IELTS

(International English Testing System)

What can candidates expect?

What do students tend to have problems with?
 1st Test
(40 minutes)

Listening
Listening Test - Format

 Candidates listen to 4 recorded texts

– 2 conversations and 2
monologues. Sample Listening
 These feature a variety of English
accents.
 Candidates are given time to read
the questions before each text starts.
 The recording is played only once.
Listening test (continued)
 write down answers in the test
booklet while listening.
 At the end of each section,
candidates will have 30 seconds to
check the answers.
 At the end of the test, candidates are
given 10 minutes to transfer their
answers to the official answer sheet.
 Poor spelling and grammar are
penalized.
Listening – Question Types

 multiple choice
 short-answer questions
 sentence completion
 note/summary/flow-chart/table
completion
 labeling a diagram
 classification
 matching
Listening Test - Challenges

 Each recording played only once.

 Must write and listen simultaneously.
 Range of accents used.
 Must follow line of argument or
thought.
 Unfamiliar vocabulary.
 Correct spelling required.