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Nuance navigator

Read the messages instead

The message numbers match the Listen cards.

  1. Message 1: Most respondents supported the change, but the report does not say that every class was represented. Keep that limitation in your summary.
  2. Message 2: The new route may reduce congestion. We need observations from the trial before saying that it will definitely do so.
  3. Message 3: You should challenge the conclusion if its evidence is weak, but first state the conclusion accurately and explain which evidence is missing.
  4. Message 4: The witness described a loud noise followed by a light going out. That sequence alone does not prove that the noise caused the power failure.
  5. Message 5: Please keep the final recommendation brief, except where a condition is essential to understanding when the recommendation would apply.
  6. Message 6: I am not arguing against a quiet garden. I am asking whether this particular location allows enough access for everyone.

Keep qualifications, uncertainty and scope when summarising speech.

For parents and teachers

Playing Nuance navigator

Tap a Listen card and attend to the whole message. Match it to the response that follows the important details. Listen again freely, or open Read the messages instead. Find six pairs, with no timer.

What this game practises

Year 6 listening practice preserves scope, uncertainty and essential conditions when summarising another person. Nuance navigator contrasts most with every, may with definitely and an observed sequence with an established cause. These words can change a claim substantially. The six saved messages provide time to listen again and select a response that represents what the speaker actually said before evaluating the idea. In the noise-and-power message, one event follows another, but the speaker explicitly avoids claiming that the first caused the second. A summary that reports a proven cause would change the meaning. Ask which words limit the claim and how that limitation should appear in a shorter response. Practise the same care when reporting a partner’s view in a discussion.

Speech uses static AI-generated British-English marin recordings, created for this game. Audio plays only when requested. No live AI service or microphone is used during play.

Progress and trying again

The normal game controls let children finish, save stars on this device and play again. A previous best result is kept when a later attempt scores less. Matching games count incorrect pairs; ordering games score the first check of each round; sorting games give another chance after a mistake. Take time to talk about a choice rather than racing.

Return to the learning collection for curriculum guidance, examples and activities to try away from the screen.