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IELTSListeningStrategies

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TableofContents

INTRODUCTION

IELTSLISTENINGTESTINTRODUCTION

IELTSLISTENINGFORMAT

Sections1&2:

Sections3&4:

IELTSLISTENINGMARKINGANDASSESSMENT:

IELTSLISTENINGQUESTIONTYPES:

1.MULTIPLECHOICEQUESTIONS:

2.COMPLETIONQUESTIONS:

3.SHORTANSWERQUESTIONS

4.LABELLINGADIAGRAM.

IELTSLISTENINGTIPS&TRICKS

TIP1:

TIP2:

TIP3:

TIP4:

TIP5:

TIP6:

TIP7:

TIP8:

TIP9:

TIP10:

TIP11:

TIP12:

TIP13:

TIP14:

TIP15:

TIP16:

Tip17:

Tip18:

Tip19:

Tip20:

Tip21:

Tip22:

Tip23:

Tip24:

Tip25:

Tip26:

ONLINEDICTIONARIES

THEANSWERSHEET:

LISTENINGSTRATEGIES

Listeningforrelaxation

Listeningformainideas

Listeningforspecificinformation

Listeningagainandagain

CONCLUSION

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INTRODUCTIONThankyouandcongratulateyoufordownloadingthebook“IELTSListeningStrategies:TheUltimateGuideWithTips,Tricks,AndPracticeOnHowToGetATargetBandScoreOf8.0+In10MinutesADay.”

ThisbookiswelldesignedandwrittenbyanexperiencednativeteacherfromtheUSAwhohasbeenteachingIELTSforover10years.ShereallyistheexpertintrainingIELTSforstudentsateachlevel.Inthisbook,shewillprovideyouallprovenFormulas,Tips,Tricks,Strategies,Explanations,Structures,ListeningLanguage,andVocabularytohelpyoueasilyachievean8.0+intheIELTSListening,evenifyourlisteningisnotexcellent.Thisbookwillalsowalkyouthroughstep-by-steponhowtodevelopyourlisteningskill;clearlyanalyzeandexplainthedifferenttypesofquestionsthatareaskedfortheIELTSListeningTest;provideyoustep-by-stepinstructionsonhowtoanswereachtypeofquestionexcellently.

Astheauthorofthisbook,RachelMitchellbelievesthatthisbookwillbeanindispensablereferenceandtrustedguideforyouwhomaywanttomaximizeyourbandscoreinIELTSListening.Onceyoureadthisbook,Iguaranteeyouthatyouwillhavelearnedanextraordinarilywiderangeofuseful,andpracticalIELTSListeningstrategiesandformulasthatwillhelpyoubecomeasuccessfulIELTStakeraswellasyouwillevenbecomeasuccessfulEnglishuserinworkandinlifewithinashortperiodoftimeonly.

Takeactiontodayandstartgettingbetterscorestomorrow!

Thankyouagainforpurchasingthisbook,andIhopeyouenjoyit.

IELTSLISTENINGTESTINTRODUCTION·TheListeningtestisthefirstmoduleoftheIELTStest.AllIELTSstudents

takethesamelisteningtest.So,ifyou'retakingacademicIELTSorgeneraltrainingIELTS,youalltakethesametest,thesamequestions,thesameformat,andthesamescoring.

·Ittakesapproximately30minutes,thencandidatesaregivenanextra10minutesattheendtotransfertheiranswersfromtheirQuestionBooklettotheirAnswerSheet.

·Thereare4sectionswith10questionseach(40questions).Thefirsttwosectionsaretheeasiest;theyaresocial.Thatmeansthecontextofthesituationisasocialsituation(aneverydaysituation)andthelasttwosectionsaremoredifficult,theyareacademicincontent.

·Therecordingisheardonlyonce.Ensureyoulistencarefully.Ifyoumisssomething,there'snosecondchance.Thatmeansyoureallyaremultitaskingduringthislisteningtest.Youneedtolistentotherecording,readthequestionsandatthesametimewritedownyouranswers.Itcanbequitedifficultandit'ssomethingthatyoudoneedtopractice.

·Testgetsmoredifficultasitcontinues.

·Thereareatotalof40questions,with10questionspersection.AvarietyoftasksthatmaybepresentedintheListeningtest(e.g.,MultipleChoice,ShortAnswer,FormCompletion,sentencecompletion,labelingdiagrams,etc...).

·Candidatesaregiventimetoreadthequestionsbeforetheylistenandtimetochecktheiranswersaftertheylisten.

·CandidatesmustuseapenciltowriteanswersontheAnswerSheetbecauseitisscannedbyacomputer.That'sthesameastheIELTSreadingtest.

IELTSLISTENINGFORMAT

Sections1&2:Everydayactivitiesandcommonsettings(Shopping,registeringforacourse,rentinganapartment,hotelandrestaurantreservations,gettingrepairs,natureandanimals,etc.)

Section1:thesection1hastwospeakers(asocialsituation).Atypicalexampleisaphoneconversationwheresomebodyisregisteringforacourse.Forexample,youwanttobookacourseandtheyneedtoknowwhatdate;theyneedyourname;theyneedyouraddress,yourtelephonenumber.Orperhaps,you'rebookingatableatarestaurantororganizingtomeetsomeoneandyouneedtothinkofthetimethatyou'regoingtomeet.It'sveryspecificinformationanditisquiteeasytoimproveyourscoreforthissection.Thissectionistheeasiestofthefoursectionsbecauseyouareaskedtolistenforbasicinformationsuchasnames,numbers,datesandlocations.

HereisasampleSection1fromaQuestionBooklet.

Section2:thesection2isalsosocial(everydaysituations)butthereisonlyonespeaker.Atypicalexamplewouldbeatourguide.Itwouldbeatourguideexplainingaboutaresort,forexample,whatfacilitiesthereareorthehistorybehindtheresort.Anotherexamplecouldbe,forexample,talkingaboutanhistoricbuildingortalkingaboutacharity,acompanyoranorganization.

HereisasampleSection2fromaQuestionBooklet.

