In a combined listening-and-reading question, understanding the recording is only part of the task. You also need to connect it to the correct row, figure or condition in the material on screen.

The official BJT sample section includes questions that combine spoken information with documents and visual material. See the organizer's listening-and-reading samples. The routine below is a practice method, not an official instruction about examination timing.

Give the material a quick identity

Before solving a practice question, identify four things:

  • What is this: a schedule, quotation, chart or notice?
  • What do the headings describe?
  • Which units are being used?
  • Does the information show a plan, an actual result or a revised version?

Avoid translating every word before understanding the document's purpose. Knowing that a column contains a delivery date is more immediately useful than translating its heading elegantly.

Listen for what changes

A recording may refer to a figure already visible and then qualify it. Pay attention to corrections, exclusions and conditions. During review, separate the printed information from the additional information supplied by the speaker.

Here is an original example, not an official question:

A schedule shows “Delivery: Friday”. A colleague says:

「金曜日は出荷日です。到着は翌週の月曜日になります。」

The important distinction is between dispatch and arrival. Simply matching the word “Friday” to the printed date would not resolve the meaning. In your notes, write two labelled facts: dispatch on Friday; arrival the following Monday.

Check the relationship, not just the number

If an option contains a familiar number, ask what that number refers to. Is it the total or one department? The price per item or the whole order? The original proposal or the agreed revision?

After answering, explain your reasoning using a short pattern: “The document shows __, and the speaker adds __, so __.” If you cannot fill in the middle part, you may have answered from the document alone.

Build a reusable review habit

Keep a small list of distinctions that repeatedly cause trouble: before/after, planned/confirmed, included/excluded, dispatch/arrival. Practise them in new situations rather than collecting long lists of isolated numbers.

Use a BJT sample practice session to test your review habit. Our practice is independent of the official BJT, and a short trial does not predict an official score.

Official sample reference checked: November 3, 2026. Example and review routine created by Shinko Lab.