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Listening Tutorial
Lesson 2
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Today’s Lesson
Preparing for the listening section
- Understanding distractors
- Finding synonyms for key words in the questions
- Focus on Question type: Select from a list
- Useful Language: describing location/ following
directions
Practice Test
- Sections 1, 2 & 4
- feedback
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Identifying distractors – do 1,2 and 3
UNIT 3
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Exercise 1.1
“But...»)
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STRATEGIES for Distractors
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STRATEGIES for Distractors
e.g. July 21 – 19 – 20 - 18
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Identifying distractors
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Synonyms and paraphrase
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Exercise:
Match words/phrases 1-8 with their synonyms a-h.
1 a price a money
2 a location b to carry
3 funding c a drawback
4 dangerous d a fee
5 a solution e a place
6 to transport f risky
7 disadvantage g an impact
8 an effect h an answer
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Ex. 2.1. Answers:
these words have simiar meanings
1 a price d a fee
2 a location e a place
3 funding a money
4 dangerous f risky
5 a solution h an answer
6 to transport b to carry
7 disadvantage c a drawback
8 an effect g an impact
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Synonyms and paraphrase
You read:
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What do they decide to
organize first? You hear:
A a place to stay
«hotels…
B their airfares
Let’s sort that out
C car hire straight away.»
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Synonyms:
Ex. 2.2. Answers
What you read and what you hear
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What change will they You hear:
make in the garden?
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Synonyms:
Ex. 2.2. Answers
What you read and what you hear
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What do the students agree
they need to do with their
project? You hear:
A do more research
«We could try to
B make some cuts …include
graphics. OK…»
C add some visual effects
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Synonyms & Paraphrase
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Question type: Selecting from a list
Ex. 3.1
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Ex. 3.1 Answers
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Selecting from a list
Answers: B and D
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STRATEGY : “selecting from a list” questions
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Describing location
What can you see in each image?
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Describing location
Look at the diagrams.
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Describing location
Now listen and choose
the correct option
A, B or C
… the eastern
surrounded end…
by bushes…
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STRATEGY:
understanding descriptions of locations
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Following directions
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Following directions: listening exercise
…go up Bridge St
as far as traffic
lights …turn right
…walk along to
next set of traffic
lights… turn
left… second
shop on left
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How to follow directions
You need to know…
Prepositions of location:
between, behind, under, on the side of, at the end of
Directions:
Turn right, Walk up/down, until/as far as/to the next
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TEST PRACTICE
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Put on headphones and
click to listen
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TEST PRACTICE Answers
Listening Section 1
1. 7.30
2. pencils
3. top
4. August
5. instructions
6. 55/fifty-five
7. beginners
8. Kahui 9. battery 10. show
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Put on headphones and
click to listen
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TEST PRACTICE Answers
Listening Section 2
11. B or E 18. E
12. E or B 19. C
13. B or C 20. A
14. C or B
15. G
16. I
17. B
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Put on headphones and
click to listen
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TEST PRACTICE Answers
Listening Section 3
21. C 28. D
22. A 29. C
23. B 30. E
24. C
25. A
26. G
27. A
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Put on headphones and
click to listen
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TEST PRACTICE Answers
Listening Section 4
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Any problems?
A score of 16 /40 is ok!
SCORE BAND
___/40
1 1
2–3 2
4–9 3
10 – 16 4 Sections 1 & 2 should
16 – 24 5 be easier, so try to
25 – 32 6 get as many points as
33 – 37 7
possible here!
38 – 39 8
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Suggestions for self-study
https://www.ieltsadvantage.com/2015/06/09/ielts-listening-
labeling-map-plan/
http://ieltsliz.com/ielts-map-listening-practice/
http://www.ieltsbuddy.com/ielts-listening-map-labelling.html
http://www.dcielts.com/ielts-listening/directions-maps-and-
plans/
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