1. IELTS Exam Preparation
IELTS Express Unit 2 Listening and Writing

2. What are these things?
mobile phone digital camera
desktop computer
radio
in pairs
in pairs

3. Forms:
•insurance (extend guarantee or warranty);
•hire purchase agreements (credit)
Information:
•name
contact details:
•address
•phone number
•e-mail address
•date of birth
•occupation
•marital status
•bank details
•passport number

5. You will be given a short
pause to read the questions
after hearing the introductory
sentence.
It’s a good idea to use this
time to think about the
situation and the language
that might be used.

6. click
place people
You will hear a customer enquiring about buying a camera.
Ex. 3
functional language: asking for and giving information, topic related language:
checking understanding talking about a particular thing

7. Imagining the situation and language
Exercise 2 Part B
You now will hear (2.1) the discussion you discussed in Part A
Listen and note if your predictions about the situation were correct.
Write down any topic related language you hear which you did not predict.
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8. Topic related vocabulary
•camera
•digital
•zoom
•lens
•pictures
•photos Back
•memory

9. Aim: To show the importance and provide practice with identifying the question
being asked. This is very important with tasks where there is not a direct question.
Example: form and note tasks
Day or a date, but no place

10. Now, write the questions to the answers in the first column “Notes about me”

12. One problem students have with listening tasks
is that they become confused and anxious
about words and phrases they don’t
understand.
Use common sense. You may be able to find
the meaning if you stay focused on the words
you do know.
Stay calm and keep thinking!

13. Aim: 1. provide practice in identifying the type of answer being listened for
2. provide practice in completing a notes completion listening task type
example questions
What do you think the topic of conversation will be? suggestions

14. Suggestions for topic of conversation
a mobile phone which will be given as a present
Keywords
•sending a text
•network
•top-up card
•hands free
back

15. how much
which
when
where
how many
what percentage
why

16. how much amount
which name
when time
where place
how many number
what percentage percentage
why reason

17. George
10 / ten cents
ABC
(in the) evening(s)
newsagents and supermarkets
120
87%
(much) safer

18. Banks
17A Leigham Street NT3 5OP
01382 25669 banks123
No

19. green
clock
four / 4
39.99
TV
a / one hundred / 100
Parker
(the) Olympic
solar
18

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