| | Test Forms |
Model Standards Listening Skill | 51 | 52 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 |
| Beginning Literacy |
| Demonstrate understanding of simple words, phrases, and questions drawn from familiar material such as personal information or the immediate physical setting | x | x | | | | |
| Demonstrate understanding of high-frequency commands and expressions of courtesy | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Beginning – Low |
| Demonstrate comprehension of simple words in context of common, everyday situations | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Demonstrate comprehension of basic commands through physical action | | | | | | |
| Demonstrate understanding of simple face-to-face conversations using previously learned material | | | | | | |
| Demonstrate strategies to check for understanding – clarifying by attempting to reproduce what has been heard, for example | | | | | | |
| Respond appropriately to short emergency warnings | | | | | | |
| Beginning – High |
| Demonstrate understanding of simple words and phrases drawn from learned topics | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Identify the main topic of conversation in familiar material | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Demonstrate understanding of non-face-to-face speech in familiar contexts, such as simple phone conversations and routine announcements | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Recognize words that signal differences between present, past, and future events | | | x | x | x | x |
| Respond appropriately to short emergency warnings | | | | | | |
| Intermediate – Low |
| Demonstrate understanding of simple questions and answers, statements, and face-to-face conversations in standard dialect containing some unfamiliar vocabulary | | | x | x | x | x |
Recognize basic constructions, such as subject-verb agreement
("He work" vs. "He works") | | | x | x | x | x |
| Demonstrate understanding of telephone conversations on familiar material in familiar contexts | | | x | x | x | x |
| Intermediate – High |
| Identify main ideas and most supporting detail in factual material relating to everyday topics | | | | | x | x |
| Detect the mood of a message, determining to a limited degree such components as the attitudes and feelings of the speakers or the urgency of the message | | | | | | |
| Demonstrate understanding of stories and other passages when vocabulary and structures are in familiar contexts | | | | | x | x |
| Demonstrate understanding of everyday conversation with some repetition or slower speech | | | x | x | x | x |
| Advanced – Low |
| Demonstrate understanding of the majority of face-to-face speech in standard dialect and at a normal rate; some repetition will be required | | | | | | |
| Demonstrate understanding of abstract topics in familiar contexts | | | | | | |
| Demonstrate understanding of most of the language used in movies or broadcasts of a non-technical or very general nature | | | | | | |
| Demonstrate understanding of new vocabulary in context through guessing strategies | | | x | x | x | x |
| Advanced – High |
| Demonstrate understanding of conversation in encounters with native speakers without much repetition or rewording | | | | | x | x |
| Demonstrate understanding of descriptions and narrations of factual and technical material | | | | | | |