IELTS Listening - Top 14 tips!

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Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's lesson, I am going to teach you my top tips for the IELTS listening module. Okay?

So, before I teach you these tips, you might be wondering: "What's the IELTS listening module?" Well, the IELTS is a test and one part of the test is listening. So, in the listening section, you're going to have 40 questions where you're going to listen to some conversations for about 30 minutes, and then you'll have 10 minutes to transfer your answers over to another sheet. So, in total, it's 40 minutes; 30 minutes for listening, 10 minutes for writing down your answers.

Okay, now this part of the IELTS is very possible to get a high mark, especially if you follow my tips. All right? Now, before we get started, I just want to let you know: I know you can do the IELTS. I know you can pass, I know you can get a great mark, a great bandwidth - you just have to have confidence in yourself and you have to practice. Practice, practice, practice; it really pays off. So let's get started.

So, my first tip: write no more than three words. What do I mean by this? I don't mean for the whole thing, write no more than three words. On the IELTS, you will have to read the instruction of what to do. Often times, the instruction, before you listen, you're going to see: "Write no more than three words." This is an example of an instruction you must follow. One mistake a lot of students make during the IELTS is they don't read instructions properly. They're nervous, they're stressed out, they write whatever, they don't... They don't follow the instructions. If you see something like: "Write no more than three words." Do that. You can't write four, don't write five. Write three or less. Okay? So my main point here: follow the instructions carefully.

Point number two: get used to British English. A large part of the IELTS, you will be listening... For... For... Sorry, for the listening, you will be listening to British accents. Sometimes you might hear Australian accents or Canadian, you might hear a range, but a lot of the accents will be British. So it's very important to get used to listening to British accents. And also, listen to other accents like Canadian, Australian; that's a good idea too. Where can you find British accents to listen to? I recommend the BBC. They have a lot of great videos there and most of it's with British accents, so it's a very good idea so you can practice listening. The more you practice listening with British accents, the easier it will be to understand British speakers. Especially if you're used to American English, this is a very good thing to do.

Number four: spelling counts. Okay? Very important. The listening part of the IELTS is not just listening; you're actually using other skills like writing and reading. Now, with writing, when you write down your answers, you sometimes have to spell something out, so you have to be very, very careful with spelling. Okay? This is something you should really study and practice before you take the listening part of the IELTS. Practice your spelling. Learn spelling rules. We have a lot of different videos on how to spell on engVid, so I would come and check those ones out.

Number five - this is the thing that always gets my students and I always warn them about when we practice - plural versus singular. Okay? You have to listen carefully on whether you're writing down the plural with an "s" or the singular. If the question wants me to write down: "cat", someone's talking about their cat and I write down: "cats", it's incorrect. I would get an "X". Okay, so it's important to be careful, to really listen: is it a singular thing, is it a plural thing? Are they saying "store" or "stores"? Okay?

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Let’s go guys! We will pass this exam!

[dr.marwanelkady.]

Very important tip coming later. first i would like to thank you for your videos, it was really helpful.
secondly, i got a total band score of 8.
reading: 8.5
listening: 8
writing: 7.5
speaking: 8
some tips from my experience:
reading: if you are a fast reading and you can finish reading the given part in under 10 mins, then i would advise reading it in full first (it would make it so much easier to go back and search for information).
listening: there is a trick that they usually do, that is when someone spells a certain name or word in the audio and then the other person corrects them, i think write down both words and then see if they got corrected (funny thing happened with me, the guy spelled out a name and i was like "yeah right im not falling for that" then they girl told him it was correct, and i hadnt written anything down actually)

[celalceyhandemir]

Her prononcuation is very clear and sweet.

[akshaypanchwagh]

These videos are very helpful. All the 4 modules have been explained very neatly by her. My band score was 8.0 wherein Listening: 9.0, Reading: 8.5, Speaking: 7.0, Writing: 7.0
As I said earlier, all the modules have been explained thoroughly. The writing tasks I found quite helpful along with speaking tips as well. As far as reading and listening are concerned, I would say it's all about practice. It all depends on how many reading and listening sections you solve while practicing. I remember I was solving 1 reading and 1 listening section everyday until the day of exam. This practice will help you get acquainted with the accent (regarding listening) and the flow of the passage (for reading).

The videos were really helpful. I have recommended this channel to all those who asked me how I prepared for IELTS.

[supakbarua]

Got my results today. L-9, R-9, W-7, S-8. Thank you Emma. Your tutorials helped a lot.

[emadrmila]

Thanks a lot teacher Emma, I'm proud to be as one of more than 4 MM people who following you on your channel on you tube, I have been studying English course since 2019 in Libya and I face a problem in listening tests .

[alicechomba]

emma you are such a blessing, your tips are so helping.have been listening to them in preparation for the ielts exam, hopefully to write this April. keep on

[emmanuelakakabota]

I quite like the confidence you give prospective test-takers! Your positive energy is so infectious, it comes right out of my screen

[ikafridi]

Couldn't do well in Listening as I was feeling extremely sleepy in the morning. So another important tip: Have a good sleep before taking this exam.

[zwzechul]

We can do it ..confidence confidence is just what we need ^^

[kristinamariemehra]

I got perfect 9 on my listening test in July last year! Going to take IELTS exam again tomorrow, this time for general ielts. Praying to get perfect 9 once again😁

[Caersy]

Thank you very much Emma! You are so helpful! Thank you for cheering us up

[nouhh]

Hello Emma. Thank you for all your instructions, and your precious comments. I gave the test yesterday. It was good in general. I checked almost all your videos during my 3 weeks period of preparation. It helped me a lot. I hope I will get a good result soon.  

[ikafridi]

I have got a total band score of 7.5 today. Listening : 6.0, Reading : 7.0, writing : 7.5 and speaking 8.5. I would like to thank you for your great videos and wonderful tips which are extremely helpful!
I have studied English throughout my schooling and university, however getting a good score in IELTS is all about understanding the exam technique which can be done only through the practice and comprehension. If you are a native English speaker or already good at English, is definitely going to be helpful but do not be overconfident that it will get you a higher band unless you practice ;-)

[camillachopinet]

Watching this the day before the test, I'm a master procrastinator haha
Wish me luck!

[mfhava]

She's more than a teacher! Thanks also for motivation!!

[munjpat]

I would like to personally thank Emma and the team. I managed to achieve Reading and Listening 9 bands by just watching their videos and implementing their tips. I achieved over 8.5 bands. I really appreciate the effort you guys put to make these videos.

[sokleapchhun]

Thanks for your tips. Your 14 tips are very useful and make me more confidence and concentrade with the listening practice or test to get high score.

[LoanNguyen-scqf]

really love this teacher. love the way she explains things. she makes things so simple and understandable

[mohanadalanesi]

Got my results today and scored 9 in Listening. Thank you Emma!!