Sections3&4:Academicsettings(seminars,lectures,training,tutorsandstudentsdiscussingassignments,etc.)

Section3:thesection3isacademic(thefirstacademicsection)thathasthreetofourspeakers.Thisischallengingbecauseit'sadiscussion(anacademicdiscussion).Whenyou'vegotthreetofourspeakersthatmeansyou'vegotdifferentvoicesandyouhavetobeabletoidentifywhoisspeaking.Thatcouldbequitechallenging,butthemostdifficultisthesectionfour.

HereisasampleSection3fromaQuestionBooklet.

Section4:thereisonlyonespeakeranditisanacademiclecture(veryofteninvolvesauniversitylecturerspeakingonanacademictopic).Thissectionisthemostdifficult,becauseyouareaskedtolistentoalongerlecture.

HereisasampleSection4fromaQuestionBooklet.

IELTSLISTENINGMARKINGANDASSESSMENT:

·Thescoresarecalculatedbythenumberofcorrectanswersyouhave.Thereare40questionswhichisequivalentto40points.Eachtimeyougetacorrectanswer,yougetapoint.Thatishowyourbandscoresarecalculated.

·YouhavetofollowtheInstructionsexactly(e.g.muststaywithinword/numberlimit).

·Spellingandgrammarmustbecorrect(e.g.singularorplural;usethecorrectformofthewords).Youwilllosemarksifyoumisspellawordorifyouputawordinthewronggrammaticalform.Ofcourse,whenyou'relistening,youdon'thavetimetothinkaboutspelling.However,attheendofyourtest,youhave10minutestotransferyouranswerstotheanswersheet.Thatisthetimeforyoutopayattentiontospelling.Payattentiontoyourspelling,capitalletters,andcheckthegrammar.Usethetenminutesfortransferringanswerswisely.

Hereisalistofdifficultwords.Trytopracticespellingthemcorrectly.

1.quiteandquiet

2.chooseandchoice

3.business

4.address

5.questionnaire

6.government

7.environment

8.career

9.necessary

·Thescoresforbandscorefive,six,sevenandeight

Band5.5=20–22correctanswers.

Band6.0=23–26correctanswers.

Band6.5=27–29correctanswers.

Band7.0=30–32correctanswers.

Band7.5=33–34correctanswers.

Band8.0=35–37correctanswers.

Band8.5=38–39correctanswers.

IELTSLISTENINGQUESTIONTYPES:Thesearethe4mostcommonquestiontypesintheIELTSListeningtest:

1.MULTIPLECHOICEQUESTIONS:

Thistypeofquestionasksyoutochoosethecorrectansweroranswersfromalistofthreeorfourchoices.

TohelpyoupredictanswerstoMultipleChoicequestions,youneedtolookatthekeywordsintheanswerchoicestoidentify:

·Similaranswers:similarsoundingwords;oneworddifferences;differencesintimeandtense.

·Similarsoundingwords:Usuallywithnumbers.Theysoundverysimilarwhenspoken.

Examples:

1. 1930&1913;

2. 30,000&13,000

3. 1940&1914;

4. 40,000&14,000

5. 1950&1915;

6. 50,000&15,000

7. 1960&1916;

8. 60,000&16,000

9. 1970&1917;

10. 70,000&17,000

11. 1980&1918;

12. 80,000&18,000

13. 1990&1919;

14. 90,000&19,000.

·Oneworddifferences:

Examples:

1.Howdomostpeopletraveltowork?

a.Taxi

b.Train

c.Privatebus

d.Privatecar

TheanswerwillbehighlylikelytobeC(privatebus)orD(privatecar)

2.WhatkindoffilmdoesTomlike?

a.Chineseactionfilms

b.Americancomedy

c.Chineselovestoryfilms

TheanswerwillbehighlylikelytobeA(Chineseactionfilms)orC(Chineselovestoryfilms)

·Differencesintimeandtense:

Whenwilltheschoolbebuilt?

A.assoonastheyreceivefundingfromthebillionaire.

B.aftertheyreceivefundingfromthebillionaire.

·Lesslikelyanswers.

Example:

WhatdoesPeterwanttodointhemorning?

A.gotothezoo

B.goshopping

Cgotoapopularnightclub

D.visithisgrandparents.

WecanguessthatCmightnotbetheanswer:Tomisnotlikelytogotoanightclubinthemorning.Heismorelikelytogotothezoo,shoppingorvisithisgrandparents,soweshouldlistenfortheseanswersinthelisteningpassage.

2.COMPLETIONQUESTIONS:InCompletionquestions,informationismissinginoneofthefollowing:

·ASENTENCE

·AFORM

·ATABLE

·AFLOWCHART

·ASUMMARYPARAGRAPH

Youneedtocompletetheinformationwithwordsorsometimesanumberasyouranswers.

Therearetwopredictionstrategiesyoushoulduseduringthe30-secondbreaktohelpyouheartheanswerstoCompletionquestions:

·Underliningthekeywords,andidentifyingnouns,adjectives,verbs,adverbs,prepositionsandarticles.

Ex:Thelittlegirlhappilydecidedtogotothebirthdayparty.

He happily decided to go to NewYork

to

Article adverb verb Toinfinitive

verb Toinfinitive

noun Toinfinitive

HehappilydecidedtogotoNewYorktovisithisbrother.

Predictingpossibleanswersfromcontext.

3.SHORTANSWERQUESTIONSShortAnswerquestionsareusuallyquestionsthatbeginwithquestionwords,suchas:

·What?

·Why?

·Where?

·When?

·Who?

·Howmuch?

·Howmany?

·Howoften?

Thesewordsgivecluesaboutthetypeofansweryoushouldbelisteningfor,suchasaname,anamountofmoney,adistance,aplace,atimeorareason.

