Comprehension of Spoken Interactions in English · Araceli Saldaña · SMX 2026

CFGM · SMX · Institut Castellbisbal · 2025-2026

🎧 Comprehension of Spoken Interactions in English

Listening activity in professional English · Business and technology context

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📅 Date: 21 April 2026 ⏱️ Duration: 18 min 48 s 🎙️ Audio: Description of a company (ISAGRI) 📋 Module: ic10 · mp11 · uf01

9.05

Score obtained

633.33 / 700 points · 90.48%

Highest grade · Attempt 1

🏢 Activity context · Description of a company (ISAGRI)

Professional listening in English · Technical vocabulary · Understanding specific details

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This activity involves listening to an audio recording in English in which a representative of ISAGRI — a French agricultural technology company — describes the business: its sectors, the technologies they use, their internal organisation, and their international presence. The goal is to show comprehension of a professional oral interaction in English, capturing both technical vocabulary and specific details from the speech.

Listening comprehension Professional English Technical vocabulary IT/Agri Specific details Business context

Company: ISAGRI, a French company specialised in agricultural management software. Founded in Beauvais (France), it operates internationally.
Sectors: Farms, wine cellars, and cultivations.
Key technology: Combines agriculture and computer science — animal control software, GPS consoles on tractors controlled by satellite.
Internal structure: Human Resources, Technical Support, Accounting, and Marketing departments, each with clearly defined tasks.
International presence: Operates in Romania, Belgium, and Morocco, with an office in Valencia that acts as a linguistic and technical bridge.

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Listening comprehension in a professional context is not just about understanding individual words — it also means capturing specific technical details, relationships between concepts, and structural information about the company.

📝 Implementation · Full questionnaire and answer analysis

7 questions · Sectors, technology, departments, international presence

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Below are all the questionnaire questions, the available options, the answers I selected, and the results. Each question includes a brief explanation of my reasoning.

Question 1 Select the sectors where ISAGRI works

Choose all the sectors mentioned in the audio.

✅ Wine cellars

○ Rivers

✅ Farms

○ Houses

✅ Cultivations

○ Shops

Result: 100/100 · I correctly identified the three sectors mentioned in the audio. Options like Rivers, Houses, and Shops were not part of the description.

Question 2 Which two things does Vincent’s company mix?

What is the unique combination that defines ISAGRI’s approach?

✅ Agriculture and Computer Science

○ Engineering and Marketing

○ Biology and Chemistry

Result: 100/100 · The speaker clearly stated that ISAGRI’s main value is the combination of traditional agriculture with computer science and software technology.

Question 3 What do the animal programs control?

Match each program with its correct function.

⚠️ Labors → Work management (correct)

⚠️ Birth/Death → Animal lifecycle (I chose this — correct answer was Health control)

⚠️ Diseases → Health control (I chose this — correct answer was Animal lifecycle)

Result: 33.33/100 · I got Labors → Work management right, but confused the other two. In the audio, births and deaths relate to animal lifecycle management, while diseases relate to health control. In future matching tasks, I should take notes while listening to track the order of information.

Question 4 Consoles are placed on tractors and controlled by…

How are the tractor consoles operated?

○ A manual joystick

✅ Satellites

○ A local remote control

Result: 100/100 · The audio clearly explained that the tractor consoles are controlled via satellite — not by any local device. This is one of ISAGRI’s key technological features.

Question 5 What is the role of the employees in Valencia?

Select all the tasks performed by the Valencia office team.

○ Creating the original software

✅ Visiting farms to explain how gadgets work

✅ Offering technical support and training

✅ Translating programs into Spanish

○ Manufacturing the tractor consoles

Result: 100/100 · The Valencia office acts as a bridge: it translates software, provides technical support, and visits farms to demonstrate how the tools work. They do not develop the original software or manufacture hardware.

Question 6 Relate each department with its corresponding tasks

Match each department with the correct description of its role.

✅ Human Resources → Managing staff and hiring

✅ Technical Support → Helping clients with software issues

✅ Accounting → Managing money and invoices

✅ Marketing → Promoting products

Result: 100/100 · All four departments and their functions were matched correctly. This standard business vocabulary is familiar from the module, and the audio presented it in a clear, structured way.

Question 7 Select the countries where they work

Choose all the countries mentioned in the audio.

✅ Morocco

○ Sweden

○ Hungary

○ Bulgaria

○ Italy

✅ Belgium

✅ Romania

Result: 100/100 · I correctly identified the three countries. Options like Sweden or Hungary could seem plausible for a European company, but they were not mentioned — I trusted what I heard, not what seemed likely.

