IELTS LISTENING - TASK TYPE (FORMS/NOTES/TABLE/FLOW-CHART/SUMMARY COMPLETION)
TASK DESCRIPTION:
What The Candidate Is Required To Do?
- Candidate Has To Fill In Gaps In An Outline Of Section By Listening Text. The Outline Will Focus On The Main Ideas In The Text. In All Cases Except The Summary, Note Form Can Be Used When Completing The Gaps.
What Variations Are There On This Task Type?
- The Outline May Be A Form, A Set Of Notes, A Table, A Flow Chart Or A Summary.
How To Approach The Task? - Form Filling
- Try To Work Out The Context Of The Conversation, Since This Is Usually Non Academic In Nature
- Notice The Role You Will Be Playing In This Conversation: The Interviewer Or The Interviewee? Normally, You Take The Role Of The Person Who Makes The Questions.
- Predict All The Information You Will Be Listening To, And Also Try To Make Them Into Questions. Is It A Name? An Address? A Telephone Number? A Card Number? A Post Code? A Date?
- Listen Carefully And Try To Follow Each Section Trying Not To Get Lostm
How To Approach The Task? - Note Completion?
- Try To Work Out The Context Of The Conversation, Notice The Role You Will Be Playing In This Conversation.
- Predict All The Information You Will Be Listening To, And Also Try To Make Them Into Questions. Is It A Name? An Address? A Telephone Number? A Card Number? A Place? A Date?
- There Are Two Basic Forms Of Note Completion: Type 1: Prompts Are Given In Note Form, Not In Full Sentences, Which Means That You Will Listen To A Place, Address, Name, A Number, A Time, Etc.
Type 2: Prompts Are Given In The Form Of Sentences Which You Must Complete Using Up To Three Words. Sometimes The Missing Words Come In The Middle Of The Sentence, But More Often They Come At The End. How To Approach The Task? - Table Completion
- Look At The Table And Figure Out What The Topic Of The Conversion Might Be.
- Read The Words At The Top Or Side Of Each Column Or Row And Turn Them Into A Full Question. This Will Help To Follow The Conversations. Also, Try To Predict The Direction In Which The Information Will Be Given (Horizontally Or Vertically).
- For Each Question Decide What Type Of Information Is Needed To Listen For, E.G. A Type Of Food, A Subject, A Noun, A Verb, A Time, A Number (Money), Etc.
- How Many Speakers Do You Expect To Hear?
How To Approach The Task? - Flow Chart Completion
- The Flow Chart Can Be Seen As A Variation Of The Note Completion Task, But The Difference Is That This Represents A Sequence Of Events. Since The Events Are Signaled By Arrows, It May Be Easy To Follow The Conversation And Not Get Lost.
- Follow The Guidelines For Note Completion On This Task.
How To Approach The Task? - Summary Completion
- For Each Line Or Segment Of Summary Decide What Sort Of Information You Should Listen To.
- Try Making Questions To Ask About The Information You Need.
- Make Some Notes About The Type Of Information.
Be Careful About The Stem Of The Sentence. You May Probably Have To Change The Wording Of The Listening To Fit It In The Sentence In The Booklet, E.G. In The Listening The Sentence Is Said In Active Voice But The Pattern In The Booklet Is In Passive Form, So You Should Make The Proper Changes And Write Your Answer In The Passive Voice.
IELTS LISTENING - TASK TYPE – 2 (MULTIPLE CHOICES)
TASK DESCRIPTION:
What The Candidate Is Required To Do?
- Candidate Has To Fill In Gaps In An Outline Of Section By Listening Text. The Outline Will Focus On The Main Ideas In The Text. In All Cases Except The Summary, Note Form Can Be Used When Completing The Gaps.
What Variations Are There On This Task Type?
- The Outline May Be A Form, A Set Of Notes, A Table, A Flow Chart Or A Summary.
