IELTS Listening is a component of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam. It assesses the ability of a candidate to understand spoken English in academic and social contexts. The listening test is designed to evaluate the test-taker’s ability to comprehend a range of accents and speech styles that one may encounter in an English-speaking environment.

During the IELTS Listening test, candidates will listen to recordings of conversations, lectures, and monologues. They will then answer a series of multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, and short-answer questions based on the content of the recordings. The listening test takes approximately 30 minutes, and candidates will be given an additional 10 minutes at the end of the test to transfer their answers to the answer sheet.

The IELTS Listening test is an important part of the overall IELTS exam and can significantly impact a candidate’s overall score. Therefore, it is essential to practice and improve one’s listening skills before taking the exam.

Listening is one of four modules of IELTS and to help to achieve a higher score in it, here is the preparation checklist for it. Once you learn them, you can put a tick next to each point on the list. 

• What is IELTS Listening
• IELTS Listening Band Score Description
• IELTS Listening Exam General Information
• IELTS Listening – 4 Sections
• Learn Question Types Strategy, Tactics, & Analysis
  • Form Fill-the-Blank
  • Short Answer
  • Sentence Completion
  • Fill the bank in Table
  • Labelling Plan, Diagram, Flowchart or Map
  • Summary Completion
  • Multiple choice: Standard Multiple Choice
  • Multiple choice: completing a sentence
  • Multiple choice: choose two or more from a list

• Improve Listening Skills
  • Practice Listening Regularly
  • Focus on Key Words
  • Take Notes
  • Use Context Clues
  • Predict the Answer
  • Improve Your Vocabulary
  • Practice Different Question Types
  • Learn from Your Mistakes
  • Listening to a Range of Accents
  • Learn Not to Lose Your Concentration
  • Read and Follow the Instructions Carefully
  • Practice Recognizing Distractors
  • Practice Connected Speech

• Improve Vocabulary
• • Learn Vocabulary in Context
  • Use a Vocabulary Notebook
  • Review and Practice Vocabulary
  • Use Vocabulary Lists
  • Use English Language Websites and Apps
  • Listen to Authentic Audio Materials
  • Practice Topic Vocabulary
  • Learn Synonyms and Paraphrasing
  • Learn Directions and Locations
  • Language for Describing Processes

• Listening Time Management.
• Useful websites for IELTS Listening practice
• Tools for Listening
  • Zap Reader – https://www.zapreader.com/app.php
  • BBC Learning English – Listening https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening
  • English Listening Lesson Library Online https://www.elllo.org/
• IELTS Listening FAQs
• IELTS Listening – Top 10 Do and Don’t

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