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GENERAL LISTENING STRATEGIES
When you go to university you will have to interact with many different people in a number of situations. The IELTS Listening test is designed to reflect some of these real-world listening situations. The level of difficulty increases through the paper and there is a range of topics and tasks which test your comprehension skills, e.g. listening for specific information, such as dates and place names, listening for detail, understanding gist and understanding speaker attitude/opinion. As you work your way through the Listening units of this book, you will be introduced to a wide range of IELTS question types and additional exercises to help improve your overall listening strategies.
LISTENING FOR IELTS
Listening Test Format
Section 1: A conversation between two speakers in a social or semi-official context.
Section 2: A talk by a single speaker based on a non-academic situation.
Section 3: A conversation with up to four speakers based on academic topics or course-related situations.
Section 4: A university-style lecture or talk.
The Listening test is the first part of the IELTS examination and takes place at the beginning of the day. It takes about 40 minutes and consists of four recorded sections, each covering a different type of language and context. There are 10 questions in each section and you will be given time to read these questions before you listen to each part. As you will hear each recording once only it is very important to understand exactly what you are being asked to do in each question. The question types vary and focus on a variety of different listening skills. For example, some questions involve completing a form, chart or diagram, others require you to select pictures which represent what you have heard. In addition there are note-taking exercises and multiple-choice questions. All aspects of the Listening test, as well as additional skills, are covered in this book. | 