4.LABELLINGADIAGRAM.Thediagramcouldbe:

·Aman-madeobjectsuchasacamera

·Anaturalobject

·Amapofabuildingoracity

IELTSLISTENINGTIPS&TRICKS

TIP1:

Beforelistening:

IntheIELTStest,youwillhave30secondsatthebeginningofeachsectiontolookattheQuestionBookletbeforelistening.Duringthese30seconds,therearethreemainthingsyoushoulddotoimproveyourscore:

1.Readtheinstructionscarefully.TheinstructionsareusuallyinitalicsandsometimesinBOLDCAPITALLETTERS.Readtheinstructionscarefullysothatyouknowwhattodoandpredictwhatyouwillhear.Thinkaboutwhoistalking,wheretheyareandwhatthetopicis.Intheexamyouwillonlyhaveashorttimeforthis,sodoitasquicklyaspossible.

IftheinstructiontellsyoutowriteNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.Thismeansthatyouareallowedtowriteone,twoorthreewordsasyouranswer.However,ifyouwritefour,ormorethanfourwords,youwillreceivenomarksforthisquestion,evenifyouransweriscorrect.Becareful!

Ifyoulookatyourquestionpaper,itwillalwaystellyouhowmanywordsyouneedfortheanswer.Itwillgiveyouarule.Forexample,iftheinstructiontellsyoutowriteNOMORETHANTWOWORDSAND/ORANUMBERforeach

answer.Thismeansthatyouareallowedtowriteoneword;youcanwritetwowords;oryoucanwritetwowordsandanumberoryoucanwritejustanumber,butyoucannotwritethreewords.Beverycarefulwiththeinstructions.Makesureyoupayattentiontotheinstructionsveryclosely.

2.Readthequestions,ensureyouunderstandthemandunderlinethekeywords.

Inthequestions,thekeywordsareusually:

Nouns:peopleorthings(e.g.,“students”,“NewYork”,“cat”,“dog”,or“library”)

Verbs:actionswords(e.g.,“walk”,“sing”,“drink”,“go”,or“run”)

Adjectives:wordsthatdescribenouns(e.g.,“friendly”or“beautiful”,“noisy”,“quiet”,“big”,“small”)

Adverbs:wordsthatdescribeverbs(e.g.,“listencarefully”or“studyhard”)

Prepositions:e.g.,“at”,“in”,“on”,“infrontof”,“before”,“after”.

Questionwords:e.g.,“who”,“what”.“when”,“where”,“why”,“how”,“howoften”,“howmuch”,“howmany”,“howfar”,“howlong”,etc.

Keywordsareusuallynot:

•Articles(e.g.,a,an,the)

•Conjunctions(e.g.,and,but,or,because)

Example:

WhatsubjectsisPeterstudying?(Thekeywordsareunderlined)

Howmuchdoesitcost?(Thekeywordsareunderlined)

3.Predictanswertypes(e.g.name,number,noun,adjective,verb,singular,plural).

Whilelistening:

·Listencarefullytotheinstructions.

·Understandtheinstructionsandquestions.

·Onlylookatthekeywordsyouunderlined.Donotreadeverythingagain.

·Stayfocused-it'squiteeasytomisstheanswersifyoulackconcentration,evenforamoment.

·Whileyoulisten,writedownthepossibleanswersthatyouhearsothatyoudon’tforgetthemwhenyoudecideonthecorrectanswer.

·Notethattheanswersarealwaysinorder.

Afterlistening:

·Ensurethatyouhaveansweredeachquestion.Don’tleaveanswersblank.Makeagoodguessifyouarenotsure.

·CheckyouranswersandtransferthemcarefullytotheAnswerSheet.

TIP2:Youcanwriteyouranswersincapitallettersorlowercase.Youcanchoosebutwhateveryouchoose,youmuststaywiththatchoice.Ifyoudecidetousecapitalletters,allyouranswersmustbewrittenincapitalletters.Youcan'tchangesuddenlyonyouranswersheet.Likewise,ifyouchooselowercase,youmustmakesurethatallyouranswersarewrittenwithlowercaseonyouranswersheet.Capitallettersmeanseverysingleletteriswrittenasacapital.Thereisnodifferenceatall;butifyou'reusinglowercaseyouneedtorememberthatsomewordsstartwithacapitalletter.Forexample,names(Mr.Johnson,Mary,Peter)orplaces(NewYork,Canada,Sydney)willstartwithacapitalletter.Makesureifyoudodecidetouselowercase,yourememberyourcapitallettersatthestartofyouranswersfornamesandplaces.

TIP3:LearnaboutthetypesofquestionsthatyouwillgetintheIELTSlistening.Therearequitealotofdifferenttypesofquestionsandyouneedtopracticeeachtypeofquestionwhenyougetinyourlisteningtest.Knowingandhavingastrategy,atechniqueforeachtypeofquestionisimportantforyourIELTSlisteningtest.Oneofthemostdifficulttypesofquestionsisthemultiplechoice;that'softenwhereyouhaveA,B,orCoptiontochoosefrom.However,

multiplechoicecouldalsobeaverylonglist,forexample,eightoptionsandyouneedtoanswerthreequestionsrelatingtoallthoseeightoptions.

Therearealotofdifferenttypesofquestionsthatyouneedtopracticeifyouwanttohavepracticewiththesequestiontypesthenyoucangetabookofpracticetestsoryoucanvisitonlineblogswheretherearefreepracticelessonsusingmanyofthesetypesofquestions.

TIP4:Don'ttrytounderstandeverything.TheaiminIELTSforlisteningandreadingistofindanswerstoquestions.Acorrectanswerisonepoint.Allyouwantareanswers.Youarenotaimingtounderstandeverything.Youneedtolookatyourquestion,trytothinkofwhattypeofansweryou'relookingfor;listenforthatanswer.Therewillbealotofextrainformationgivenintherecordingsandyouneedtojustrelaxandfocusontheanswersthatyou'relookingfor.

TIP5:Youneedtoprepareyouranswersandquestionsquickly.Nowbeforeyoulistentotherecording,youwillhearamessageanditwillsaytoyou.Younowhavetimetopreparequestions1to5.Thatmeansyouwillhavetimetoprepareandreadquestions1,2,3,4and5.Thenyouwilllistentoitandafter,youwillhaveachancetopreparequestion6,7,8,and9.You'realwaysgiventimetopreparebutit'snotlong.Therefore,youdoneedtotrainyourselftopreparequestionsquickly.

