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A2 Level A2 · TCF Canada Listening: A1 to C2

A2 · Messages, announcements and changes of plan

Understand voicemails and announcements, and catch what has changed: a new time, a new place, a cancellation.

14 min · 10 activities

In this lesson you will

  • Understand voicemails and public announcements
  • Spot change markers: au lieu de, finalement, plutôt
  • Understand simple requests and instructions
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Lesson summary

The key points to remember, for revision.

  • 1A2 messages often contain an old and a new piece of information: the question asks for the new one.
  • 2Change markers: au lieu de, finalement, ne… plus, plutôt, est reporté / annulé.
  • 3A voicemail: who → why → what to do → how to call back.
  • 4Catch the verb of the request: rappeler, apporter, confirmer, passer.

Key vocabulary

reporterto postpone
annulerto cancel
la fiche de paiepayslip
être en panneto have broken down
exceptionnellementas an exception