Active Learning Seminars

Presented by Nigel Veal

Please take part!

for the IELTS

Listening Test

What is in the IELTS listening module?

Listening Section

Three are four separate sections.•Section one is a conversation between two people on a general or social theme.•Section two is a monologue or an interview on a general or social theme.•Section three is a conversation between up to four speakers on an educational or training theme.•Section four is a talk or lecture on a theme of general academic interest.

Time allowed:approximately 30 minutes

Number of Questions:40

Format of questions

-Note completion-Short answer questions-Tables-Multiple choice questions-Summary completion-Sentence completion-Labelling plans/maps-Labelling a diagram/bar chart/graph-Matching

Answer KeyCountry Problem

Indonesia1…………………………………………………..

Egypt2…………………………………………..

3…………………………… Short days

Japan4 couldn’t………………………………………………..

China 5 couldn’t……………………………………………...

Finland

looking different/ being tall

(the) /(extreme) heat

read (anything / Japanese)

eat with / use chopsticks

Predicting: A useful strategy

Predicting is not guessing!

Be familiar with numbers!

13141516171819

30405060708090

Stress the second syllable

Stress the first syllable

Outward journey Depart Birmingham O8.05 5

Single or Return Arrive Edinburgh 4 14.35

  Change of train? Direct Change at Stockport

Return journey Depart Edinburgh 16.45 18.05

  Arrive Birmingham 20.21 21.57

  Change of train? Direct 6.

Date of travel 1Single or Return 2

Standard or First Class 3

(Friday) 4th March

Return

Standard

9.15

12.38

Change at Manchester Piccadilly 

Type of ticketApex Super Saver

Apex Peak Saver 9 Off Peak

Saver

Advance purchase? 14 days 8 None None

Travel on Friday possible?

Yes Yes Yes 10

Price 7 £ £41.30 £54 £38

Standard Saver

7 days

33.50

No

flower shop

platform 15

ticket office

toilets

Manage your time

Skim and Scan

the questions

Reading WritingListening

A career or a job?

1. D2. A3. A

Multiple choice: Answer Key

4. A

1. D

2. A

3. A

4. A

5. B

Multiple choice: Answer Key

6. B

1. D

2. A

3. A

4. A

6. B

5. B

Multiple choice: Answer Key

Beware of distractions!

1. National

4. Direct contact/contact company (them) directly

2. Agency

3. Free/no fee

5. Job description

6. reference

7. (a) covering letter

8. Send (it) (off)

Gap fills Think about the grammar!

Concentrate and write

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