TIP6:Answerscancomequickly,soyouneedtoprepareforthat.Theanswersdonotcomeatregularintervals.Youcouldgetsuddenlythreeanswerscomingtogether.Thatmeansyouneedtokeepyoureyeonthenextquestion.Don’tjustlookatthequestionthatyou'relookingfor.Keepyoureyeontheotherquestionscomingsoyoucanmovequicklytothenextquestionandyoudon'tlosetime.Youdon'tgetlost.Inaddition,becausetheanswerscomequickly,youdon'talwayshavetimetowritelongwords.IftheanswerisJapaneseRestaurant,youmightwanttojustmakeanote.ParticularlyiftheanswerisJapaneseRestaurant,Ijustnotelikethis“Japres”.Youwouldwritethatonyourquestionpaper,andthenwhenyoutransferyouranswerstotheanswersheet,youwouldwrite

thefullwordswhichisJapaneseRestaurant.Therefore,makingnotesisveryuseful.Youshouldalsomakenotesofpossibleanswersbecausemaybeyou'regoingtomissone.Youcanwritealloveryourquestionpaperbecausetheexaminerwillneverseeit.Makenotesonyourquestionpaper,writedowntheshortversionofthewordifyouneedto,andtransferanswerscorrectlytoyouranswersheet.

TIP7:Theremaybeagapbetweenanswers.Sometimes,wehaveanswerscomingquickly,butalsotherecouldbeagapandthisiswhenstudentsstarttopanic.They’relisteningandwaitingandwaitingandthere'snoanswer;therecordingisgoingandgoingandtheygetverynervous.That'sthereasonwhyit'simportanttounderlineyourkeywordsbecausethenyouknowthatyouneedtowaitforthesewordstocome.Don'tpanic,youneedtobecalmandkeeplistening,keepyoureyeonthenextquestion,makenoteswhileyou'relisteningandbepreparedforanygapsbetweenanswers.

TIP8:Commontraps.ThesearewaysthatIELTSreallytrytotestyourunderstandingandyourvocabulary.NowI'llgiveanexampleofacommontrap.Thisiswhentheanswersaregiven.Forexample:

Shallwemeetat5o'clock?

Yes,definitely.Let’smeetat5.

Sowe'vegottheanswer“5o'clock”,butthenit'schangedandthespeakersays:

“Oh,actuallysorry.Howabouthalfpastseven?”

Sosuddenlyinsteadoftheanswerbeing5,itisnow5:30.Sowhenyoulistenandyouhearyouranswerobviously,youcanmakeanoteoftheanswerbutkeeplisteningbecausethatanswermightbechanged.Becarefulwiththat.Anothertypeoftrapiswhenyouhavethesamewordsinthequestionandthesamewordsintherecording.Ofcourse,peopleimmediatelythink“ohthisismyanswer”butactuallythatcouldbeatrapbecauseusuallyIELTSwilluseparaphrasingratherthanusingtheexactsamewordscompletely.Therefore,alwaysbealittlebitsuspiciouswhenyouhearallthesamewords.Ifyouwanttohavepracticewithcommontraps,thenvisitonlineblogswheretherearelotsof

practiceexerciseswiththesetypesoftrapsanditwillhelpyoutopracticeforthat.

TIP9:Repeatedanswers.Thisiswhenyou'vegotthreeorfourpeoplehavingadiscussion;andofcoursewhentheyarediscussingsomething,peoplemightsay“isthiswhatyoumean?”,“Doyoumeanthis?”Andtheanswercouldberepeatedagainandthatcanhelpyoutolocatetheanswer.

TIP10:Listeningforpluralnouns.IELTSisalisteningtestandtheyknowthatmanyforeignlanguagespeakersstruggletohearplurals,soyouneedtopayattentionto“doesthatwordhavean“S”ontheendornot?”Ifyouhaveasentencecompletion,sometimesyoucanseeinthegrammarthatyouneedapluralanswer.Therefore,justtakealook,butkeepyourearsopenforthoseplurals.

Therearethreemainstrategiesthathelpyouimproveyourlisteningforplurals.

Strategy1:knowyouruncountablenounsbecausetheydonothavethe“S”ontheend(e.g.advice,information,equipment,milk,water,happiness,furniture).

Strategy2:knowyourvocabularyandspelling,forexample,“grassroots”.Italwayshasan“S”thatishowthewordiswritten.Obviously,thisisanEnglishlanguagetestandthisistestingyourvocabulary.

Strategy3:becarefuloflinkingsounds.That'sveryimportantbecausetheycanmakeitverydifficulttohearthe“S”andifthathappens,youneedtousegrammartohelpyou.Ifthe“S”isnotclear,thinkofthegrammarandthinkaboutthearticles.Isthereanarticle“a”inthequestion?Ifthereisn't,listenforthearticle“a”intheaudio.Somewheretherewillbeanarticleifit'sasingular.

TIP11:Ifyoudon'tknowtheanswer,youcanguess.Writesomethingonyouranswersheet.Don’tleaveanemptyspacebecauseifyouransweriswrong,itwillnotaffectyourbandscore.Youdon'tloseapointifyouranswersiswrong.Therefore,alwaysguessifyoudon'tknowtheanswer.

TIP12:

Beforesection1trulybegins,youhaveachancetolistentoanexampleandseeanexampleanswer.Youshouldusethattimetogetusedtothespeaker'svoicesbecausethatwillhelpyouunderstandwhatthey'regoingtosay.Thisexampleisonlygivenatthestartofsection1,notatthestartofsection2,3or4,sousethetimeeffectivelyandlistencarefullytotheexample.

TIP13:Accents.TheaccentsthatcomeintheIELTSlisteningtest,ofcoursetherewillbealotofBritishEnglishaccentandAustralianaccentaswell.However,IELTSisaninternationalEnglishlanguagetest,sothatmeanstherewillbearangeofaccents.Therefore,whenyoupracticeforyourlisteningtest,makesureyoupracticelisteningtodifferenttypesofaccents.

