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PEI EMA Grade 6 study materials
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PEI EMA Grade 6: Speaking and Listening - Grade 6 Literacy

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Speaking and Listening - Grade 6 Literacy

Speaking and Listening tests how well you understand spoken texts and how clearly you contribute to discussions and presentations. It covers main ideas, details, instructions, speaker purpose and tone, questioning, discussion behaviour, and oral delivery.

Core rules

  • Set a purpose before listening: to be informed, follow instructions, evaluate, or respond.
  • Listen for signposts such as first, however, most importantly, and finally. Note the main idea and two or three supporting details.
  • Follow multi-step instructions by numbering them mentally and checking their order. Ask a clarifying question if a step is missing.
  • Paraphrase in your own words to show understanding; copying the speaker’s exact sentence is not paraphrasing.
  • In discussion, take turns, build on others’ ideas, and support opinions with reasons or evidence. Disagree with the idea, not the person.
  • In presentations, organize with an opening, main points, and closing. Adjust volume, pace, and expression, and use notes rather than reading word for word.
  • Notice nonverbal cues-facial expression, gestures, pauses-as clues to tone and emphasis.

Worked example

Announcement: “The book fair opens Tuesday at 9:10 in the gym. Volunteers meet Ms. Chen in the library at lunch on Monday and bring a signed permission form.” Question 1: What is the announcement mainly about? Answer: book fair details and volunteer instructions. Question 2: When and where do volunteers meet? Answer: Monday at lunch, in the library. Reasoning: “Opens Tuesday at 9:10 in the gym” gives the event detail. “Volunteers meet … Monday … library” gives a separate instruction. “Bring a signed permission form” is a required action, not a location. Sorting details by who, what, when, and where prevents mixing them up.

Traps that cost marks

  • Hearing a familiar word and choosing an answer without checking the whole message.
  • Mixing up similar details such as Monday versus Tuesday or library versus gym.
  • Interrupting instead of waiting for the speaker to finish.
  • Calling a copied sentence a paraphrase.
  • Reading a presentation word for word or speaking too quickly.
  • Ignoring tone cues and treating a warning as a joke.