CELPIP Listening Part 6: Listening to Viewpoints, format and tips

The part at a glance

What you hear and see

One speaker sets out an issue and the views on it: who supports what, and why.

After the recording, all 6 questions appear on one screen as sentences to complete, each with a drop-down menu of answers. One 5-minute timer covers the screen, so you can answer in any order and change an answer before time runs out.

Question types

• Views: which person or group holds which position. These are at least half the questions.
• Details and reasons behind each view.

Practise Part 6

A practice set for this part, with its own recordings, is coming soon. Until then, the free Listening & Reading mock has the full Listening section, with every recording played once.

Tips for Part 6

• Name the issue in a few words as soon as you hear it.
• Keep the views apart: note who holds each one and their main reason.
• Note the reason each view rests on: questions often ask about it.
• Answer the questions you are sure of first, then come back to the rest within the timer.
• Expect answers that give a view to the wrong person or group, and check whose view it was.

Common mistakes

• Taking a view the speaker reports for the speaker's own.
• Mixing up which group holds which position.
• Choosing a detail that belongs to a different view.

Questions

What is CELPIP Listening Part 6 about?

One speaker presents different views on an issue, then 6 questions share one screen, with 5 minutes for all of them.

How long do you have to answer in CELPIP Listening Part 6?

5 minutes for all 6 questions, which share one screen.

For all six parts and how they are timed, see the CELPIP Listening page.

See every part and task in the CELPIP test format, or how to practise for CELPIP.