TIP14:Lookforthetitle.Youwilloftenfindtitlesonyourquestionpaperandthosetitlesareveryusefulbecauseithelpsyouprepareforthetopicthat'scoming.Therefore,ifyouhaveadiagramcompletion,mapcompletion,tablecompletionquestions,havealookfortheTitle,readit,andunderlineit.

TIP15:Thetechnicalandacademiclanguageisoftennotparaphrased.Notallwords,butoftentechnicalandacademiclanguagearenotparaphrased.Ifyouseeaverycomplicatedwordoratechnicalword,thenthatcanbeusefulforyou.Don'tbescaredofthatlanguageanditcanbeusefulbecauseitmightnotbeparaphrasedandthatmeanswhenyouhearit,youknowwhatquestionyou'reonandyoucankeepyourplace.

TIP16:Concentration.YouneedtoreallyconcentratefortheIELTSlisteningtest.Ifyoulosefocusatanytime,youcannotonlymissananswer,butyoucanloseyourplaceintherecording;andthenit'sverydifficulttolocatethefollowinganswers.Therefore,youneedtopracticebuildingyourconcentrationbeforeyougointotherealIeltstest.

Tip17:

Payattentiontoanyinformationthatanswersthequestionswhat?,when?,where?,how?,who?,why?

Example:

What:anactionmovie.

When:lastnight.

Where:atthecinema.

How:interesting,fun.

Who:JackieChain,BruceWillis,DominicPurcell

ThismethodisveryimportantandworksinallsectionsoftheIELTSListeningtest.

Tip18:BecauseyoucannotuseadictionaryduringtheIELTStest,youhavetoguessthemeaningofawordfromthecontextofthelisteningpassage.Thisisanimportantstrategytohelpyouunderstandvocabularywhileyoulisten.

Tip19:identifyingsynonymsandrephrasing

BecausethewordsusedintheListeningtestquestionsmaynotbeexactlythesameasthewordsyouhearinthelisteningpassages.Therefore,whenyoulearnanewword,youneedtodevelopawiderangeofvocabularybylearningsynonymsforthatword.

SYNONYMS(wordsthathavethesameorsimilarmeaning):

Example1:

Theoriginalsentence“Itcanbedifficulttochooseasuitablewebsitedesignerfromalargenumberofapplicants.”

Theparaphrasedsentence“Itissometimeshardtoselectanappropriatewebsitedesignerfrommanyapplicants.”

Example2:

Theoriginalsentence“Ourcarneedspetrol.”

Theparaphrasedsentence“Ourvehiclerequiresfuel.”

Example3:

Theoriginalsentence“Ienjoyreadingcomicbooks.”

Theparaphrasedsentence“Ilikereadingcomicbooks.”

Example4:

Theoriginalsentence“Thatisabuildingof15floors.”

Theparaphrasedsentence:

-“Thatisa15-floorbuilding.”

-“Thatisabuildingwhichhas15floors.”

REPHRASING(thewordingofthequestionsisdifferentfromthewordinginthelisteningpassage):

Example1:

Theoriginalsentence“Tomisaveryhandsomeactor.”

Therephrasedsentence“Tomisanactorwhoisveryhandsome.”

Example2:

Theoriginalsentence“Parentingcanbeachallengingtask.”

Therephrasedsentence“Parentingcanbeataskwhichischallenging.”

Example3:

Theoriginalsentence“Watchingfilmsdevelopspeople’simagination.”

Theparaphrasedsentence:

“People’simaginationdevelopmentisapositiveeffectofwatchingfilms.”

“Filmwatcherscandeveloptheirimagination.”

Example4:

Theoriginalsentence“Igavehimawatchforhisbirthday.”

Theparaphrasedsentence“Hewasgivenawatchforhisbirthday.”

Tip20:distinguishingbetweendifferentspeakers

Todothis,youneedtobeabletohearthedifferenceintheirvoices.Thisparticularlyworkswhenthegenderofthetwospeakersarethesame.

Thesearesometechniquesyoucanusetodistinguishbetweenspeakers:

Beforeyoulisten:

1.Identifythespeakers’names,underlineotherkeywordsinthequestions,andpredictthetopicoftheconversation.

Whileyoulisten:

2.Atthebeginningoftheconversation,listencarefullyforthespeakers'names.

3.Distinguishbetweenthespeakers’voices.

Howdoyoudistinguishbetweenvoices?

Inordertohelpyoutodistinguishbetweentheirvoices.Youshouldpayattentionto:

•Tone:Howhighorlowtheirvoiceis

•Volume:Howloudlyorsoftlytheyspeak

•Accent:Anativespeakerornon-nativespeakeraccent

Tip21:listeningfortime,dates,numbers,andprices.

Listeningfornumbers:

Inthelisteningtest,youoftenneedtolistenandwritedownanumber,andofcourse,IELTSknowalltheproblemsthatmanystudentshavewithnumbersinEnglishandoneofthecommonproblemsisthedifferencebetween13and30.Evenfornativespeakerssometimes,itcanbedifficulttohearthedifference

between13and30;15and50.IELTSoftengiveyouthosenumbersinthetesttotestyourabilitytohearandunderstandinEnglish.

Howdidyoudowellthispart?

Let’shavealook.Asyoucansee,we'vegotthe“teens(thirteen,fifteen,sixteen)”andthe“ty(thirty,fifty,sixty)”.Obviously,thedifferenceisthatthissound“teens(thirteen,fifteen,sixteen)”ismuchlongerandthisone“ty(thirty,fifty,sixty)”isshorter.Thatisthedifference.

Listeningfortime:

InEnglish,thereisoftentwodifferentwaystosaythesametime.Canyouthinkofanotherwaytosaythetime2:50(twofifty)?Well,theotherwayistentothree.Thatmeans10minutesbefore3o'clock.Sothereare2differentwaystotellthesametime,andinyourIELTSlisteningtest,IELTSwilloftentrytotestyouonthatandtrickyou.

InSection1,usuallyyouwillbeaskedtolistenforinformationsuchasnumbers,timesanddates.Thesecanallbeexpressedindifferentways.Forexample:

1.Howdoyousaythetime9:10?

