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Preface. How to use this book

Part 1. The Liste ning test

About the Listening test 1Section 1 7Section 2 17Section 3 22Section 4 25Listening exercise 1. Names, numbers, places 29Listening exercise 2. Who's speaking? 31Listening exercise 3. Study strategies? 34Practice Listening tests 36

Part 2. The Spea king test

What to expect 53Phase 2. About yourself 54Phase 3. Asking questions 58Phase 4. Wider issues 61Practice interviews 64Transcripts 67Appendix Answer Key 93Listening answer sheet 97Speaking test sheet 98Acknowledgments 99

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Preface

How to Use This BookIn this practice book you will work your way through a Practice Listening test from be-ginning to end. You will need to work with the book and the audio cassette together.When you see the words START YOUR TAPE NOW in the book, you should start the cas-sette tape and follow the instructions given in both the book and on the tape. You muststart your cassette tape at this point in order to do the exercises that follow.When you hear and see the words STOP YOUR TAPE you should stop the cassette tapeand work through the explanations and exercises in the book until you see START YOURTAPE NOW again.The first part of the book works through a Practice test, section by section, followingthe structure of a typical IELTS Listening test. The structure of each section is discussedand the type of questions demonstrated. Strategies are suggested for dealing with thevarious question types as well as for the Listening test in general. The recording for thisis on Cassette 1 Side A.START YOUR TAPE NOWListen to the instructions that appear on the front of the Listening test booklet.When you hear the words

"now turn to Section one on page two of your question book-let"

STOP YOUR TAPEDO NOT REWIND YOUR TAPE

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About The Listening Test

All candidates facing the IELTS Test do the same type of Listening test, but the versiondiffers according to the test date.The Listening test takes about 30 minutes, with 10 minutes allocated for you to trans-fer your answers from the question booklet to the answer sheet.The test is in four sections. Each section is more difficult than the one before. Sectionsone and two - social situations - are about everyday events, such as conversationsabout accommodation or shopping, or short talks giving practical information for dailyliving. Sections three and four - course-related situations - are about the typical situ-ations students face in their courses of study, such as discussions with tutors or admin-istrators and short, introductory course lectures.

The Day of the Test

On the day of the test you will do the Listening section first. The examinerwill:

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give you an answer sheet for the Listening and the Reading tests(see example on page 97)

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read you the general instructions for the whole test

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give you your IELTS Listening test booklet.

The Test Format

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The test is recorded on a cassette tape.

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