Lesson 1: all about the listening test

LESSON 1:ALL ABOUT THE LISTENING TEST

On this page you can find all how the essential information about IELTS LISTENING TEST, learn how IELTS Listening test is scored and see useful practice tests,tips and strategies to improve your listening skills.

Information about IELTS Listening test

IELTS Listening test is made to assess you listening abilities. This module is the same for Academic and General IELTS.

TIME	40 MINUTES
QUESTIONS	40
PARTS

The Listening module takes 40 minutes: 30 minutes for testing and 10 min for transfering your answers to the answer sheet

There are 40 questions in Listening module, with 10 questions in each section.Sections get increasingly difficult.

IELTS Listening consists of four sections.

Section 1 conversation between 2 speakers about every day situations.

This is the easiest section.Speaker talks quite slowly ,making pauses.The key information is usually repeated.

Examples: two individual are talking about their journey planning ; one person is asking another how to reach an unknown city; woman is giving advice to her colleague about a new project; two men are discussing results of a football match: tourist is registering at the hotel etc.
Section 1, focus only on given facts.
Section 2 : monologue about everyday situations.Speaker talks quite slowly ,but makes less pauses than in previous section.
Examples: information for potential buyers about new-built flats,radio interview about lake resort,advertisement about positive effects of a new toothbrush etc.
In Section 2, focus only on given facts.
Section 3: conversation between 2,3 or 4 speakers about educational or training situations. This section is harder than the two previous ,speakers discuss topics at a faster pace and sometimes use advanced vocabulary.
Examples: students are talking about a class assignment,people are discussing professor’s academic speech etc.
In Section 3, focus on given facts and speakers’ opinions and attitudes.