IELTS Listening Practice | What You NEED to Know!

If you need to score a Band 7, 8 or 9 in IELTS Listening, you must PRACTICE properly.

Many people believe that ‘good practice’ means listening to IELTS Listening past papers over and over again…

But in this video, I’ll explain why this is a TERRIBLE idea!

As you’ll see, if you practice listening to English the right way for just 20 or 30 minutes every day, you’ll improve your IELTS Listening score AND your overall level of English. You won’t make the same progress by listening to past papers.

The methods I’ll teach you in this video are the same methods that I teach all my VIP students that need to improve their scores in IELTS Listening.

They have helped thousands of my students get the scores they need to move to the country of their dreams - you can find out what they are for free!

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What I’ll discuss in the video:

0:00 Why you shouldn't do IELTS Listening practice papers over and over

4:40 Practice Method #1 - Listen for pleasure

7:24 Practice Method #2 - Listen actively

9:59 Practice Method #3 - Listen reflectively

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[SelenneLBFW]

Chris, thank you so much for your tips! I studied on my own and watched mostly your videos and my overall score was 8.5!!! I got two perfect scores: 9.0 for both the reading and listening task. Thank you for giving such realistic advice :)

[samirasanjikhan]

Podcast amazingly helped me a lot to achieve band 7.5 in listening ❤

[hibaabdullah]

After watching your videos, I am forced to say that you are one of the best teachers in the world.

[trainerrazanal-ayoubi]

Thank you so much. IELTS is my obsession and I am working to pass it by 8.5 score. May Allah bless you and bless your work.

[akhilahmed]

Hi, I have never seen a great teacher like you. I was having problems with this for a long time. I used to give a lot of practice tests without checking where I was lacking. However, having watched your videos, I realized my mistakes and I started working on them.

[samandarsolijonob]

I used to practice every day since Your lesson I have built a strong foundation in listening

[englishspecialists]

Great content, Chris! I also work with IELTS preparation and it's really hard for some students to understand that they really need to change their mindsets in order to get a high score. I've been following your teachings for quite some time and they've just been amazing! Thank you very much.

[naturalnature]

I was exactly following the same rule which you mentioned in the beginning. Now I got my weak areas. Now I have to work on them only. Thanks Sir.

[phenomenon_]

although in this channel the number of subscribers are low compare to other channels, i firmly belive that every second of the4 videos in this channel are treasure. i really appreciate that you are getting stright to the point and telling all the truth about IELTS. Some "teachers" just want to increase their subscribers by making some videos about tips and tricks in IELTS exam. but i know there is no any tips or tricks that are going to improve our score as you have said. THANKS A LOT FOR EVERY VIDEO

[abubakrjutt]

In Start I was just doing practice test again & again and It's ture it was not helping me .. Now I'm just focusing on my weak areas .... Thank you chris for your valuable advices ..

[Weiweisunn]

I like your ways

plus: we also need to leave our comfort zone, even though the contents are hard and they are not what we like

[Bestvid]

You are right it is so beneficial to improve our listening

[alisher]

Thank you very much. The way you teach is very straightforward, clear and simple.

[sevinch]

I have been doing practice tests consistently for 2 month now. I'm going through the exact these problems, I stuck on 7-7, 5 it's not being developed. From now I will follow your suggestions. Thank you so much!

[israaelgoarany]

I agree with all what u’ve said except for the fake online tests.
When I applied for the IELTS test for the very first time 2 years ago, I totally had no idea about the form of questions in all bands.
So, when I looked for practice tests in different websites, I saw that the form of the IELTS exam I applied for was quite similar to the exams available on those websites.
Not the same questions of course but the exam style was almost the same as the online exam on websites.
What I wanna say is that those online exams helped me a lot to get ready for the IELTS and to be aware of the various question types in such an exam.

[nhutruc]

I truly thanks for your help in getting me to band 7.5.

[moumitaroy]

Yes, it is good!! But there is a man i know who got 8 in listening just doing more or "lot of practice test"!! But we need to rectify ourselves by pulling out our comfort zone.😍

[bernacayhan]

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[zarinauralova]

You are great ielts instructor! Thanks for advices.