Canadian Academy of English
AdvancedGrades 11–12

Listening Skills, Advanced

Listening Skills: Advanced prepares students for the listening demands of university, professional environments, and lifelong learning. Students engage with lectures, expert presentations, panel discussions, documentaries, podcasts, and academic media while developing advanced comprehension, evaluation, note-taking, and synthesis skills. Through structured listening experiences and teacher feedback, students learn to critically evaluate spoken information, assess credibility, compare perspectives, and communicate informed conclusions based on evidence.

What you’ll learn

  • Comprehend complex academic and professional spoken English.
  • Apply advanced note-taking strategies during extended listening tasks.
  • Evaluate the credibility and reliability of spoken information.
  • Analyze arguments, evidence, and reasoning presented orally.
  • Identify speaker purpose, audience, perspective, and rhetorical techniques.
  • Synthesize information from multiple spoken sources.
  • Develop evidence-based conclusions from spoken content.
  • Demonstrate readiness for university-level and professional listening demands.

How it Works

Self-paced learning, with real feedback

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Enrol & get placed

Book the course and we confirm the right level for your child.

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Learn at your own pace

Interactive lessons and activities, available anytime on any device.

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Complete authentic tasks

Assessments that show genuine understanding, not memorization.

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Get educator feedback

A real Canadian educator reviews every major assessment personally.

Course outline

Unit 01
Academic and Professional Listening
Unit 02
Advanced Note-Taking Strategies
Unit 03
Evaluating Credibility and Reliability
Unit 04
Analyzing Arguments and Reasoning
Unit 05
Purpose, Perspective, and Rhetorical Techniques
Unit 06
Synthesizing Information from Multiple Sources
Unit 07
Critical Listening and Interpretation
Unit 08
University Readiness Listening Project

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