1. GCSE Japanese Listening Paper (Foundation Tier, 2022); total 50 marks; includes 14 questions covering daily life, school, travel, ambitions, environment, and technology

2. Question themes: favourite school subjects, trip to Japan, future job aspirations, homelessness fundraising, flower arranging class schedule and cost, school preferences, home routines, career planning, food waste habits, and hometown features

3. Additional listening topics: Ken′s future studies (e.g. learning Chinese, volunteering), school trip to England (e.g. Bath, hot springs), mobile phone usage for travel and study, skiing holiday equipment and experiences

4. Skills assessed: detail recognition, inference, sequence tracking, vocabulary comprehension, sentence gap-fill, and contextual understanding through multiple-choice and short English responses

5. Common task types: box ticking, sentence completion, matching responses to themes (e.g. sponsored silence, soup lunch, drama club, shopping lists, museum topics, family dining habits)

6. Cultural and lifestyle references: Japanese food traditions, school customs, environmental responsibility, club activities, town festivals, student career dreams, language learning, and recycling actions