How To Approach The Task? - Form Filling
- Try To Work Out The Context Of The Conversation, Since This Is Usually Non Academic In Nature
- Notice The Role You Will Be Playing In This Conversation: The Interviewer Or The Interviewee? Normally, You Take The Role Of The Person Who Makes The Questions.
- Predict All The Information You Will Be Listening To, And Also Try To Make Them Into Questions. Is It A Name? An Address? A Telephone Number? A Card Number? A Post Code? A Date?
- Listen Carefully And Try To Follow Each Section Trying Not To Get Lostm
How To Approach The Task? - Note Completion?
- Try To Work Out The Context Of The Conversation, Notice The Role You Will Be Playing In This Conversation.
- Predict All The Information You Will Be Listening To, And Also Try To Make Them Into Questions. Is It A Name? An Address? A Telephone Number? A Card Number? A Place? A Date?
- There Are Two Basic Forms Of Note Completion: Type 1: Prompts Are Given In Note Form, Not In Full Sentences, Which Means That You Will Listen To A Place, Address, Name, A Number, A Time, Etc.
Type 2: Prompts Are Given In The Form Of Sentences Which You Must Complete Using Up To Three Words. Sometimes The Missing Words Come In The Middle Of The Sentence, But More Often They Come At The End. How To Approach The Task? - Table Completion
- Look At The Table And Figure Out What The Topic Of The Conversion Might Be.
- Read The Words At The Top Or Side Of Each Column Or Row And Turn Them Into A Full Question. This Will Help To Follow The Conversations. Also, Try To Predict The Direction In Which The Information Will Be Given (Horizontally Or Vertically).
- For Each Question Decide What Type Of Information Is Needed To Listen For, E.G. A Type Of Food, A Subject, A Noun, A Verb, A Time, A Number (Money), Etc.
- How Many Speakers Do You Expect To Hear?
IELTS LISTENING - TASK TYPE - 3 (SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS)
TASK DESCRIPTION:
What the candidate is required to do?
- Candidates Have To Match A Numbered List Of Items From The Listening Text To A Set Of Criteria.
what skills are being tested?
- This Task Type Is Designed To Test Candidates’ Ability To Recognize Relationships And Connections Between Facts In The Listening Text, And Is Most Often Used With Texts Dealing With Factual Information. Candidates Need To Be Able To Listen For Detail.
how to approach this task?
- Read The Questions To Understand What You Are Expected To Write. If An Example Is Given, Cross Out Immediately The Corresponding Option From The Option List If The Exercise In Case Is Matching A Set Of Facts With Names Or Items In Box. In The Case Of Matching Criteria, This Cannot Be Done; It Is Preferable To Make Some Symbols On The Top Of The Columns To Help You Quickly Identify The Criterion Used.
- Underlined The Key Words In Each Option And Be Aware Of Any Paraphrase Of Them Because They Will Not Be Exactly The Same In The Listening
IELTS LISTENING - TASK TYPE - 4 (SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS)
TASK DESCRIPTION:
What the candidate is required to do?
- Candidates Have To Match A Numbered List Of Items From The Listening Text To A Set Of Criteria.
what skills are being tested?
- This Task Type Is Designed To Test Candidates’ Ability To Recognize Relationships And Connections Between Facts In The Listening Text, And Is Most Often Used With Texts Dealing With Factual Information. Candidates Need To Be Able To Listen For Detail.
how to approach this task?
- Read The Questions To Understand What You Are Expected To Write. If An Example Is Given, Cross Out Immediately The Corresponding Option From The Option List If The Exercise In Case Is Matching A Set Of Facts With Names Or Items In Box. In The Case Of Matching Criteria, This Cannot Be Done; It Is Preferable To Make Some Symbols On The Top Of The Columns To Help You Quickly Identify The Criterion Used.
- Underlined The Key Words In Each Option And Be Aware Of Any Paraphrase Of Them Because They Will Not Be Exactly The Same In The Listening
IELTS LISTENING – TASK TYPE – 5 (LABELING A DIAGRAM, PLAN OR MAP)
TASK DESCRIPTION:
What the candidate is required to do?
