This course strengthens the listening skills that students have developed in the previous listening courses and is aim at bring their comprehension skills to the next level, that is, a critical level of comprehension of various spoken English texts. This course, therefore, contains practice materials to develop the following skills: retaining relevant information (e.g. note-taking, outlining, and summarizing); inferring a speaker’s attitude and intensions; distinguishing between facts and opinions; evaluating information and opinions; and recognizing biases.