'Listening'
Best IELTS Last Minute Tips for the Listening Test.
Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by Alanna.
I often receive emails from readers of this site saying something on the lines of ‘Help, I have my IELTS Test this Saturday, what can I do?’
Now, I think I always make it quite clear that I believe in starting your IELTS Test preparation way in advance of the test but I’ve over these next [...]
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Best IELTS Listening Test Tips.
Posted on 02. Nov, 2010 by Alanna.
I always give my students this list of IELTS Listening Test tips to help them get the best IELTS score possible in their test. These are the things that I think you should absolutely do!
Listen carefully to the invigilator’s instructions. This may seem really obvious but whenever I’ve conducted practice tests, I’ve seen so many [...]
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Best IELTS preparation -The IELTS Listening Test.
Posted on 22. Jul, 2010 by Alanna.
It has happened to me on more than one occasion that a student arrives at my IELTS Preparation class looking despondent. When I ask why, they give me the answer that they ‘spent hours practising for the IELTS Listening Test’ and didn’t understand what they were listening to.
So, my first piece of advice is ‘Don’t [...]
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What’s the best way to do a practice IELTS Listening Test?
Posted on 28. Jun, 2010 by Alanna.
When I give students a practice IELTS Listening test, I follow a certain procedure in class so that students get maximum benefit from doing the practice test. I also advise students to follow this procedure at home.
Before we start, we have to think about why we do practice IELTS tests. One reason is to get [...]
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Practice IELTS Listening Tests.
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Alanna.
Here’s a practice IELTS Listening Test I found at Oxford University Press:
IELTS practice Listening Test section 1 questions, audio, answers and tapescript.
IELTS practice Listening Test section 2 questions, audio, answers and tapescript.
IELTS practice Listening Test section 3 questions, audio, answers and tapescript.
IELTS practice Listening Test section 4 questions, audio, answers and tapescript.
The British Council also [...]
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How to improve your IELTS Listening skills.
Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Alanna.
I always advise my students to take absolutely every opportunity to listen to English. Many of the activities that you might consider ’wasting time’ in your own language, such as watching TV, are actually very useful for your English study.
Listen to everything in English; watch TV programmes and films in English (it’s so easy to [...]
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