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IELTS
Listening
by Fauziyah Fitri
 Today’s Agenda

Introduction to IELTS
Introduction to Listening Section
Marking system
Listening Question Types
Key Tips and How to Improve Listening Skill

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 What is IELTS

IELTS stands for International English Language Testing System. It's an

exam designed to assess ability in English. It is owned and managed by
The British Council, IDP Australia and Cambridge Examinations.

The test has been created for people who want to work or study in
countries or organisations where English is the main language of
communication and for people who want to migrate to English-speaking
countries.

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 Two Version of Exam

IELTS Academic, as the title would suggest, is for people wanting to

IELTS Academic study in an English speaking country, or apply for professional
registration.

IELTS General IELTS General is for people wanting to work in or migrate to the UK,
Training Australia, Canada or New Zealand.

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 Results are graded from a 1 - 9 band scale. Each component of
the test is given an individual score, so your overall exam
result will be made up of a score for each component and an
overall band score. The overall band score is the average of the

Marking four individual scores.

System If the average of the four individual scores ends in .25, the
overall IELTS score will be rounded up to the next half band. If
the average of the four individual scores ends in .75, the
overall IELTS score will be rounded up to the next whole band.

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 Four Sections of IELTS

Listening - 40 minutes Reading - 60 minutes

The IELTS test format for Listening is made
up of four sections. In each section, you will
listen to a recorded text and then answer a
series of questions on it. The audio will be
played only once. There are 40 questions in
the test.
Consists of three sections, each containing
one long text taken from real books,
newspapers, magazines or journals. The
texts will be of general interest and may
contain diagrams, illustrations or graphs.
There are 40 questions in the test

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 Four Sections of IELTS

Writing - 60 minutes Speaking - 11-20 minutes

The IELTS test format for Writing has two
parts – Task 1 and Task 2. You must write a
minimum of 150 words for Task 1 and a
minimum of 250 words for Task 2.
The IELTS test format for Speaking is
comprised of three parts. Part 1 is
Introduction and interview (4-5 minutes),
Part 2 is Individual speaking (3-4 minutes),
Part 3 is Two-way discussion (4-5 minutes).

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 Introduction to
Listening Section

The IELTS Listening test contains 40 questions. Each correct answer is awarded one
mark. Scores out of 40 are converted to the IELTS nine-band scale. Scores are reported
in whole and half bands. You will be given 30-40 minutes to finish this section. The
Listening test is made up of four parts. In each part, you will listen to a recorded text
and then answer a series of questions on it. The audio will be played only once. Over
the course of the test, you will hear various voices and native-speaker accents such as
British English, Australian, American and Canadian.

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 Marking System

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 Part 1
Part 1 is a conversation between two people set in an
everyday social context (e.g. booking tickets to the
theatre).
Dialogue
Part Part 3
Part 3 is a conversation between up to four people in
an educational or training context (e.g. a group of
students discussing a university assignment).

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 Part 2
Part 2 is a monologue set in an everyday social context
(e.g. a welcome talk for new college students).

Monologue
Part Part 4
Part 4 is a monologue on an academic subject (e.g. a
lecture on wildlife).

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 Multiple Choice
Question

In multiple-choice questions, you must choose the correct answer from

a list of options. There are two main types of questions:

1) Single questions with a choice of 3 answers (A, B or C). Occasionally,

there may be 4 options.
2) List questions. These have a longer list of possible answers, and you
must select more than one as specified in the question.

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 Matching
Questions

This type of question usually appears in sections 1 or 3 in which the recording is a

conversation between two or more people. The question will contain two sets of
information and you have to match them.

Strategy: Analyse the question, Answer order, and Synonyms and paraphrasing.

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 Completions Question (Note,
Form, Table and Sentences)

They can take many different forms, but will always be a gap-fill activity
of some sort where you have to fill in missing words. For this type of
questions, you need to know about the key word, phrases and the
minimum vocabulary necessary for the information to make sense to the
writer.

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 Short Answer
Questions

This questions are particularly common in Section 2, which will be a monologue set in
an everyday social context, for example, a welcome talk for new college students.
You must listen to the recording and write a short answer in each blank space
provided. Sometimes, more than one answer will be required.

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 Map and Plan
Questions

Your task is to listen to the recording and identify different areas,

features or rooms. You will often be given a list of words from which to
choose the correct answers. If no list is given, you will have to identify
the answers from the recording.

Many students find these one of the easiest question types to answer
because the graphic will contain lots of clues as to the missing words,
especially in the labels already present.

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 Diagram and Flowchart Questions
Diagram Labelling
In diagram labelling questions, you will be
given a diagram of a process, an object, a
structure or a machine, and you must either
fill in the missing labels or complete notes
within the diagram. You could get almost
any topic.
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Flowchart Completion
Flowchart Completion questions, on the
other hand, show the steps of a process.
The process will have a start and an end,
with several steps in between.
It could be about almost anything that can
be broken down into stages.
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 Prediction
Listening Recognizing synonyms & paraphrasing
Skills Recognizing distractors

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 How to Get High Score

Listen to English every day Identify your weaknesses

Listen to a range of things Capital letters
Improve your vocabulary Read the instructions
Have a strategy

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 Source to Practice
News broadcasts contain a good mix of reports and conversations.
Online Channels For all parts of the IELTS exam, I recommend BBC News as the best
news channel to tune in to.

They can last for as little as 2 minutes or go on for an hour or more.

Podcasts They also cover a vast range of topics so you’ll easily find something
interesting to listen to in the time you have available.

These are online lectures, often very short, and are perfect for
TED Talks practicing listening to monologues. Again, the range of topics is
huge.

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Thank You
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