Self-
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Activity (Focus: Listening)
What should you do before you hear the test recording? Have a read of
some helpful advice in the ‘Exams’ section of
LearnEnglishTeens.
Watch an English language movie/TV show with subtitles in English.
Remove the subtitles once you start feeling confident.
Try to do some listening where there are no visual clues (e.g.
ChinaPlus
Radio), as this mirrors the listening in the IELTS test.
What should you do during the test recording? Have a read of some
helpful advice in the ‘Exams’ section of
LearnEnglishTeens.
Watch/listen to a sports match (that you are familiar with) with English
commentary.
Listen to some English songs and try to write down the lyrics that you
hear. Use the internet to see if you were correct.
What should you do after you hear the test recording? Have a read of
some helpful advice in the ‘Exams’ section of
LearnEnglishTeens
.
Watch a
TED talk
online, and choose a topic that may appear in IELTS,
i.e. environment, education, health, etc. Try and identify how stress,
intonation, pauses, and repetition are used for emphasis in the talk.
Go to the ‘Skills’ section of
LearnEnglishTeens
, and attempt some of the
free listening activities at your level.
Go online (e.g. download the
British Museum Guide
app) and listen to a
virtual tour of a famous museum or landmark in English.
Watch another
TED talk
online. When you are listening to the talk, pause
the recording and try to predict what will come next.
Go to
IELTS.org
and test yourself with some of the listening samples!
Compare your responses to the correct answers. Where did you earn
most marks? Where did you have misunderstandings?
Listen again to the listening samples. Can you hear the correct answer now?
Go to IELTS.org and learn everything you can about the listening section
(format, timing, task types, how it’s marked).
Go to IELTS.org and look at some of the listening sample questions.
Go to Dialang and find out your English proficiency level in listening.
What are the key listening skills being tested in IELTS? Go to
Voices
Magazine
and read ‘Five essential listening skills for English learners’.
Download the
LearnEnglish Audio and Video
app and practice listening
to different podcasts & videos on a wide range of topics.
Watch an English-language movie/TV show from an English-speaking
country that isn’t the U.K. or U.S.A. Can you full understand the accent?
Week 1
Self-check