Saturday, January 30, 2010

IELTS LISTENING : AN OVERVIEW


Total Time30 mins*
Listening Sections4
Each section 10 questions
Total Questions40
Total Marks40
* + 10 mins to transfer answers to an answer sheet.




Section1ConversationSection 1, 2 are based on social topics
Section2Monologue
Section3ConversationSection 3, 4 are academic
Section4Monologue
Questions are in the form of :
  • Objective
  • Multiple Choice
  • Sentence Completion
  • Labeling a Diagram
  • Notes/tables/forms/summary/flow charts questions
  • Classification questions
The students answer the questions as they listen.
Sequence of the conversations and questions are same.
30 sec gap between sections gives the candidate time to read keywords.
Keywords help to identify answers.
Listen to complete conversation of each question before writing the final answer.



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