Welcome to the IELTS Listening Preparation Course
SHARING OUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE
At English One we have been preparing students to take the IELTS test for over a decade; and we’ve taken all the information, strategies, tips and tricks we’ve shared with our students and saved them here for you to learn too. What follows is a comprehensive collection of useful information that you will be able to use during the test to reach the band that you need.
Here’s what we’re going to share with you:
- What you can expect in each section of the test
- Which of your English skills you’ll be tested on
- The different types of questions you will encounter during the test
- The specific strategies you need to use to approach each question type in the test
- How to best deal with the different challenges you’ll encounter during the test
What is the IELTS Listening Test?
The Listening test has 4 parts to it, each one getting more difficult than the one before. All candidates do the same test, so it is the same for both the Academic test and the General Training test. The Listening test takes 40 minutes: 30 minutes to listen to the recordings and 10 minutes to transfer your answers to your answer sheet.
During the test you will listen to 4 conversations between native English speakers. You will hear a range of accents including British, Australian, American, New Zealand and Canadian. Each part has 10 questions, which are designed so that the answer appear in the order that you hear them in the audio. Here is a breakdown of what to expect from each part:
RECORDING 1
- An everyday social context
- Two people having a conversation. For example: a conversation about booking accommodation, making travel arrangements, or decisions on a night out.
RECORDING 2
- An everyday social context
- A monologue. For example: making arrangements for meals during a conference, a talk about local facilities, or a speech about student services on a University campus.
RECORDING 3
- An educational or training context
- A conversation between 2 – 4 people. For example: two university students in discussion; possibly with a tutor too, or a conversation between three students planning a research project.
RECORDING 4
- An educational or training context
- A monologue. For example: a lecture or talk on an academic subject.