There is no difference in the content, format or level of difficulty and scoring between
examination of AT & GT Candidates in Listening.
Test duration: 30 minutes
Format:
Consists of 4 recordings (conversations and monologues)
Recording 1: Dialogue placed about daily life and context. (2 Speaker)
Recording 2: Monologue about everyday life or social context. (1 Speaker)
Recording 3: Conversation between more than two people placed in a training or educational
context. (2 to 3 Speaker)
Recording 4: Monologue on any academic subject. For instance, a college lecture. (1
Speaker)
Helpful Tips:
- Read question carefully, before the recording begins in the provided time.
- When the one section is completed, you can read up the questions for the next section.
- To pay sincere attention to the recording and use elimination method for the multiple-choice questions.
- Do note the word limits for each section. (Here, hyphenated word is considered as one word)
- Be attentive and look out for the key words or synonyms (words with same or nearly same meanings as another word) from the question.
- In the answers where one has to note down the spelling, you must be aware of the accent and pronunciation of alphabets.
- In the answer, where dates are asked, remember there are various ways to mention a date.
– Eg: 12th April, April 12th and 12 April – all are considered as accurate. - If you missed one question by chance, keep heading ahead to another question without getting panicked.
- NOTE: Computer based IELTS exam do not provide extra 10 minutes to transfer the answers.
- Practice is must for active listening and transfer your answer carefully. Its more advisable to write down in Uppercase (Capital Alphabets)
- As the section moves ahead, test is more difficult than previous section. (Section 1 is the easiest while section 4 is considered as quiet tough)
- IELTS accept either British English or American English spellings.