- Candidates Have To Match A Numbered List Of Items From The Listening Text To A Set Of Criteria.
what skills are being tested?
- This Task Type Is Designed To Test Candidates’ Ability To Recognize Relationships And Connections Between Facts In The Listening Text, And Is Most Often Used With Texts Dealing With Factual Information. Candidates Need To Be Able To Listen For Detail.
how to approach this task?
- Read The Questions To Understand What You Are Expected To Write. If An Example Is Given, Cross Out Immediately The Corresponding Option From The Option List If The Exercise In Case Is Matching A Set Of Facts With Names Or Items In Box. In The Case Of Matching Criteria, This Cannot Be Done; It Is Preferable To Make Some Symbols On The Top Of The Columns To Help You Quickly Identify The Criterion Used.
- Underlined The Key Words In Each Option And Be Aware Of Any Paraphrase Of Them Because They Will Not Be Exactly The Same In The Listening
IELTS LISTENING – TASK TYPE – 6 (CLASSIFICATION)
TASK DESCRIPTION:
What the candidate is required to do?
- Candidates Have To Match A Numbered List Of Items From The Listening Text To A Set Of Criteria.
what skills are being tested?
- This Task Type Is Designed To Test Candidates’ Ability To Recognize Relationships And Connections Between Facts In The Listening Text, And Is Most Often Used With Texts Dealing With Factual Information. Candidates Need To Be Able To Listen For Detail.
how to approach this task?
- Read The Questions To Understand What You Are Expected To Write. If An Example Is Given, Cross Out Immediately The Corresponding Option From The Option List If The Exercise In Case Is Matching A Set Of Facts With Names Or Items In Box. In The Case Of Matching Criteria, This Cannot Be Done; It Is Preferable To Make Some Symbols On The Top Of The Columns To Help You Quickly Identify The Criterion Used.
- Underlined The Key Words In Each Option And Be Aware Of Any Paraphrase Of Them Because They Will Not Be Exactly The Same In The Listening
IELTS LISTENING – TASK TYPE -7
TASK DESCRIPTION:
What the candidate is required to do?
- Candidates Have To Match A Numbered List Of Items From Listening Text To A Set Of Items In A Box.
what variations are there in this task type?
- Many Variations Of This Task Type Are Possible As Far As The Types Of Options To Be Matched Are Concerned.
how to approach this task?
- Since This Is A Variation Of The Previous Task Type, Follow The Same Guidelines. Dos And Don'ts In The Listening Test Listen Carefully To The Introduction To Each Section. This Will Give Useful Information About The Situation And The Speakers.
- Use The Time At The Beginning Of Each Section (And In The Middle Of Sections 1- 3) To Read Ahead The Questions And Think About The Topic.
- Read The Instructions For Each Task Carefully. Remember To Check The Maximum Number Of Words Allowed.
- Write All The Answers As You Listen – Remember You Won’t Hear The Recording A Second Time.
- Check That What You Write Makes Sense In The Context.
- Answer All The Questions Even If You Don’t Feel Sure About An Answer, As You May Have Understood More Than You Think.
- Wait Until The End Of The Test To Transfer Your Answers. You Have Ten Minutes For This Which Is Plenty Of Time.
- Write Clearly When You Transfer Your Answers. If An Answer Isn’t Clear On Your Answer Sheet, You Will Lose The Mark.
- Check Your Spelling (And Grammar Where Necessary).
- Don't Worry If You Have To Cross Out Or Change An Answer.
- Don't Panic If You Miss One Question. Look Ahead And Concentrate On The Next One.
- Don't Try To Rephrase What You Hear. Write Down The Words You Hear Which Fit The Question.
- Don’t Write More Than The Maximum Number Of Words Or Letters Allowed For Each Answer.
- Don’t Copy Any Words That Were Printed On The Question Paper When You Transfer Your Answers To The Answer Sheet.
