Open Community Network
Institution Review & Rating
Four Different IELTS Courses
Your Application Apply Now
A variety of voices is used in the IELTS Listening test, so you might hear Australian, British, New Zealand or North American accents.
You will be listening to a pre-recorded CD-ROM which will be played once only, and the passages that you hear will increase in difficulty as you go through the test.
The IELTS Listening test is designed to assess a wide range of listening skills, including how well you
The IELTS Listening test takes approximately 30 minutes, and you are allowed an extra 10 minutes to transfer your answers from your question booklet to your answer sheet.
The IELTS Listening test is broken down into four sections:
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | You listen to a conversation between two people set in an everyday social situation, e.g. a conversation in an accommodation agency, and answer questions on your comprehension. |
| 2 | You listen to a monologue set in an everyday social situation, e.g. a speech about local facilities or a talk about the arrangements for meals during a conference. |
| 3 | You listen to a conversation between up to four people set in an educational or training context, e.g. a university tutor and a student discussing an assignment, or a group of students planning a research project. |
| 4 | You listen to a monologue on an academic subject, e.g. a university lecture. |
You will begin by listening to a recording of instructions and a sample question for section 1. Then you will read the questions for section 1, listen to section 1, and answer the questions.
This procedure is repeated for sections 2, 3 and 4.
In the final 10 minutes, you will transfer your answers onto the answer sheet.
Questions
There are 40 questions.
A variety of question types is used, and you may be asked to
Each correct answer receives one mark.
Scores out of 40 are converted to the IELTS 9-band scale. Scores are reported in whole and half bands.
SCO 65, 2th floor, Choti Baradari Part 2, Opposite Pims Garha Road, Jalandhar