lecture twice.
Wrong options often pick up a keyword but miss the point, or confuse figures and details. Watch the context. Every correct answer scores points; wrong answers are not penalized.
Before listening, read all seven tasks and mark key words.
Listen to the lecture and follow the tasks in order.
Watch for main points, reasons, figures and conclusions.
Choose the option that reflects the point precisely.
Check and complete your answers on the second listening.
A short example in the same format: you hear an extract and choose the right option.
„Die Beschäftigungsquote bei Frauen ist in den letzten zehn Jahren deutlich gestiegen, bei Männern blieb sie dagegen weitgehend konstant."
How has the employment rate developed?
Why? The lecture says the rate “bei Frauen deutlich gestiegen”, and stayed “weitgehend konstant” for men – that’s a. (b) and (c) reproduce it wrongly.
Du hörst (sinngemäß) einen Vortrag über Maßnahmen der EU: „Ein wichtiges Ziel der EU ist es, ihre Bürgerinnen und Bürger beruflich zu fördern – etwa durch Programme für Weiterbildung und Beschäftigung."
What, according to the lecture, is an important goal of the EU?
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A picked-up keyword doesn’t make the option right. Grasp the actual point.
Lectures often contain figures and statistics. Listen carefully for the right number.
Without knowing the tasks you listen aimlessly. Use the reading time.
No answer means a guaranteed zero. Guess an option if you have to.
Seven multiple-choice tasks (a/b/c) on a lecture.
Yes. Use the second listening to check and complete your answers.
Main points, reasons and exact figures – and structuring signals that show the structure.
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