5 Ways to Practice for your IELTS Listening Test

<p> </p> <p>At first glance, the <a href= "https://www.ieltspodcast.com/listening/">Listening section</a> of the IELTS test might appear to be the easiest part of the test.</p> <p>After all, all you have to do is just listen and write down your answers, right?</p> <p>Well, not exactly.</p> <p>When you are listening you are using numerous complex subskills, all needed for detailed listening to authentic materials, such as the radio or podcasts and exam recordings.</p> <p>These sub skills include:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Schematic</strong> knowledge</li> <li><strong>Contextual</strong> knowledge</li> <li><strong>Systemic</strong> knowledge</li> </ul> <p>And in this tutorial we are going to look at 5 ways you can practice working on these skills in order to achieve a great score in the IELTS listening paper.</p> <p>We are going to find out all about how to:</p> <p>1. Identify key information.<br /> 2. How to focus and find the right detail when listening.<br /> 3. How to use your world or contextual knowledge to predict when listening.<br /> 4. How to find exactly the right information called Target listening.<br /> 5. And how to recognise your speaker’s attitude</p> <p> </p> <p>Read more here: <span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"https://www.ieltspodcast.com/audio-tutorials/5-ways-listening/"}" data-sheets-userformat= "{"2":1317699,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16777215},"9":0,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":2257329},"15":"Arial","21":1,"23":1}" data-sheets-hyperlink= "https://www.ieltspodcast.com/?p=134102"><a class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.ieltspodcast.com/?p=134102" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.ieltspodcast.com/audio-tutorials/5-ways-listening/</a></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span data-sheets-value= "{"1":2,"2":"https://www.ieltspodcast.com/audio-tutorials/5-ways-listening/"}" data-sheets-userformat= "{"2":1317699,"3":{"1":0},"4":{"1":2,"2":16777215},"9":0,"11":4,"12":0,"14":{"1":2,"2":2257329},"15":"Arial","21":1,"23":1}" data-sheets-hyperlink="https://www.ieltspodcast.com/?p=134102">Read the full t