Assessment / Listening
From what was heard
to what was understood.
Listening assessment checks the learner’s answers against the prepared task. It assesses comprehension of the audio, not the learner’s pronunciation.
What is assessed
Listening for meaning
and detail.
Learners respond to questions about prepared audio. Standard listening supports varied task formats, including map labelling and gap-fill details. The shared Comprehension taxonomy supplies labels for receptive understanding.
IELTS listening has its own resource structure, transcript and question blueprint. It follows a separate authoring and delivery path from Standard listening.
The marking rule
Use the accepted answers.
| Path | Assessment structure |
|---|---|
| Standard Listening | The documented configuration uses a 50-point scale and prepared tasks with answer keys. |
| IELTS Listening | The domain specification describes strict matching against stored answer arrays in each listening resource. |
Listening does not use the writing rubric or speaking pronunciation bands. Models may help prepare content; matching a submitted response to an accepted answer is a separate operation.
docs/architecture/domain_listening_standard.mddocs/architecture/domain_listening_ielts.mdThe report’s scope
Keep the claim close
to the task.
The assessment result is tied to the submitted answers and the test’s marking key. The Standard documentation also confirms printable test and answer-key layouts, including support for map tasks.
The supplied domain documents do not establish a listening-specific narrative report with the writing report’s Precision Audit or personalised coaching sections. We do not promise those here.
Sample availability
An honest gap.
A public listening report sample is not available here yet.
The available report examples cover writing and speaking. They illustrate those assessments, and should not be treated as listening results.
Inspect the available speaking sample