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CELPIP Practice Listening: Discussion ID: #61505 Easy A Prayer Room at a Markham Office
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  • You will watch a 2-minute video. Then 8 questions will appear.
  • Choose the best way to answer each question.
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Correct Answer: Setting up a multi-faith prayer and meditation room at their Markham office.

Why this is correct: The opening proposes a prayer and meditation room in the Markham office, and the speakers work through storage, booking, safety, furnishings and inclusive signage.

Tips: Identify the central proposal and follow how it is discussed.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Deciding whether to hire a chaplain for the workplace.: No chaplain recruitment is proposed.
  • Whether to convert an office into a fitness room.: No fitness-room conversion is proposed.
  • Planning a diversity and inclusion training session for employees.: The survey starts a room-setup discussion, rather than a training-session plan.

Correct Answer: The company's diversity and inclusion survey showed strong interest.

Why this is correct: The opening directly links the initiative to strong interest shown in the diversity and inclusion survey.

Tips: For what prompted a proposal, identify the reported event that leads to it.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • A new provincial law requires all workplaces to have prayer rooms.: No law requiring workplace prayer rooms is stated.
  • Several employees threatened to resign without a prayer space.: No threat to resign is mentioned.
  • A complaint was filed about religious discrimination.: No discrimination complaint is described.

Correct Answer: A neutral room with no permanent religious symbols, but with individual cupboards for personal items.

Why this is correct: The suggested design is a neutral room without permanent religious symbols, with personal cupboards for items such as prayer mats, books and small icons.

Tips: Decide what the question asks for and choose the option supported by the discussion.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Displaying symbols from all major religions equally.: Permanent displays of symbols from all major religions are not the proposed approach.
  • Separate sections within the room for each faith group.: No separate faith-specific sections are proposed.
  • Rotating religious symbols on a weekly schedule.: No weekly rotation of religious symbols is proposed.

Correct Answer: Posting a shared digital calendar outside the room for reserving time slots.

Why this is correct: A shared digital calendar outside the room is proposed so users can reserve short time slots and avoid scheduling conflicts.

Tips: Match the scheduling tool with what users would do with it.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Assigning specific days to different faith groups.: Specific days are not assigned to different faith groups.
  • Allowing only one person to use the room at a time.: No one-person-only use rule is proposed.
  • Keeping the room open at all times without any booking system.: The proposed calendar is a booking system, so access is not planned without bookings.

Correct Answer: Ventilation and fire code issues if someone lights incense or candles.

Why this is correct: The discussion raises ventilation and fire-code concerns if people light incense or candles. A possible extraction fan is mentioned as an added installation cost.

Tips: Follow the condition that triggers the practical concern.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • People might use the room for non-religious purposes.: Secular meditation is explicitly included among the room’s intended uses.
  • The room might be too small for group prayers.: No concern about the room being too small for group prayers is raised.
  • Noise levels may disturb nearby offices.: No concern about noise disturbing nearby offices is raised.

Correct Answer: Prohibiting open flames and providing battery-operated candles instead.

Why this is correct: The proposed response is to prohibit open flames and provide battery-operated candles instead.

Tips: Separate the possible cost raised in the concern from the alternative proposed to avoid it.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Allowing candles only during designated hours.: Allowing candles during designated hours is not the suggested response.
  • Requiring a fire extinguisher to be placed inside the room.: Providing a fire extinguisher is not proposed as the response.
  • Installing a special ventilation fan in the room.: An extraction fan is mentioned as a possible cost; the proposed response instead removes open flames.

Correct Answer: A compass rose sticker on the floor or wall.

Why this is correct: A compass rose sticker on the floor or wall is suggested for people who need directional orientation during prayer.

Tips: Check the object and its proposed location.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • A digital compass app on a shared tablet.: No shared-tablet compass app is proposed.
  • Arrows painted on the ceiling.: No ceiling arrows are proposed.
  • A sign indicating the direction of east.: The proposal is a compass rose, not a sign indicating east only.

Correct Answer: A sign clarifying that the room is open to all faiths and to secular meditation.

Why this is correct: The proposed sign would clarify that the room welcomes all faiths and secular meditation.

Tips: Decide what the question asks for and choose the option supported by the discussion.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • A sign restricting use to employees who registered in advance.: No requirement to register before using the room is proposed for the sign.
  • A sign listing the prayer times for all religions.: No list of all religions’ prayer times is proposed for the sign.
  • A sign asking users to keep visits under fifteen minutes.: No fifteen-minute limit is proposed for the sign.

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