1. Paper type: GCSE Italian Listening Higher Tier (Paper 1), 2021, with Section A in Italian and Section B in English; total 50 marks over diverse real-life and opinion-based topics
2. Section A topics: homelessness support campaign, opinions on studying abroad, language and culture exposure, personal development, challenges with social ties, and open-mindedness through international friendships
3. Section B themes: lost property on trains, family business involvement, local food purchasing habits, environmental sustainability (plastic reduction), school event reflections, and technology’s impact on sleep
4. Additional subjects: interview with singer Zucchero about music, identity, title choice, and album values; guidance for school leavers choosing between liceo, professional schools, and apprenticeships
5. Skills tested: listening for gist and detail, inferring tone and attitude, understanding cultural and social nuance, selecting accurate information, responding to multiple-choice, matching, short-answer and completion tasks
6. Task types: vocabulary box fills, character-opinion matching, sentence completion, inference questions, multi-option selection, and long-answer comprehension in English, based on spoken Italian