Answer:ninetenortenpastnine.

2.Howdoyousaythetime11:20?Answer:eleventwentyortwentypasteleven.

3.Howdoyousaythetime10:15?

Answer:tenfifteen/quarterpastten.

4.Howdoyousaythetime2:35?

Answer:twenty-fivetothree.

5.Howdoyousaythetime9:45?

Answer:quartertoten/nineforty-five.

6.Howdoyousaythetime4:30?

Answer:fourthirty/halfpastfour.

7.Howdoyousaythetime7:50a.m.?

Answer:sevenfiftya.m.

8.Howdoyousaytheamountofmoney$14.50?

Answer:fourteendollarsandfiftycents/fourteendollarsfifty.

9.Howdoyousaytheamountofmoney$286.77?

Answer:twohundredeighty-sixdollarsandseventy-sevencents.

10.Howdoyousaytheamountofmoney£30.50?

Answer:thirtypoundsandfiftypence/thirtypoundsfifty.

11.Howdoyousaytheamountofmoney£350.60?

Answer:threehundredandfiftypoundsandsixtypence.

12.Howdoyousaythenumber4,300?

Answer:fortythreehundred/fourthousandthreehundred.

13.Howdoyousaythenumber6,500?

Answer:sixthousandfivehundred/sixtyfivehundred.

14.Howdoyousaythenumber3.5million?

Answer:threeandahalfmillion/threepointfivemillion.

15.Howdoyousaythenumber4.45million?

Answer:fourpointfourfivemillion.

16.Howdoyousaythenumber2,350?

Answer:twothousandthreehundredandfifty/twentythreehundredandfifty.

17.Howdoyousaythenumber4,500?

Answer:fourthousandfivehundred/forty-fivehundred/fourandahalfthousand

18.Howdoyousaythenumber16,500?

Answer:sixteenandahalfthousand.

19.Howdoyousaythenumber17,650?

Answer:seventeenthousand,sixhundredandfifty.

20.Howdoyousaythenumber950?

Answer:ninehundredandforty-five.

21.Howdoyousaythedate26May?

Answer:thetwentysixthofMay/Maythetwentysixth.

22.Howdoyousaythedate21March?

Answer:thetwentyfirstofMarch/Marchthetwentyfirst.

23.Howdoyousaythedate22/7/08?

Answer:thetwenty-secondofJulytwothousandandeight.

24.Howdoyousaythefraction½?

Answer:ahalf.

25.Howdoyousaythefraction1/3?

Answer:one-third.

26.Howdoyousaythefraction¼?

Answer:one-fourth/one-quarter.

27.Howdoyousaythefraction2/3?

Answer:two-thirds.

28.Howdoyousaythefraction¾?

Answer:threequarters/threefourths.

29.Howdoyousaythetelephonenumber8848-5665?

Answer:doubleeightfoureightfivedoublesixfive.

30.Howdoyousaythetelephonenumber0547-447-621?

Answer:ohfivefoursevendoublefoursevensixtwoone/zerofivefoursevendoublefoursevensixtwoone.

31.Howdoyousaythenumber4.5%?

Answer:fourpointfivepercent/fourandahalfpercent.

32.Howdoyousaythenumber6.05%?

Answer:sixpointohfivepercent/sixpointzerofivepercent.

33.Howdoyousaythenumber65.80million?

Answer:sixtyfivepointeightymillion.

Tip22:improvingyourspellingofcommonnamesandplaces.

Letmegiveyoualistofstrategiestohelpyouwhenyoulistenfornames.

Strategy1:Writethecapitalletters.Anamealwaysstartswithacapitalletter.Don’tforgetit;don'tloseapointbecauseyouforgotthecapitalletter.

Strategy2:Spelling.Ifit'salongname,itwillbespelt;andyouneedtopracticeyourspellingtomakesurethatyougetthatnamecorrect.Makesureyoupracticespellingathome.

Strategy3:Commonnames.Inthetest,youwillbegivensomenamesthatyouhavetospell,andsomenamesyoudon’t.Why?Well,thereasonisthesenamesarecommonsuchasSimon,David,Mary,etc.IELTSexpectyoutoknowthespellingofcommonEnglishnamesthatmeansyouneedtolearnthemandpracticethem.Soifit'sacommonname,IELTSprobablywon'tspellit.However,ifitisalongername,moreunusual,thentheywillspellit.

COMMONNAMES:

1. McDonald

2. Caroline

3. Sophia

4. Hannah

5. Allison

6. Brian

7. Bryan

8. Lawrence

9. Michael

10. Nicholas

11. Louis

12. Lauren

13. Jessica

14. Steven

15. Stephen

16. Thompson

PLACENAMES:

1. Australia:Sydney,Melbourne,Brisbane,Canberra

2. Scotland:Edinburgh,Glasgow

3. Wales:Cardiff

4. England:London,Oxford,Cambridge

5. Ireland:Dublin,Belfast

6. Canada:Vancouver,Toronto

7. India:NewDelhi,Calcutta

8. Thailand:Bangkok

9. Hungary:Budapest

10. NewZealand:Auckland,Wellington

11. TheUnitedStates:LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,WashingtonD.C.,NewYork

12. Portugal:Lisbon

13. Spain:Barcelona

14. Argentina:BuenosAires.

15. Brazil:SaoPaolo

16. Peru:Lima

Tip23:listeningforlocationsanddirections(mapgap-fill)

COMMONLOCATIONANDDIRECTIONWORDS:

1. Ontherightof

2. Toyourright

3. Ontheleftof

4. Onyourleft

5. Nextto

6. Beside

7. Aheadofyou

8. Inthecorner

9. Near

10. Between

11. Beyond

12. Above

13. Opposite

14. Infrontof

15. Behind

16. Notfarfrom

17. Acrossfrom

18. Attheendofthe…(hallway,street,road,etc.)

19. Tothenorthof

20. Tothesouthof

21. Totheeastof

22. Tothewestof

23. Onthenorthsideof

24. Onthesouthsideof

25. Ontheeastsideof

26. Onthewestsideof

Tip24:Listeningforsignposts:

Howcansignpostshelpyou?

