IELTS Listening

Author: Khoa Do

Listening for details:

Name, Numbers
 Test Format and Tasks
Format and Tasks
Strategies and Examples
Questions
 Format and Tasks

Test Format (Recorded tape played

once only)
30 minutes
Four Sections, each with 10 questions
Time allocated for
Reading questions
Writing and checking answers
Transferring answers to an answer sheet
10 minutes
 Section 1: A conversation between
two speakers in a social and semi-
official context
Section 2: A talk by a single speaker
based on a non-academic situation
Section 3: A conversation with up to
4 speakers based on academic topics
or course-related situations
Section 4: A university-style lecture
or talk
 Based on Conversation and Monologue
A variety of question types
Multiple choice
Short-answer questions
Sentence completion
Notes/summary/diagram/flow-chart/table completion
Labeling a diagram which has numbered parts
Classification
Matching
 Write NUMBERS OR NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS for each answer
Care should be taken when writing
answers on the answer sheet as poor
spelling and grammar are penalised
 Strategies Test Tips
Your purpose of listening is to identify
what the question requires you to
It is not necessary to understand
every word that is spoken
You will hear the information once
only, so prepare yourself by
anticipating what you will hear
Read and analyse the question as
pre-listening task
 Read the instructions carefully
Guess what is missing: it is a number, a place,
a name, how many?
Listening for details: number, spelling name
Gap fill: it is a Noun, a Verb or a Adjective?
need good grammar
Traps: change of mind, generalization, explicit
answer
Anything said loud and clear could be answer
 Example
Please go to Youtube channel named
IELTS LISTENING PRACTICE TEST
2017 DATE 21.2.2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=o6_9o_zOEIU
Listening carefully only Part 1 and
answer.