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IELTS Listening Tips, Lessons and Videos

IELTS listening tips and practice lessons for success in your IELTS listening test. Develop your skills, learn about the test, get useful tips and much more. This page has everything you need to do well in your test.

On this page, you will find:

  • IELTS Listening Test Information
  • IELTS Listening Essential Tips Video
  • Extra IELTS Listening Videos
  • Practice Listening Lessons for IELTS Preparation

Information and tips for the other sections of the test, can be accessed through the RED BAR at the top of the website.

IELTS Listening Test Information

There is only one listening test for all IELTS candidates. That means Academic and GT candidates will take the same listening test with the same scoring.

  1. The IELTS listening test lasted for a total of 40 mins.
  2. The IELTS listening recording will last for 30 mins.
  3. There are four parts to the IELTS Listening test:
    1. Conversation between 2 people: social context
    2. A speech or talk with just one person: social context
    3. Conversation between up to four people: educational or training context
    4. A talk by one person on an academic subject
    5. Please note again that all IELTS candidates take the same listening test. The GT candidates take the same listening test.
  4. For the paper based listening test, you must listen and write your answers on the questions paper at the same time. After the recording ends, you will be given an extra 10 mins to transfer your answers from the question paper to the answer sheet.
  5. For the computer delivered IELTS listening test, put your answers directly into the computer. You are NOT given 10 mins to transfer answers because the answers are already in the computer. Instead you have 2 mins to review your answers and change anything you need to. This is the only difference between the paper and computer listening test.
  6. For each set of questions there will be a word count limit – you need to pay close attention to the limit and how it changes for the next set of questions.
    1. For example: write no more than two words and/or a number – you can write one word, two words OR a combination of one or two words with a number OR just a number on its own. Always notice if it allows “a number” or “numbers”.
    2. You can learn how words are counted for IELTS listening on this page: Counting Words
  7. You will have time to read the questions before the recording starts.
  8. If the word is spelled wrong, it will be marked wrong.
  9. COMPUTER DELIVERED IELTS.  Click here to read about the Pros & Cons of Computer Based IELTS
  10. To see the listening scores, click here: IELTS Band Scores.
  11. For more test information, see this page: IELTS FAQ

IELTS Listening Essential 25 Tips

A MUST watch video for success in the IELTS listening test.

Notice about Using capital letters: this tip has been updated and listed on this page: 25 Essential Tips Listed for Listening

To get a list of tips from this video, please visit this page: 25 Listening Tips

More IELTS Listening Tips and Video Lessons

IELTS Listening Practice Lessons

Some practice listening exercises to help you develop the skills needed for IELTS listening. The lessons vary in level to give all students a chance to practise. I’ve listed the type of listening question with each lesson to help you focus on different IELTS question types. I hope you find my lessons useful 🙂

Information:

  • You will only be able to listen to the recording once in the test. You won’t be able to pause the recording or control it in any way.
  • The transcripts are provided with the answers in my lessons. You do not look at them while you are completing the lesson. In your actual test, you won’t be given the answers or transcript.
  • Take time to learn why you got a question wrong and why others you got right. Analysis is the name of the game for development,

  1. Moles: Multiple Choice

  2. The Future of Libraries: Sentence Completion

  3. Turtles: Multiple Choice Questions & Tips

  4. Blue Footed Birds: Gap Fill

  5. Mammoths: Multiple Choice Pictures

  6. Spelling for Names

  7. Nadiya Hussein: Short Answer Qs & Sentence Completion

  8. Farm: Map Completion

  9. Sports Festival:  Summary & Sentence Completion

  10. Fireworks: Sentence Completion 

  11. Sponsored Walk: Short Answer & Sentence Completion

  12. Listening for Addresses

  13. Listening for City Names

  14. Listening for Letters: Alphabet Practice

  15. Plastic Straws: Sentence Completion

  16. Brain Drain: Multiple Choice & Sentence Completion

  17. Numbers Practice

  18. New Year in Vietnam: Sentence Completion

  19. Dealing with Natural Disasters: Dictation Practice

  20. Buckingham Palace: Summary Completion 

  21. Taj Mahal:  Map Completion & Tips

  22. Big Numbers Practice

  23. Dinner Invitation: Multiple Choice

  24. London Attractions: Table Completion

  25. Dolphin Intelligence: Short Answer Questions & Section 4 Tips

  26. Dashford Study Center: Multiple Choice

  27. Festivals: Sentence Completion

  28. Bedford Surgery: Map Completion

  29. Oxford Summer Course:  Form Completion

  30. Terracotta Army: Summary Completion

  31. Sports Center: Short Answer Questions

  32. Comet Landing: Sentence Completion

  33. Species of the British Isles:  Table Completion

  34. Museum Visit: Multiple Choice

  35. My University: Sentence Completion

  36. Superbugs:  Short Answer Questions

  37. Autism: Sentence Completion

  38. Eiffel Tower: Diagram Labelling

  39. Mars Probe: Diagram Labelling

 

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