Listening practice - Higher tier
Listen to Jordi talking about school life.
Question
Complete the gaps with a suitable answer in Spanish.
Jordi dice que ______________ es un problema creciente. Otro problema que menciona es ______________ . Dice que los estudiantes tienen demasiados ______________ .
Jordi dice que el acoso (escolar) es un problema creciente. Otro problema que menciona es el estrés. Dice que los estudiantes tienen demasiados exámenes. (Jordi says that (school) bullying is a growing problem. Another problem he mentions is stress. He says that students have too many exams.)
Transcript:
El acoso escolar es un problema creciente en muchos lugares. Otra dificultad que encontraremos cada vez más es el estrés. Tenemos demasiados exámenes y hay mucha presión.
Translation:
School bullying is a growing problem in many places. Another difficulty which we'll find more and more is stress. We have too many exams and there is a lot of pressure.
Now listen to Jordi again.
Question
- What other type of problem does he mention?
- What happened in his class yesterday?
- He talks about intimidación psicológica - psychological bullying.
- A student in his class sent threatening messages to a classmate.
Transcript:
El acoso no sólo se trata de ataques físicos, cuando un alumno golpea a otro. Hay también muchos casos de intimidación psicológica. Ayer, por ejemplo, en mi clase, un estudiante mandó mensajes desde su móvil amenazando a un compañero.
Translation:
Bullying is not only a question of physical attacks, when one pupil hits another. There have also been a lot of cases of psychological bullying. Yesterday, for example, a student in my class sent messages on his mobile threatening a classmate.
