IELTS

LISTENING
IELTS
 IELTS SKILLS?

Listening Reading

Writing Speaking
Listening Band Score
Reference
Meeting 1
Understanding the concept

Type of question

learning method

tips and tricks

filling the answer sheet

Note/table/Completion Skill

Matching Picture
Understanding the concept

Listening test consists of four separate sections and a

total of 40 questions.

There will be 10 questions for each section.

Each section is gradually more difficult.

There will be 30 minutes in time and, additional time of

10 minutes to transfer your answers into answer sheet.
 Type of question Listening

• A short dialogue involving two people about general topic with a transactional
Sect purpose
ion • Sentence completion and Multiple Choices
1

• A monologue on a general topic

Sect
• Table/note completion and sentence/feature matching /maps
ion
2

• A dialogue between two or three people in an academic context

Sect
• Sentence completion, classification and multiple choice
ion
3

• A monologue in a academic context (e.g. lecture)

Sect
• Summary completion and multiple choice
ion
4
 Learning Method
• Listen and typescript • Allocate some time
the audio which has to listen to related
short duration contents (podcasts,
• Do many times until videos, etc.)
you listen all words
with their specific
pronunciation Familiarize
Listen to yourself with
the accents
podcast (Brit, Aus, NZ,
Canada, RSA)

Do scoring
Time
and management
discuss
• Listening group • Train mind-ears-
discussion eyes-hand to
paraphrase
 Tips and tricks
Skim and scan the question and alternative choices
• Read quickly the whole question in each section to identify the keyword/main
word. Underline these keyword.

Predict
• Try to predict the answer based on the part of speech or the specific keyword
(date, place etc.)

Match and recognize

• While the recording is playing, try to recognize the keyword in the recording
and the keyword in the question.

Eliminate
• If you are confused, eliminate the possible answers that could be wrong.
 Filling the answer sheet

Complete your
identity

Write in CAPITAL
letter

Pay attention to the

spelling and the
question instruction
Note/table/Completion Skill

• Please carefully read the

instruction. In this task, you are
requested to fill ONE WORD
AND/OR A NUMBER for an
answer.
• Skim the given questions and
identify the keyword.
• Predict the answer as many as
you can.
Practice makes
perfect
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
 Matching Picture skill
Pay attention to the pic that
mention : ex position, size, shape,
underline before and after

Circle all landmarks, listen to the instructions from the recording to find out the
starting point of your position. Follow the instructions given by recording, focus on
the direction (compass and left-right). Be careful of distraction. Concentrate on
keywords.
Practice makes
perfect
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
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