{"id":4371,"date":"2021-07-29T12:23:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T19:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/?p=4371"},"modified":"2021-07-29T16:47:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T23:47:46","slug":"ielts-listening-tips-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/ielts-listening-tips-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS Listening Tips and Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2021\/07\/Listening-Test.jpg\" alt=\"Student listening to headphones\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2021\/07\/Listening-Test.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2021\/07\/Listening-Test-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2021\/07\/Listening-Test-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2021\/07\/Listening-Test-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taking the IELTS Listening section can feel a lot like trying to drink water from a fire hydrant. But with the right IELTS Listening tips and strategies, it can make the section much more manageable. This post will give you tips for better study and practice, plus IELTS Listening strategies to structure your approach on test day. <\/p>\n<p>The flipside of all this is knowing what <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">not<\/span> to do. To that end, Eliot\u2019s <em>5 Mistakes to Avoid in the IELTS Listening Section<\/em> video is an excellent resource, so check it out!<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eqYs8Cko8Ao\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Top 5 IELTS Listening Tips for Study and Practice<\/h2>\n<p>\nHere are some very useful IELTS Listening tips as you study for the test. These are all tips that will become increasingly effective and useful as you use them \u2014\u00a0so consciously include them in your studies!\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Read &#038; follow the instructions<\/strong>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>This might seem obvious, but many test-takers often don\u2019t take this tip to heart and end up needlessly losing marks \u2014 keeping them from the higher bands.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use the questions to guide your listening<\/strong>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>Questions are your greatest source of clues: Use the words and phrases to direct your focus to the relevant sections of the recordings.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focus on the essential details<\/strong>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>Here\u2019s a quick and helpful rule: <em>Every grammatically sound English sentence will include an actor (noun) doing something (verb). Adjectives modify the actor(s), thing(s), and subjects; adverbs modify the action(s).<\/em>\n<li>Knowing this basic structure will help you quickly focus on what\u2019s important and index the barrage of information coming your way.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Think about related words and phrases<\/strong>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>There\u2019s a tendency to be overly narrow about the words and phrases we consider when it comes to answering the Listening questions. And this is the intuition that the test-makers exploit to confuse test-takers.\n<li>For each question, think about all the related synonyms and phrases that would best answer what the question asks you.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anticipate what\u2019s going to be said<\/strong>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>Whether you\u2019re listening to a recording, reading through a question, or taking notes, <em>think ahead<\/em>. In the Listening section, you\u2019ll be receiving a lot of information. Passively waiting for what the speaker might say will mean you\u2019re always one step behind, requiring you to work even harder than you need to.\n<li>Based on the topic of discussion, anticipate what the speaker will say. This practice will keep you one step ahead!\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\nFor more in-depth discussions about tips and advice for the IELTS Listening section, check these excellent articles out:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/ielts-listening-section-one-tips-practice\/\">IELTS Listening Section 1 Tips &#038; Practice<\/a><\/strong>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/ielts-listening-section-4-tips-practice\/\">IELTS Listening Section 4 Tips and Practices<\/a><\/strong>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/best-tips-note-taking-ielts\/ \">IELTS Listening Best Note Taking Tips<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>IELTS Listening Strategies to Improve Your Score<\/h2>\n<p>\nA general sense of tips \u2014 the do\u2019s and don\u2019ts \u2014 for the test is important. But tips alone aren\u2019t sufficient for getting the highest band you can achieve \u2014 particularly if you want to receive a band higher than 7.5. For that, you\u2019ll need to learn and practice Listening strategies.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAlthough each Listening question type has unique features, the basic approach to each one is the same. There are three things you must do for each set of questions you encounter:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Analyze<\/strong> the questions<\/li>\n<li><strong>Predict<\/strong> the answers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Track<\/strong> questions and the speaker\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\nLet\u2019s go over what it means to analyze, predict, and track.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Strategy 1: Analyzing<\/h3>\n<p>\nStrategies 1 and 2 require practice because you\u2019ll need to do both quickly during the IELTS Listening section. Before each recording, the exam gives you some time \u2014 between 30-40 seconds\u00a0\u2014 to look at the questions in the next section. <strong>Don\u2019t check your answers from the previous section \u2014 it\u2019s crucial that you use this time to study the upcoming questions instead.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nRemember: the best approach to IELTS Listening is to answer questions in your Question Booklet while you\u2019re listening to the speaker. If you try to answer questions without looking at them first, there is a very good chance you\u2019ll get lost and miss the information you need.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>First, you should <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">analyze<\/span> the question<\/strong>. Quickly determine:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What type of question is this?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How should you answer?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Look at the directions, which will tell you whether your answer should be letters, numbers, words, <em>etc<\/em>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are the keywords in the questions?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Quickly underline words and phrases that seem most important in each question, keeping in mind that correct answers are almost always going to be paraphrases of these words.<\/li>\n<li>Underlining them helps you to focus your attention on what\u2019s most important as you listen.