The structure of the IELTS Listening test and tips to help you practice effectively (Ms Yen)

1. Structure of the IELTS Listening test

The duration of the IELTS Listening test is 30 minutes. For the paper-based test, you will have an additional 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.

You will have to go through four parts of the Listening test with increasing difficulty. Each section has 10 questions, a total of 40 questions with 1 point for each question. The examiner gives you time to review the questions before you start listening to the audio recording that is played and at the end you will have time to review the answers you have written.

Use caution when reading questions about how many words are allowed in your answer, as some requests specify that you will only enter a word, two words, or a number, and so on. You also need to prepare the ability to analyze the question, a rich vocabulary, especially synonyms, because the vocabulary used in the listening test will not be the same as the question, but sometimes they are explained by words. synonym.

Part 1: Conversations between two people revolve around topics in everyday life. (e.g. a chat to book a room in a hotel)

Part 2: A featured monologue about everyday life. (e.g. a talk about using time effectively)

Part 3: Conversation between 3 or 4 people on the topic of education or training. (e.g. students discussing assignments)

Part 4: Academic monologue. (e.g. a university lecture)

2. Tips for effective IELTS Listening test

You only get to listen to the IELTS test once, so you must regularly practice answering the questions and complete the full mock test. You can find previous years' IELTS test resources on the internet and start practicing seriously.

You will have one minute before each test to read the questions. Make sure you read carefully and understand what you need to hear in order to write your answer. Note the word count requirement is specified in the answer, e.g. A date/number: the answer must be a date or a number. Besides, you also need to pay attention when using hyphen (hyphen) between 2 elements, it will be counted as one word and if there is no hyphen, it will be counted as 2 words.

Next, spelling is also very important in the test. For those who are just starting to learn English, listening and spelling correctly is a difficult thing to do. So, you can spell it wrong in the scratch paper, but when you transfer it to the answer sheet, you must pay attention to write it correctly. Pay special attention to plural words.

In the end, you are more likely to get trapped in information, so listen carefully and do not lose focus because you may miss the most important information, maybe it is the answer. that you are looking for.