LISTENING OVERVIEW

 Only one IELTS Listening test



 academic/general same test/same

format/same scoring
 Length- 40 minutes 30 minutes audio
 10 minutes to transfer the answers
 The recording is played once only.

 A range of accents will be used.

40 QUESTION 4 SECTIONS
 Section 1- (social)- Two Speakers
 Section 2- (social)- Monologue

 Section 3- (academic)- 2/3/4 Speakers (academic

discussion)
 Section 4- (academic)- Monologue (academic
lecture)
 Word limit instructions:
 No More Than Two Words And/Or A Number

 Princeton Review//Princeton Review17

 All words and numbers are counted

 a hut/1947
 Answer could be a letter or a word:

 A/Beautiful

 Scores are calculated by correct answers.

 IELTS LISTENING BAND  SCORE/40
SCORES  NUMBER OF CORRECT
 BAND SCORES ANSWERS
 9  39-40
 8.5  37-38
 8  35-36
 7.5  32-34
 7  30-31
 6.5  26-29
 6  23-25
 5.5  18-22
 5  16-17
 4.5  13-15
 4  10-12
 3.5  8-10
 3  6-7
 2.5  4-5
 QUESTION TYPES:

 Multiple choice question Sentence completion

 Notes completion Map Form completion
 Diagram Process Flow chart
LABELING THE DIAGRAM
MAP
FLOW CHART
INFORMATION MATCHING
 Things to be taken care of:-
 Use a Pencil

 Write answers in Capital Letters

 Don’t try to understand everything

 Utilization of time wisely

 Keep your eye on next question

 Answers can come quickly

 Make notes- shortcut words- univrsty//prgrmm//

 There may be gap between the answers, so listen

patiently.
 There could be common traps-
 Answers could be changed quickly
 Repeated answers(3rd section)
 Plurals/singulars:- Thursday/thursdays
 Numbers:- 15/50
 Pronunciation- 0 as O, (.)- .10
 Familiarity with the easy names-
John//Simon//Merry
 Read the titles carefully
 If miss the answer, move quickly to next one
 Technical language would not be paraphrased:-
 Book/computer
HOW TO SCORE BETTER IN LISTENING?
 Listening- the most easiest module to score band 9.
 So, it is strongly recommended to listen to English
songs, watch English Movies, English news
channels, and Discovery Channel.
 Will get exposure of various accents used in the
conversation as well as improves understanding of
the language.
THANK YOU