- Do you need English in your studies? Then you need Progressive Skills: Listening and Speaking Level 4.Listening skills include:- note-taking, using scientific numbering;- using lecture handouts effectively;- understanding a speaker’s arguments;- understanding concessions;- recognizing start/end of digressions;Speaking skills include:- clarifying issues in a discussion;- raising / dealing with an objection;- expressing and dealing with uncertainty;- summarizing;- referring to research.