·Signpostswilltellyouatwhatstageyouareinthelisteningpassage(thebeginning,themiddleortheend).

·Signpostswillhelpyouanticipatewhatthespeakerisgoingtodonext.

Signpost Function Example

-First/Firstly….. -Firstly,welearn

-Second/Secondly…..

-Third/Thirdly…..

-Final/Finally……

-Last/Lastly…..

-Lastbutnotleast…

-Atthesametime…..

-Then…..

-Meanwhile…..

-Assoonas…..

-Since…..

-Afterthis/that…..

-After…..

-Before…..

-While…..

-During…..

-Simultaneously…..

-When…..

-Followingthis…..

Showingasequence

howtoclean,secondlywelearnhowtocook.

-Aftertakingfiveminutestothink,hefinallyansweredthathedid.

-Lastbutnotleast,letmeintroduceJessica,ournewsecretary.

-Afterthat,shewenthome.

-Then,sherememberedthatshehadoncemetafriendofherfather's.

-Duetothefactthat

-Dueto

-Becauseof

-Asaresultof

-Owingto

Givingacause -Themeetingwascancelledbecauseof/duetothebadweather.

-Asaresultoftheaccident,Tomwasoutofworkforthreemonths.

-Owingtothestorm,wearrivedlate.

-Duetothefactthatitisraining,wecannotgohiking.

-Ontheotherhand.....

-However.....

-Onthecontrary.....

-But.....

-Oppositely.....

-Nevertheless.....

-Alternatively.....

-While.....

-Ontheotherhand.....

-Whilst.....

-Unlike.....

Showcontrast

-Heworkedhardforthetest;however,hefailed.

-AlthoughMarywasextremelytired,shewashedthedishes.

-Incontrast,carpricesseemtobeveryexpensive.

-Unlikehisbrother,Peterexerciseseveryday.

-Eventhough.....

-Incontrasttothis.....

-Alternatively.....

-Thenagain.....

-Likewise.....

-Inthesameway.....

-Similarly.....

-Similarto.....

-Likethepreviouspoint.....

-Atthesametime.....

-Also.....

-Justas.....

Showcomparison

-Likewise,heisverygoodatFrench.

-Similarly,thereisnorulethat….

-Likethepreviouspoint,Ithinkthatthisappliestootheraspectsofourlivestoo.

-Asaresult.....

-Asaneffect.....

-Consequently.....Show

consequence,

-Hundredsofpeoplecametothewedding;therefore,itwasnotpossibletosayhellotoeveryone.

-So.....

-Thus.....

-Therefore.....

-Hence.....

-Thereasonwhy.....

-Forthisreason.....

-Thereby.....

-Eventually.....

-Becauseofthis

effectsorresult -Asaresultofstudyinghard,hepassedtheexam.

-Tomhadlosthiswallet,andbecauseofthishecouldn'tpayforahotelroom.

-Asanexample.....

-Forexample.....

-Forinstance.....

-Toshowanexample.....

-Like.....

-Namely.....

-Suchas.....

-As.....

-Particularly.....

-Inparticular.....

Givinganexample

-Thereisasimilarwordinmanylanguages,forexample/forinstanceinEnglishandFrench.

-TaketheJapaneseclassthatItooklastsemesterasanexample.

-Wewouldliketoshowanexampleforeachcondition…

-Asanevidence.....

-Toillustrate.....

-Inmyopinion......

-Ithink.....

-Istronglyagreewiththeideathat.......

-Myopinionisthat.....

-Istronglydisagreewiththegiventopic....

-Inmyview.....

-Apparently.....

-Ibelieve.....

-Frommypointofview.....

-Personallyspeaking.....

-Tomywayofthinking.....

-Itseemstomethat.....

-Tome.....

-Ifeelthat.....

GivingPersonalOpinions

-Inmyopinion,shoppingisfun.

-Ithink/believehecandoit.

-Ipersonallyfeelthat/Frommypointofview/Frommywayofthinking,eatingmeatisunnecessaryandcrueltoanimals.

-Itappearsthat.....

-Isuppose.....

-Whatdoyouthinkabout...?

-Howdoyoufeelabout...?

-Whatareyourviewson....?

-Don’tyouthink...?

AskingforOpinions

-WhatdoyouthinkaboutWhiteSmoke?

-Howdoyoufeelabouttheissue?

-Whatareyourviewsonclimatechange?

-Don'tyouthinkshedidagreatjob?

-Yes.

-You’reright.

-Isupposeyou’reright.

-Ithinkyou’reright.

-Ibelieveyou’reright.

-Exactly.

-Definitely.

-Absolutely.

-Icompletelyagreethat.....

-Istronglyagree.....

Agreeing-Icouldn'tagreemore.We'vegottodosomething.

-Icompletelyagreethatthisisthebestwaytotackletheissue.

-Iquiteagreethat....

-Iagreewiththeopinionthat.....

-Itotallyagreewiththegivenideathat.....

-Icouldnotagreemore.....

-Iamquiteinclinedtotheopinionthat.....

-Iconcurwiththegroupwhobelievethat.....

-Iacceptthefactthat.....

-Iacceptthat.....

-Iaminagreement.....

-Iapprovetheidea.....

-Iconsentthat.....

-Yes,but.....

-(I‘mafraid)Idon’t(really)agree.

-Ican’tsaythatIagree.

-I(completely)Disagreeing

-Idon'treallyagreewithyou.

-I(completely)disagreewithyou.

-Ican'tsaythatI

disagree.

-Idon’tthinkso.

-Idoubtit.

-Iwouldn’tsaythat.

-Notreally.

-Istronglydisagree.....

-Idisagreewiththeopinionthat....

-Icompletelydisagreewith.....

-Idisagreewiththestatement.....

-Itotallydisagreewiththegivenideathat.....

-Idisagreewiththegroupofpeople.....

-Iquiteopposetheopinionthat.....

-Itotallydonotacceptthefactthat.....

-Idisapprovethat.....

-Myownopinioncontradicts.....

-However,myopinion

agreewithyourpointon…..

