Ielts Listening Strategies

How To Do The IELTS Listening Test

Hey there! This is former IELTS examiner Tyên James here, và I am going lớn cover how to vì chưng the IELTS listening demo. Here"s what you need to lớn do:

Listen khổng lồ the recording và all instructions carefully. Underline từ khóa in the questions và try lớn predict what the answers might be. Listen to the recording & write down the answers at the same time watching out for synonyms & distractors. Transfer your answers khổng lồ the answer sheet at the kết thúc.

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Obviously, there is a lot more khổng lồ it than that. So, on this page I am going to teach you the exact same strategies, techniques, tips, and practice and preparation techniques that have proven lớn work for thousands of my former students.

You can jump straight khổng lồ different sections of the page on the link below:

IELTS Listening thử nghiệm format

IELTS listening question types

IELTS listening skills

IELTS listening strategies

IELTS listening tips

IELTS listening practice questions

IELTS listening useful links

IELTS Listening Format

The IELTS Listening format consists of 4 sections of 10 questions each & takes approximately 30 minutes, there is an additional 10 minutes for you to lớn transfer your answers on khổng lồ the answer sheet provided.

Section 1 - A conversation in an everyday social context between two people, such as a telephone conversation between a travel agent và a customer booking a holiday. How To Do IELTS Listening Part 1 

Section 2 - A monologue on a topic relating lớn general social needs, for example, someone giving a speech about recycling in the community. How To Do IELTS Listening Part 2

Section 3 - A conversation in an academic context between two or more people. This could be a university student discussing their essay with a tutor. How To Do IELTS Listening Part 3

 Section 4 - A lecture or talk (monologue) on a topic of general academic interest. It could be a University professor giving a lecture about a particular science topic. How To Do IELTS Listening Part 4

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IELTS Listening Question Types

What Types Of Questions Are In The IELTS Listening Test?

You will find a variety of different types of questions in the chạy thử. You can see examples of all of these in the miễn phí samples listed in the next section, however the main question types are:

1. Multiple choice - Choose an answer A,B or C.

2. Matching - Match a danh mục of items from the speaker lớn a danh mục of options on the answer paper.

3. Plan/map/diagram labeling - add names/labels khổng lồ parts of a visual.

4. Form/note/table/flow chart/summary completion - Fill in gaps in the script of the recording. Usually they will be the main ideas/points. This question type may also come in the khung of a flow chart, notes, table or form.

5. Sentence completion - read sentences that give an overview of important information from either all of the listening text or from just one small part of it. Your task is lớn enter information in to lớn a gap in sentences, using information that you have heard.

6. Short-answer questions - independently write a short answer based on information you have heard from the recording.

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IELTS Listening Skills

What Listening Skills Are Being Tested?

There are 5 different listening skills that are being tested. Knowing what these skill as and how they are used in the exam can help you practice more efficiently.

Predicting: Using your knowledge of a topic và the situation to guess what speakers are talking about.

Identifying key words: You need khổng lồ be able khổng lồ identify the most important words in a sentence to understvà its meaning. This is often done by listening for tone of voice và the intonation that a speaker uses.

Listening for specific information: Often we listen for one or more important pieces of information, such as a place name in a weather forecast or a number in a television advert. Being able khổng lồ ignore unimportant information và focus on that specific information is an important skill.

The ability lớn listen khổng lồ and identify synonyms and paraphrases for what you are looking for is also important. For example, a question might ask how many days will it rain for & the speaker might use the phrase ‘wet weather’ rather than rain.

Listening intensively: This skill is used when everything the speaker says is important. This could be when instructions are being explained such as when a salesman is explaining to you how khổng lồ use the new I-pad you have sầu just bought.

Identifying attitudes of speakers: This means working out what the speaker is actually thinking or feeling even though they might not say something directly.

For example, if someone says ‘isn’t that a bit expensive?’ they aren’t asking that question, they are really saying that they think that thing is expensive. Tone of voice & intonation play a role here.