IELTS Academic : listening part 2. This week's notes aim to pair you with your instructor so that you can practice your IELTS Academic listening skills.

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Tel. + 61 2 888 00 300
http://thefreeschool.education​/ielts.html
Upper intermediate IELTS
(Academic stream)
Subject code: IELTS1001
Teaching week 6: Academic listening : discussion 1
Commences Monday: 13 February 2017
Presenter: Dr. Jay Jericho
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1. Welcome message
Welcome colleagues to teaching week 6, Academic listening: discussion 2.
2. Miscellaneous announcements relevant to this course
You may find The Free School’s open-access English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
course useful if you have time to read some of these notes. Teaching Weeks 6 and 7
contains instruction on EAP listening skills.
http://chat.thefreeschool.education/topic276.html
http://chat.thefreeschool.education/forum117.html

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3. Discuss questions asked by the cohort
These were answered by private message inside the discussion forum by Jay.
I encourage people to post their questions and discussion on the public forum so that
other participants can benefit from your content and the tutors’ replies.
4. List open-access scholarly material for the current week
Please see the School’s free IELTS resources page at this link:
http://www.thefreeschool.education/ielts.html
In addition to those resources listed last week (Academic listening skills, part 1), I bring
to your attention these quality open-access IELTS listening resources listed below.
IDP Australia (IELTS Official)
“Five top tips to improve your IELTS Listening score”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSvEUWsKA7Q
2 minutes and 33 seconds
“IELTS Listening, Frequently Answered Questions”
This is not an official resource. This website is among the small number of unofficial
IELTS exam practice and preparation resources on the web that offer a correct
interpretation of the format and content of the IELTS exam. This page provides a
succinct summary of some points that are not directly answered on IELTS’s official
websites.
http://ieltsliz.com/listening-frequently-asked-questions/

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5. Summarise the previous teaching week
Last week’s teaching notes offer an introduction to the listening component of the IELTS
Academic exam. The IELTS Academic and IELTS General listening exams use the
same official exam preparation materials. The structure and format of the IELTS
Academic and General listening exams is identical. You may confirm this claim at the
web link below.
You should always consult official IELTS sources to confirm details about the content
and format of this exam. This is a good habit to form early. Please be warned that some
details about the IELTS exam that are stated on non-official IELTS web pages are
incorrect.
“There are two types of the IELTS test: IELTS Academic and IELTS General Training.
Listening and Speaking are the same for both tests, but the subject matter of the
Reading and Writing components differs depending on which test you take.”
International English Language Testing System (2017), Test format, Accessed 14
https://www.ielts.org/about-the-test/test-format
6. Introductory discussion to the topic
Our presentation this week aims to arrange paired speaking/listening sessions with your
tutors via Skype and/or the telephone. This includes general meet-and-greet discussion
as well as practicing official IELTS listening questions.

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7. YouTube presentations to support the introduction
“IELTS listening practice test 2017 with answers (31.1.2017)”
IELTS SPEAKING TEST (Unofficial YouTube source) - the test material is official
27 minutes and 36 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52CwJB6i33o
“IELTS listening practice test 2017 with answers (1.2.2017)”
IELTS SPEAKING TEST (Unofficial YouTube source) - the test material is official
32 minutes and 49 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRHwM9F9x70
Please watch at least one of these YouTubes presentations before you proceed to the
next subsection of these notes (​i.e. part 8., below). These YouTubes presentation are
replicas of the IELTS listening exam. If you listen to both full practice sets, you will be
able to notice the core structures that recur in the IELTS listening exam.
8. Topic discussion - further detail
You will have access this week to three tutors. This include a mix of male and female
voices as well as different accents.
Jay: Australian/New Zealand accent
Conny: Spanish-American accent
Andrea: American accent (Texan)
The interaction with your tutors shall be semi-structured and partially spontaneous. Your
tutors shall work with you to identify your strengths and areas that you need to develop.

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You will also be emailed homework based on the outcome of each meeting. This advice
shall be sent within the chatboard email system.
9. Instructions for how to proceed after reading the instructor’s notes
Please watch one YouTube presentation listed above. Watching one or both YouTube
presentations is not optional. You need to watch these presentations in order to master
the skills required to successfully take part in the IELTS Academic listening
assessments.
10. Discussion questions set by the tutor
Please open the video collection for user ‘IELTS SPEAKING TEST’. See
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-j7RHzQtWKqppZ9aLczCZg/videos
How many official IELTS speaking test replicas videos do you count?
Take notes of which parts of the exam you found difficult. List the reasons that you
found each component/skill difficult. Inform your tutor of your practice tests scores and
the issues in your list.
11. Discussion and questions put forward by participants​.
I look forward to reading your contributions on the discussion board at:
http://chat.thefreeschool.education/forum131.html​ .
Jay, Andrea, Conny