-Iwouldn'tsaythatheishonest.

isdifferent.....

-Providedthat.....

-Providingthat.....

-If.....

-Unless.....

-Forthisreason.....

-Becauseofthat.....

-Incase.....

-Sothat.....

Expressingcondition

-Shewillcomeprovidedthatsheiswellenough.

-Providingthattheweatherisfine,we'llhaveapicniconSunday.

-Ifyoudon'thurry,youwillbelateforthemovie.

-Unlessyouhurry,wewillbelateforthemovie.

-Definitely…..

-Certainly…..

-Ofcourse…..

-Nodoubt…..

-Withoutanydoubt…..

-Doubtlessly…..

Expressingcertainty

-Hewilldefinitely/certainlybeattheairporttomeetyou.

-Withoutanydoubt/Undoubtedly,heisguilty.

-Undoubtedly…..

-Furthermore…..

-Inaddition…..

-Moreover…..

-And…..

-Aswellas…..

-Also…..

-Besides…..

-What’smore…..

Addingfurtherinformation

-Furthermore/Inaddition,purchaseofnewequipmentwillhelpcutmanufacturingcosts.

-Heisclever,andmoreover,heishandsome.

-Besides,Ienjoylivingalone.

-Inconclusion.....

-Toconclude.....

-Insummary.....

-Onthewhole.....

-Tosumup.....

-Toconcludewith.....

-Tosummarize.....

-Allinall,

Toshowtheconclusionpart

-Tosumup,therearethreemainwaysof...

-Inconclusion/Insummary/Allinall,somepeoplearebettersuitedtoworkingfromhomethanothers.

-Tosumup/Toconclude/Inshort,someimprovementsinthemiddleschool

-Inshort.....

-Overall.....

programneedtobemade.

Tip25:Listeningforstressedwords

IntheIELTSListeningtest,whenspeakerswanttogivefactsorexpresstheiropinions,theyusuallyusestresstoemphasisetheirimportantwords.Therefore,recognizingstresswillhelpyouhearananswerrelatedtobothfactsandspeakers’opinions.

Tip26:Practice

InordertoprepareandpracticefortheIELTSlisteningtest,youshould:

1.GothroughandpracticelisteningasmanytestsintheofficialCambridgeIELTSbooksaspossible.

2.ImproveyourlisteningskillbydoingasmanylisteningtestsamplesaspossibleontheofficialIELTSwebsitehttps://www.ielts.org/about-the-test/sample-test-questions

3.Analyzeyourmistakeswhenyoufinishlisteningatest.

4.Fordifficultpartsofeachtest,trytolistentothemseveraltimesuntilyouunderstandallofthecorrectanswers.

5.Writedownandlearnnewvocabularythatarepresentedineachtest.

ONLINEDICTIONARIESOxfordLearner’sDictionary

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

CambridgeDictionary

http://dictionary.Cambridge.org

LongmanDictionary

https://www.ldoceonline.com/

Merriam-WebsterDictionary

http://www.meriam-webster.com

THEANSWERSHEET:

Youcanseethattherearespacesfor40answers.Youhave10minutesattheendofthetesttotransferyouranswersfromyourQuestionBooklettotheAnswerSheet.It’sveryimportantforyoutopracticeusingitbeforeyougointoyourIELTStest.

Note:don’teverleaveyouranswersblank,ortheywillbemarkedincorrect.Ifyoucannotfindtherightanswer,youcanguess.

LISTENINGSTRATEGIES

ListeningforrelaxationListeningforrelaxationisimportantsinceyoucanchoosetolistentowhatyouareinterestedin.Forexample:

Shortstories

Songs

Movies

Whileyouarelisteningforrelaxation,youdon’tneedtotakenotes.Ifyouwanttoknowthemeaningofanewword,writeitdownimmediatelywhileyouarelisteningandthenuseyourdictionarytofindthemeaninglater.Thiswayhelpsyoubeabletokeeprelaxingwithoutworryingthatyoumustunderstandandlearneverynewwordyouhear.

Listeningformainideas

Thismethodhelpsyoulistenforgeneralinformationratherthanspecificdetails.Forexample,youcouldlistenforthingssuchas:

Thegeneraltopic

Causeandeffect

Problemsandsolutions

Comparisonsandcontrasts

Listeningformainideaswillhelpyouunderstandandfollowthecontextofaconversation.Thiswaythenhelpyoutoidentifythespecificinformationforyouranswersinthetest.

ListeningforspecificinformationThismeansyouneedtofocusonlisteningfordetailssuchas:

Numbers:dates,times,amounts,percentages,creditcarddetails,telephonenumbers,etc.

Names:places(eg,namesofstreets,countries,cities),people,groupsandorganisations,etc.

ListeningagainandagainIrecommendthatyoushouldlistentothesamerecordingseveraltimeswhenyoupracticelisteningtoanythinginEnglishathome.Thiswaywillhelpyoulearnorfindsomethingnewwhenyoulistenagainandcertainlyimproveyourlisteningskillmorequicklythanifyouonlylistenedtoeverythingonce.

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Ifyouknowofanyoneelsewhomaybenefitfromtheusefulstrategies,structures,tips,guidesforIELTSlisteningthatarerevealedinthisbook,pleasehelpmeinformthemofthisbook.Iwouldgreatlyappreciateit.

Finally,ifyouenjoyedthisbookandfeelthatithasaddedvaluetoyourworkandstudyinanyway,pleasetakeacoupleofminutestoshareyourthoughtsandpostaREVIEWonAmazon.YourfeedbackwillhelpmetocontinuetowriteotherbooksofIELTStopicthathelpsyougetthebestresults.Furthermore,ifyouwriteasimpleREVIEWwithpositivewordsforthisbookonAmazon,youcanhelphundredsorperhapsthousandsofotherreaderswhomaywanttoimprovetheirEnglishListeningskillsoundinglikeanativespeaker.Likeyou,theyworkedhardforeverypennytheyspendonbooks.Withtheinformationandrecommendationyouprovide,theywouldbemorelikelytotakeactionrightaway.Wereallylookforwardtoreadingyourreview.

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