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IELTS Listening Handout - AC
IELTS Listening Handout - AC
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IELTS LISTENING AT A GLANCE
Section 1
➔ A conversation between two people set in
an everyday social context.
➔ During the conversation, the people
attempt some type of transaction
➔ A common scenario involves a customer
who calls a company to find out specific
information about a product or service.
Section 2
➔ A monologue set in an everyday social
context, e.g. a speech about local
facilities.
➔ A possible scenario is a speaker giving a
short presentation on a service, or a
guided tour through a physical location.
STRUCTURE OF THE TEST
Section 3
➔ A conversation between up to four people
set in an educational or training context,
e.g. a university tutor and a student
discussing an assignment.
➔ Often involves a teacher and students
discussing an academic topic.
Section 4
➔ A monologue on an academic subject, e.g.
a university lecture.
➔ It is likely to be on a topic that you know
little about, yet simple enough for a
non-expert to comprehend.
Task types in the Listening Test
➢ multiple choice
➢ matching
➢ plan/map/diagram labelling
➢ form/note/table/flow-chart/summary
completion
➢ sentence completion
➢ Short-answer questions
multiple choice
➢ Task Focus
➢ Task Focus
Audio (Section 1)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/179PZRjCIQd2vpJ38rsxF1riCNko8Sjo
U/view?usp=sharing
Try this! (Continuation of Section 1)
Try this! (Section 2)
Audio (Section 2)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EE80oHWAqrOCEW3iytKqQ0zqP8Cnqq
dv/view?usp=sharing
Try this! (Continuation of Section 2)
Try this! (Section 3)
Audio (Section 3)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12hRFcOpoGjqRYAQfRav_kSUOL8NwP
WNY/view?usp=sharing
Try this! (Continuation of Section 3)
Try this! (Section 4)
Audio (Section 4)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SrE5PHqSazCx5ad46H6bmVP48GiSJeJ
Q/view?usp=sharing
Try this! (Continuation of Section 4)
You can listening from the ff website to
improve listening skill.
Australian:
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/newsradio/live/
New Zealand:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes
American:
https://www.npr.org/
British:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/player/bbc_wo
rld_service