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Last activity on May 24, 2023
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WELCOMEWelcome to IELTS Online Listening
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Meet Your Course Trainers
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Course Overview
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Using the Platform
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IELTS LISTENING TESTIELTS Listening Test2 Topics
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LISTENING SKILLS AND STRATEGIESIntroduction to Skills and Strategies
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General Skills and Strategies6 Topics
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Skills and Strategies for Part 16 Topics
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Skills and Strategies for Part 24 Topics
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Skills and Strategies for Part 34 Topics
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Skills and Strategies for Part 46 Topics
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QUESTION TYPESIntroduction to Question Types
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Common Strategies for All Questions
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Multiple Choice Questions8 Topics
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Matching Questions8 Topics
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Labelling Questions8 Topics
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Completion Questions8 Topics
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Sentence Completion Questions8 Topics
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Short-answer Questions8 Topics
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IELTS PRACTICE TESTSIELTS Listening Mock Tests2 Topics
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COURSE CONCLUSIONOverall Tips for a Greater Score
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Congratulations on Course Completion
Common Strategies for All Questions
Common Strategies for all Question Types
In the previous section, you learnt some skills and strategies to help you do better in the four different parts of the IELTS listening test. In this lesson, you will learn some common strategies you can use to answer all questions types in the test.
Watch the video below to learn more about these common strategies.
Common strategies
In this video, you were introduced to some strategies which you can use before and while you listen. These strategies are summarised below.
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Listen carefully to the spoken instructions
- Listen for the topic of the listening passage.
- Listen for the number of speakers.
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Analyse the Questions
- Read the instructions.
- Check the number of questions.
- Skim the title.
- Determine the topic of the talk.
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Identify key words
- Think of synonyms and antonyms.
- Identify names of people and places.
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Predict possible answers
- Try to predict logical answers.
- Consider grammar such as word forms.
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Listen actively
- Listen for key words and their synonyms.
- Listen for signposts and use them to help you follow the ideas in the listening passages.
- Watch out for distractors.
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Record your answers as you listen
- Note the answers are in the same order as the questions.
- Don’t leave questions unanswered.
Discussion
You have learnt some strategies that you can use before and while you listen to the recordings in the listening test.
Which strategy do you find most useful?
Write your answer in the box below. Feel free to respond to other participants.
Responses
Leave a Reply to darshanabenashitoza. Cancel reply
In my opinion, the best strategy would be listen carefully, and identify key words , also pay attention to instructions and how many people are speaking to.
All the strategies are somehow useful in different ways, but, the synonym one is better so that we can memorise the exact detail.
All of them are useful in different ways. But for me identifying key words
and by listening carefully to the speaker is very helpful.
By skimming through the questions, you can logically prepare yourself and this will help you in listening to the audio more attentively. Listen carefully and be prepared for synonyms, distractions and paraphrasing.
Identify the key words. Also identify the number of speakers.
Skimming through the question and actively listening to audio is helpful.