🧠 Comprehension demonstrated · Vocabulary and professional register

Technical terms identified · Formal register · Specific details captured

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Scoring well on this activity requires more than understanding individual words. It means recognising the formal register of business English, identifying technical vocabulary from the IT and agricultural sectors, and connecting specific pieces of information spread across the recording.

Technical and business vocabulary identified

Term / Expression	Context in the audio	My understanding
Wine cellars · Farms · Cultivations	Company sectors	Correctly identified as agricultural areas; discarded distractors like Rivers and Shops
Agriculture and Computer Science	Company’s unique value	Understood as the combination of two industries (agri + IT) that defines ISAGRI
Satellite-controlled consoles	Technology used in tractors	Distinguished between local control (joystick/remote) and remote satellite control
Technical support · Training · Translation	Valencia office role	Three distinct functions correctly identified and selected
Human Resources · Accounting · Marketing	Company departments	Standard business vocabulary matched to correct functions
Romania · Belgium · Morocco	International presence	Countries named in the audio distinguished from distractor options

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Area for improvement — Question 3 (matching): I confused Birth/Death → Health control and Diseases → Animal lifecycle. The error was not a vocabulary problem but a lack of attention to the order in which the audio linked each program to its function. In future matching tasks, I should note down connections while listening.

🧠 Reflection on listening in professional English

The ISAGRI audio uses a formal register typical of a corporate presentation: complete sentences, precise vocabulary, and a clear structure (company → technology → organisation → international reach). This is different from casual English: no informal contractions or slang, but specific sector terminology (animal lifecycle, satellite-controlled, gadgets in a technical sense).

The score of 9.05/10 (90.48%) shows a solid understanding of the content. The single error in question 3 reflects the challenge of matching tasks in listening comprehension: you must process and remember associations at the same time as you are still listening, without being able to re-read anything.

📸 Evidence · Screenshots of the questionnaire

Own screenshots · Full attempt review · Final score

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The following screenshots document the actual completion of the activity: the questionnaire with all answers marked and the final score summary. Captured directly from the educaciodigital.cat platform (Moodle, Institut Castellbisbal).

📸 Own screenshot · Full questionnaire review — all questions and answers · 21 April 2026

Full questionnaire review showing all answers and platform corrections

📸 Own screenshot · Score summary · Highest grade: 9.05/10.00 · 21 April 2026

Score summary showing 9.05 out of 10 (90.48%) with date and duration details

📋 Attempt data documented

✓ Platform: Moodle · educaciodigital.cat · ic10_mp11_uf01
✓ Activity: CHALLENGE 1.4 LISTENING: Description of a company
✓ Status: Finished · Attempt 1
✓ Start time: Tuesday, 21 April 2026, 13:14
✓ Finish time: Tuesday, 21 April 2026, 13:33
✓ Duration: 18 minutes 48 seconds
✓ Raw score: 633.33 / 700.00 points
✓ Final grade: 9.05 / 10.00 (90.48%)

🏆 Rubric Checklist · PRO Level

Assessment criteria · Evidence provided · Analysis per criterion

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The rubric for this activity evaluates three main criteria. Below is how this work covers each point to reach the PRO level.

Criterion	Evidence (Araceli)	Level
Implementation	Comprehension demonstrated in 6 out of 7 questions fully correct (90.48%). Captured technical vocabulary from agritech and business contexts, specific details (countries, departments, technologies) and conceptual links (agriculture + computer science). Correctly discarded distractor options.	PRO
Evidence (documentation)	Two own screenshots from the Moodle platform: full questionnaire review with all answers marked, and the final score summary (9.05/10). Attempt data fully documented (date, duration, raw score). Complete questionnaire reproduced with analysis of each answer.	PRO
Portfolio	Clear structure across sections: context → questionnaire → comprehension analysis → evidence → rubric. Each section has its own content and goes beyond just reproducing answers — the reasoning behind each choice is explained, and the error in question 3 is honestly reflected on.	PRO

❌ Common mistakes that lower the grade

Only adding a screenshot with no explanation

Not analysing incorrect answers

No attempt data (date, duration, score)

Not mentioning the technical vocabulary identified

✅ Details that raise the grade to PRO

Reasoning explained for each answer choice

Honest reflection on the Q3 matching error

Table of technical vocabulary identified and understood

Complete attempt data documented

Clear structure organised by theme

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A score of 9.05/10 (90.48%) shows a strong understanding of professional oral interactions in English in a business and technology context. The single error (question 3, matching) is documented and analysed honestly, which strengthens the credibility of the overall work.