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The Listening Test has 4 sections. Each section contains 10 questions, so there are 40 questions in total. The test lasts about 30 minutes, then you have an extra 10 minutes to write your answers on an answer sheet.

Here are some of the problems students have with IELTS Listening:

You only have ONE chance to listen to the recording.
Correct spelling is important.
Different English accents are used.
Some of the questions are designed to trick you.

To solve these problems, we need to do a lot of listening and spelling practice. There are also some exam tips and techniques that I can give you. However, listening practice will help you much more than exam techniques.

If you want to have "a good ear", you need to listen to as much English as possible. We'll start in next week's lesson.

#basics

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presidential debate

This week in the UK, the leaders of the three main political parties are going to have a live TV debate. The video below shows part of the first American presidential debate between JFK and Nixon.

I think it's a useful video because you can follow the subtitles, and it's full of good vocabulary. Here are some of the 'verb + noun' collocations used:

to raise a question
to adopt an idea
to make recommendations
to ask for / give / get advice
to make (major) decisions
to implement goals
to face problems
to make gains


https://youtu.be/QazmVHAO0os


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good websites

I've used a lot of videos from ted.com on this website. Here's another really good website for interesting videos: fora.tv

Of course, these are not IELTS websites, but you will not improve your listening skills by doing IELTS tests alone.

If you need to use English for study or work purposes, you should do as much listening as possible. Have a look at fora.tv .

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describe a city

I've used the following video with some of my classes. Try the gap-fill exercise for IELTS listening practice.

The topic of the video, a description of a city, is useful for IELTS speaking. Try using words or phrases from the video to describe a place you have visited.

Listen and fill the gaps:

1. Copenhagen is stylish, __ and frequently cloudy or rainy.
2. Its location is __. It’s the bridge between Europe and Scandinavia.
3. The locals __ to be bike-riding, taciturn and very good-looking.
4. My best piece of __ for travellers is to wear comfortable shoes.
5. If you can get a __ point, the views over the city are __.
6. Learning the language is an exercise in __.
7. It’s __ of people who are helpful and practical.
8. Travellers should take a __ of humour and a __ mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2FF-po0SRI&feature=youtu.be


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CORRECT ANSWERS:

1. well-organised / organized (US spelling)
2. unique
3. tend
4. advice
5. VANTAGE, (quite) spectacular
6. frustration
7. full
8. sense, curious

multicultural society

Watch the following video and try the gap-fill exercise for IELTS listening practice.

Multiculturalism and immigration are also possible topics for IELTS writing task 2. Do you have an opinion about these issues? The video should give you some ideas.

Listen and fill the gaps:

1️⃣Immigration has become a hot political, economic and __ issue.
2️⃣Minorities are creating identities that combine ____ of both cultures.
3️⃣Different cultures are coming ____ and enriching society.
4️⃣There is no dominant ____.
5️⃣ It is becoming part of everyday _.
6️⃣I’ve learnt new languages, and to be more friendly and _____.
7️⃣ I’ve learnt how to interact with other cultures and ___ them.


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1.social
2.elements
3.together
4.culture
5.live
6.hospitable
7.accept

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environment topic

The video below is about climate change. I think it's useful for three reasons:

1. The style (academic, formal) is quite similar to IELTS listening section 4.
2. The description of a graph is useful for IELTS writing task 1.
3. The film contains some great vocabulary for the environment topic (IELTS writing task 2 and IELTS speaking).


Listen and fill the gaps in the summary:

The graph helps us to distinguish between variations in the climate due to __ causes and those variations that are induced by human __.

The climate is naturally variable. Occasionally there is a downward trend that is associated with a volcano going off. Then we get to a period, from about 1910, where you can start to see an upward trend, a warming of the climate: __ __.

Up to this point, you could argue that climate variation can be explained by natural __. That is no longer the case as you get to the latter part of the 20th century. From about 1970 onwards, you can see the red curve and the green curve beginning to diverge. The yellow curve includes human factors: in particular the __ effect, which is mostly caused by carbon dioxide from __ fuel burning.

There seems little doubt that this steep rise in temperature is due to human activity. Without the action of __ __, there would have been far less __ change since the 1970’s.

https://youtu.be/S9ob9WdbXx0


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CORRECT ANSWERS:

1. natural
2. activity
3. global warming
4. factors
5. greenhouse
6. fossil
7. human beings
8. temperature

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‍ iPod

The following audio isn't really about an IELTS topic; I just think it's interesting. You'll see the boss of Apple introducing the first iPod in 2001. At the time nobody knew what an iPod was, and now almost everyone has one! This is also a great example of how to do a presentation.

Listen and fill the gaps below:

1️⃣Music is a part of life.
2️⃣It’s a very large market.
3️⃣ It knows no .
4️⃣ In this whole digital there is no market leader.
5️⃣ No one has found the yet.
6️⃣People trust the Apple .
7️⃣This is a leap.
8️⃣It holds your music library.
9️⃣Your whole music library in your pocket.
1️⃣0 It’s an amazing little .



🔻ANSWERS:

1. everyone's
2. target
3. boundaries
4. revolution
5. recipe
6. brand
7. quantum
8. entire
9. fits
10. device


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‍ crime topic

The following audio is about what the police are doing to reduce youth crime in an area of the UK. Two solutions are given: special police teams on the streets, and a local resource centre with activities for young people.

The ideas in the audio are also useful for IELTS writing task 2.


Listen and fill the gaps below:

1. Neighbourhood task teams have had an immediate impact in __ crime.
2. They have a long-term __ on crime levels.
3. We’re __ anti-social behaviour.
4. We’re working with partner agencies to help __ solutions.
5. The creation of a neighbourhood resource centre has __ a big difference.
6. The centre offers a __ of activities to all ages.
7. The police can work with the __, and are seen in a whole new light.
8. There’s been a marked __ in crime and vandalism.
9. These are important __ to local communities.



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ANSWERS:

1. cutting
2. (sustainable) impact
3. tackling
4. find
5. made
6. range
7. community
8. decline
9. issues