The listen and listenGlobal functions which call eventManager for listening to events.

dom_renderer_partial.ts

listen(renderElement: any, name: string, callback: Function): Function {
  return this._rootRenderer.eventManager.addEventListener(renderElement, name,
                                                          decoratePreventDefault(callback));
}

listenGlobal(target: string, name: string, callback: Function): Function {
  return this._rootRenderer.eventManager.addGlobalEventListener(target, name,
                                                                decoratePreventDefault(callback));
}