2. IELTS Listening
First part of the exam
Lasts about 30 minutes
10 minutes to transfer the answers to
an answer paper.
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The four parts of the listening exam
1. Speakers discuss a social question
2. One person speaks on a general topic
3. 3 or 4 people speak about education/training
etc.
4. One person gives a long talk on academic topic
5. IELTS Listening
The Grammar is hard
The vocabulary is difficult
Speak quickly
Different accents
These are not the problem!
Difficult because you only hear the CD once
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Every other part of exam – you
decide the speed
Not with listening
You can get lost.
Waiting for the first answer for 30
minutes
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On average 7 of the 40 answers are
numbers, dates, times etc
Practise this area, including spelling
Proper nouns often spelled out
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Beware of distractors!
Don’t stop listening when you think
you have heard the answer.
The correct answer is often after a
distractor.