IELTS test format of listening- Part I

IELTS examination is based on four parameters of the English language or any other language. Those parameters are reading, writing, listening and speaking. Here we are going to discuss the test format of the listening test in detail. The best IELTS coaching in Dwarka is going to highlight everything related to this test whether it is related to time or quality of questions or the patterns. All the details regarding the test will be mentioned in two parts. The first part of the blog will tell you the description of the listening test along with the marking. The second part will tell you all the types of tasks given and the listening test.

Listen to recordings

You will have to listen to four recordings of English speakers who are native. You need to carefully listen to these recordings because you will have to answer multiple questions based on these recordings. Here are the details of the recordings:

1.    First recording: It is going to be a conversation between two persons who are talking about everyday life matters.

2.    Second recording: It can be a monologue a speech about any topic locally, nationally or Internationally.

3.    Third recording: It can be a piece of correspondence in a group of people in the context of training or education.

4.    Fourth recording: It can be related to academics or a session of a University lecture.

Description of listening test

Some important points that are going to be covered in the description are

1.    Format of paper

2.    Time allotted

3.    Number of questions

4.    Types of the task (will be discussed in the next blog)

5.    Answering

6.    Marking

Format of paper

There are four recordings as mentioned above. All these four recordings make four parts of the listening test. You will listen to One audio recording and answer the questions related to it before listening to the second recording. The second audio will be followed by the questions related to it and then you will listen to the third recording and so on. These four recordings are called the four parts in the terminology of the IELTS examination. You can listen to the accented voice of a native from Canada, America, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

The time allotted

You will be given the time of half an hour or 30 minutes along with 10 minutes of transfer time. You need to solve all the questions in these 40 minutes in total. The transfer time is the time taken by the students to mark their answers on a separate answer sheet from the question paper. Students often make a lot of mistakes therefore, a separate answer sheet was introduced so that they don't commit any mistakes and get penalised.

Marking

You are given the marks by the markers who half the certificates. These markers need to make sure about their reliability. When your answer sheets are marked they are sent to Cambridge Assessment English for analysis further. I hope this blog has helped you in understanding about listening test in detail, the rest of the information about the types of the tasks along with the conversion of Band score will be e explained tomorrow by the IELTS coaching Dwarka.

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