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Monday,September21,2009

IELTSListening:BasicInformation
TheListeningTestisthefirstthingyouhavetodowhenyoutakeanIELTSexam.IfyourexamisattheManchester
testcentre,youshouldarriveat9.15am.YouwillbetakentoanexamroomandyourIDdocumentswillbechecked.
TheListeningTeststartsat10.00am.
TheListeningTesthas4sections.Eachsectioncontains10questions,sothereare40questionsintotal.Thetestlasts
about30minutes,thenyouhaveanextra10minutestowriteyouranswersonananswersheet.
HerearesomeoftheproblemsstudentshavewithIELTSListening:
YouonlyhaveONEchancetolistentotherecording.
Correctspellingisimportant.
DifferentEnglishaccentsareused.
Someofthequestionsaredesignedtotrickyou.
Tosolvetheseproblems,weneedtodoalotoflisteningandspellingpractice.Therearealsosomeexamtipsand
techniquesthatIcangiveyou.However,listeningpracticewillhelpyoumuchmorethanexamtechniques.
Ifyouwanttohave"agoodear",youneedtolistentoasmuchEnglishaspossible.We'llstartinnextweek'slesson.
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Youcanfollowthisconversationbysubscribingtothecommentfeedforthispost.
Simon,hereisagoodlinkforspellingpracticeofcommonwordsfoundonthelisteningtest,especiallydays/months,professions
andeducation(nearlyalwaysgoodforPart3).http://www.ugru.uaeu.ac.ae/Spelling/IELTS/IELTS.htmItisaimedatEmirati
students,butothersmayfindituseful,butIshouldmentiontheradiobuttonsforAmericanandBritishEnglishappeartobethe
wrongwayroundatthemoment
Postedby:Andy|Thursday,March11,2010at11:17
Great,I'llgiveitatryandpassiton.ThanksAndy
Postedby:Simon|Thursday,March11,2010at18:22
Hisimon
howmuchtimeisgiventoreadthequestionbeforetherecordingstarts?
accordingtohttp://www.englishonline.org.cn/files/u1/time_ielts.pdf
itsonly2030secondsforeachsection
Arethetipsprovidedinthisarticlereliable?
Postedby:Liy|Saturday,April23,2011at04:36
HiLiy,
Icouldn'topenthefile,butI'dsayit'susually30to40seconds.
Postedby:Simon|Sunday,April24,2011at21:51
Hisimon,
IfIhavemademistakesingrammarwhenanswerthegapfilledquestion,isitcountaswrongorcorrect?
Forexample,outofprintwrittenasoutofprinted.
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Thanksalot!1!
Postedby:ahfangss|Saturday,July30,2011at07:32
I'mafraiditisusuallymarkedwrongifthegrammariswrong.
Postedby:Simon|Saturday,July30,2011at14:23
HiSimon,
CanweuseCAPITALLETTERSforgapfillingquestionsinbothListeningandReading?
Forinstance:
Universal
UNIVERSAL
CanwewritethefullwordsandalllettersineverywordinCAPITALLETTERS?Pleaseletmeknow.
Thanks,
Venky
Postedby:Venky|Saturday,October22,2011at23:28
HiVenky,
Yes,youcanifyouwant.Theydon'tcareaboutcapitallettersinthereadingandlisteningtests,soit'simpossibletomakeamistake
inthat.
Postedby:Simon|Monday,October24,2011at19:25
HelloSimon!
IhavefoundthiswebsitejustafewdaysagoandIhavemyIELTSexamtomorrow...Yougivealotofreallyusefulinformation,
unfortunatelypersonallyIdidn'thaveenoughtimetoreadandpracticeeverything.However,thankyouforyourwork!
Ihaveaquestionaboutlisteting.IhavetriedtodoalisteningsectionandthereIshouldwriteadateofbirth.
Itwas23rdApril1989andIwrote23.04.89.Answerwaswrong(itisTopTipsforIELTSprogramme)andtheysupposeditas23.
(0)4(19)89Woulditreallybeamistake?
Postedby:Helen|Friday,January20,2012at17:29
HiHelen,
No,that'snotamistake.It'sfine.
Postedby:Simon|Saturday,January21,2012at11:58
hisimon,canyoutellme?howmanyquestionshavetocorrecttoget6inreadingforacademicandgeneralieltstest.
Postedby:suresh|Wednesday,June20,2012at13:10
HiSuresh:
http://www.ielts.org/researchers/score_processing_and_reporting.aspx
Postedby:Simon|Thursday,June21,2012at12:50
Hisimon
IhavedoneallyourlisteningandreadingtestswhichyouhavegivenandIfounditveryuseful.Irequestyoutokeepsomeofthe
practiceofbothdaily.
thanksalotonceagain.
Postedby:Rukhsarpatel|Saturday,October06,2012at14:15
Ihavedoneafewlisteningpracticetests,butimunsurehowbesttowritemyanswersdownwhilelistening.ShouldIbelookingat
thequestionswhilelisteningorisitbesttototryandrememberthemainpointsandwritedownasmuchinformation?Iseemto
bestrugglinginlisteningandwritingatthesametimedespitebeingaBritishNational!Mybraincantseemtokeepup....
Postedby:Dave|Monday,March18,2013at09:52
HiDave,
Letmetrytoansweryourquestion.I'dsayyoushouldunderlinekeywordsinthequestionsinthe3040secondsgivenbefore
eachsectionofthelisteningtest.Butpleasenotethatthese3040secsdoesnotallowtesttakerstoreadandunderlineall10
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questions,sojustdoyourbest.Youprobablycanskimthrough68questions.
Whilelisteningyoushouldfollowthequestionsbutperhapsdon'tneedto"stick"youreyesontothequestions.Ratheryoushould
trytolistenand"catch"thekeywordsintheconversations,butrememberthatkeywordsinthequestionsmayverylikelybe
paraphrasedintheconversations.
MyfinalpointisNOTtowriteasmuchinformationaspossiblebecauseit'sdifficulttochoosethedetailsyouneedtofillinfroma
heapofinformation.Andalsobydoingthisyoumaymissthenextquestions.
There'sabookfocusingonListeningandSpeakingbySamMcCarter.Iveryhighlyrecommendthisbook!!
Hopemycommentshelp!
Postedby:ThangTrinh|Tuesday,April16,2013at17:59

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