Listening and Speaking

IELTS Listening
There are 4 sections and 40 questions in Listening test
Overall time: around 30 mins
At the end of the test you have extra time (10 mins) to transfer your answers to the Answer Sheet
It’s recommended to write in capital letters
There are 6 types of listening tasks:
Form/note/table/flow chart completion
Labelling a diagram, a plan or a map
Sentence /summary completion
Short answers
Multiple choice
Matching
Each section has several types of tasks
All texts are on academic and general topics
Section 1 is the easiest part of the test. You will have a conversation between 2 people
In Section 2 you will hear a monologue on a non-academic topic
In Section 3 you will hear people discussing an academic paper or assignment
Section 4 is the most difficult part of the test. It is normally a professor giving a lecture and talking for 4-5 mins

Listening skills
There are 3 different listening skills in IELTS:
Match the skill with its description
A
C
B
(skimming in Reading)
(scanning in Reading)
In Listening you always have paraphrasing

London – from countryside village to urban metropolis
The Museum of London Life takes you on a thrilling journey from (1) /_______/ times in the city to modern-day life and beyond. Your trip through history begins with a look at how (2) /___________/ humans used to live when London was just open countryside. This is followed by a ‘walk through the ages’. In every room you are surrounded by fascinating exhibits – images, photos, maps and all kinds of (3) /_______/ from years gone by. After you leave the here-and-now, when you have finished the (4) /______________/ London section, you will be transported into the final era – the (5) /_______/ century, to be precise – as you look at how the city might continue to evolve in the future.
Adjective
Adjective
Plural or collective noun
Adjective or noun
Number or adjective
ancient
prehistoric
objects
Contemporary
22nd
Look at the text and try to predict the parts of speech and words that can be used. Then listen and check

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Museum of London Life. My name’s Peter, and I’ll be your guide, taking you through your exciting visit, which lasts for approximately ninety minutes, and traces the history of this vast and ever-changing city. But before we eventually arrive back here in the present, we begin our walk in ancient London, where we’re going to take a look at life from the point of view of prehistoric men, women and children, looking at how they lived thousands of years ago, when all this around us was fields. At this point, London was little more than a few settlements dotted about here and there. Certainly nothing like the metropolis you see surrounding you today. So, from there, the walk allows you to see the city grow as you progress through the exhibits and take in the fascinating pieces of history that have been found and donated to the museum over the years – including maps, photos, images and thousands of other objects here. And finally, when we leave the part of the exhibition called ‘Contemporary London’, we’ll move away from our present, here in the 21st century, and head off into the 22nd

MUSEUM OF LONDON LIFE
Booking Form
See how Londoners lived from Prehistoric times through to the 22nd century.
Name: (1) ____________________
Address: (2) _____________ Road, London, (3) ______________
Telephone: (4) _________________
Discounts: 4+people: 10% ; 10+people (5) _____% ;
Students: (6) _______%; Students: 20% for groups of at least (7) _______ people
Price for entry: (8) _______ pounds
Special exhibition: (9) _______________ London
Date of visit: (10) ____________ July
You will hear an employee at the Museum of London Life taking a booking. Complete the form with no more than TWO words and/or a number for each answer:
James Graeme
16 Mount Hill
E15 2TP
770 464
15/fifteen
15/fifteen
4/four
4.25
Underground
12/12th/twelfth

IELTS Speaking
The Speaking test is a face-to-face interview between the candidate and an examiner.
There are 3 parts to the test.
These parts include: introduction and interview (4-5 minutes), long turn (3-4 minutes), discussion (4-5 minutes).
Time allowed: 11–14 minutes
There are four assessment criteria:
● Fluency and coherence: how well you can speak at a normal speed without too much hesitation. It also includes putting your sentences and ideas in a logical order.
● Lexical resource: the range of vocabulary you use.
● Grammatical range and accuracy (GRA): the range of grammar you use and how accurately and appropriately you use it.
● Pronunciation: your ability to speak in a way which can be understood without too much effort.

Speaking Part 1
This part tests your ability to give opinions and information by answering a range of questions.
Part 1 is 4–5 minutes long.
The questions in Part 1 are about everyday topics, not about abstract and complex topics.
This is the easiest part of the Speaking test.
You normally talk about several topics in Part 1.
You need to give extra information when answering the questions.

Read the questions. Which ones would probably NOT be asked in Part 1 of the Speaking test? Why?
1. Do you live in a house or an apartment?
2. If you could choose any country to visit, where would you go?
3. What are the main issues affecting life in your town?
4. What do you like about the area where you live?
5. How might overpopulation affect city life in the future?
6. How often do you use public transport in your town/city?
7. Why is it important to look after places of natural beauty?
8. Do you often visit parks in your town/city?

Listen to three candidates answering these three questions. For each question, what does the candidate do wrong?
The candidate repeats the word ‘apartment’ several times.
It doesn’t answer the question. It is highly likely to be a memorised answer – the vocabulary is good but not relevant to the topic at all.
There are problems with the grammar used

Dos and Don’ts of Part 1
Make eye contact regularly, speak loudly and clearly
If you didn’t understand the question,
ask to repeat it
Repeat the questions in your answer
Give one-word or two-word answers
Look for a perfect word to express what you think
Use the same vocabulary throughout the answer
Memorize the ready-made answers
YES!
Yes, it’s OK. But try to listen to the interviewer carefully
Don’t!
Don’t! Expand your answers
Don’t! Try to paraphrase
Don’t! Try to use synonyms
Don’t! It won’t give you extra points

Practise asking and answering the questions
Do you live in a house or in an apartment?
What do you like about the area where you live?
Do you often visit parks in your towns/cities?

Practise asking and answering the questions about travelling
Have you spent much time abroad?
Is there a particular country you’d like to visit?
What is the best way to travel around your country?
What makes travelling by plane so exciting?
Tell me about where people typically spend their holidays in your country?