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nFor example, you might encounter a Sentence Completion question that looks like this:\n<\/p>\n<p>    \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">After the exam<\/span>, Alix scheduled a meeting with ________________ .\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThese keywords are the concepts you\u2019ll listen for in the passage. As an example, you might hear something like this from the speaker to answer this question:\n<\/p>\n<p>    Alix: \u201cI feel so disappointed about the test yesterday. I met regularly with a study group to help me prepare and I thought I was ready. But I\u2019ve decided to <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">make an appointment<\/span> with a tutor <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">since I got such a poor grade<\/span>. I guess I need more help.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn the example above, the underlined keywords would help you remember that you need to find 1) who Alix scheduled a meeting with 2) after the exam. They met with a study group before the exam, but they met with a tutor after they got their disappointing results. Underlining the keywords helps you to keep these concepts in place as you listen to the speaker.\n<\/p>\n<p><h3>Strategy 2: Predicting<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis leads to the second goal during the 30-40 second period you have to examine the questions. This may seem like a lot to accomplish in such a short time, but the second goal is closely related to the first: <strong>make predictions<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nVery often, when you are underlining key words as you analyze the question, you\u2019ll come across useful information that will help you make predictions about answers. For example, let\u2019s take a look at the sentence completion question we just looked at above:\n<\/p>\n<p>    \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">After the exam<\/span>, Alix scheduled a meeting with <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">(noun\/person)<\/span>.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nYou could easily predict, based on the sentence alone, that you will need to listen for a noun because the sentence ends with the preposition \u201cwith.\u201d Indeed, nouns typically follow prepositions. In fact, it would also be very reasonable to predict that you need to listen for a specific person\u2019s name or a type of person. Since we know, simply based on the information in the sentence, that Alix just finished an exam and they&#8217;re now scheduling a meeting, it would be a very good guess that they might schedule a meeting with someone who is going to offer help.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>All of these things are predictions<\/strong>. You won\u2019t know the answers until you actually listen to the passage. However, if you have a good sense of what to listen for based on your predictions, it is much easier to catch the answers while the speakers are talking.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nLet\u2019s try some more predictions, this time with a slightly more difficult example. Here are two IELTS Listening Multiple Choice questions. Without listening to the text, what do you think the answers will probably be?\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"39\">\n<li> If Americans had an extra day per week, they would spend it\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>       working harder<\/li>\n<li>building relationships<\/li>\n<li>sharing family meals<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li> Understanding how people think about time can help us\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>become more virtuous<\/li>\n<li>work together better<\/li>\n<li>identify careless or ambitious people<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You won\u2019t be able to guess the correct answer without listening to the passage. However, there is some very useful information in the questions that you can use to make predictions. For instance, a few of the answer choices relate to the topic of \u201crelationships.\u201d \u201cBuilding relationships, sharing family meals, and working together better\u201d all fall into this general category.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nYou could predict that if the speaker focuses the discussion on the connection between \u201ctime\u201d and personal \u201crelationships,\u201d the correct answers are likely to be one of these answer choices. These kinds of predictions can really help you make decisions when you\u2019re listening closely for answers during the exam.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Strategy 3: Track Questions and the Speaker<\/h3>\n<p>\nThe final IELTS Listening strategy is called <strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Tracking<\/span><\/strong>. Tracking is something you do while you listen to the recording, and it requires great focus and attention. Basically, your goal is to keep track of where the speaker is in the passage, and which question you should be answering in the Question Booklet <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">at the same time<\/span>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTracking works because IELTS Listening questions always provide contextual clues to help you know where you should be in the passage. <strong>Importantly, IELTS Listening questions also come in order. In other words, the speaker(s) will provide the answer to question 1 before you will hear the answer to question 2, and so on<\/strong>. Therefore, imagine you are filling in a set of notes based on a professor\u2019s lecture for Section 4 of the Listening exam. In your Question Booklet, you will see the notes with blanks for the information you need to fill in. Tracking successfully in this task means that you will use the information in the notes to determine where the professor is in the lecture.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs you listen, you should focus on the question you\u2019re trying to answer <strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">and<\/span><\/strong> you should keep your eye on the next question as well. If you miss an answer to a question, you\u2019ll know because the professor will be discussing something related to the next question, not the one you\u2019re on. In this case, it is very likely that you missed an answer. While that can be frustrating, <strong>it\u2019s way worse to get completely lost as the speaker is talking<\/strong>. You\u2019ll have to guess the question you missed in this case. It\u2019s more important to continue tracking the speaker and the current question so you don\u2019t get completely lost.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThese IELTS Listening tips and strategies are a great starting point for your studies. Try consciously incorporating them into your studies, so that you can unconsciously benefit from them during the exam. And be sure to read our<a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/ielts-listening\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Complete Guide to IELTS Listening<\/a> for even more Listening prep help. 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