# Luisteren: the listening exam, step by step

URL: https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/luisteren
Publisher: Inburgeringklaar

> Six lessons that teach you to listen like an exam candidate: know what is coming, predict the answer, and catch the small words that change everything. You practise numbers and times, conversations, announcements and, for B1, opinions and attitudes. All Dutch examples are new and written for practice.

1. [How the Luisteren exam works (A2 and B1)](https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/luisteren/how-the-luisteren-exam-works) (A2 and B1, 7 min): Understand the format, the timing and the 'played once' rule, and use your reading time well.
2. [Predict before you listen](https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/luisteren/predict-before-you-listen) (A2 and B1, 8 min): Turn the question and options into a clear listening target before the fragment starts.
3. [Numbers, times, dates and prices in spoken Dutch](https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/luisteren/numbers-times-dates-prices) (A2 and B1, 11 min): Hear Dutch clock times, numbers, dates, prices and spelled names correctly the first time.
4. [Signal words that change the answer](https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/luisteren/signal-words-that-change-the-answer) (A2 and B1, 9 min): Catch the small words that tell you a speaker is changing direction, giving a reason or reaching a decision.
5. [Announcements, voicemails and instructions](https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/luisteren/announcements-voicemails-instructions) (A2 and B1, 9 min): Understand one-speaker messages at the station, the gemeente and the GP, and pick out what you have to do.
6. [B1: opinions, attitude and what happens next](https://www.inburgeringklaar.nl/learn/luisteren/b1-opinions-attitude-what-next) (B1, 11 min): Understand what speakers think and feel, whether they agree, and what they will do next.