Question

How is extensive listening different from intensive listening?

• A. It requires students to focus on every grammatical detail and new vocabulary item.
• B. It involves meticulous note-taking and critical analysis of the content.
• C. It is more casual and less focused
• D. It is primarily used for formal language assessment.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. It is more casual and less focused

• Intensive listening is detail-focused; extensive is relaxed.

• Extensive listening can still improve fluency, but indirectly.

• It doesn’t aim for exact comprehension.