IELTS Focus-Listening - Student Book - listening skills practice and test preparation

Sep 30, 2026

Uploaded by James

IELTS Focus-Listening Student Book provides structured preparation for the IELTS Listening Test, covering paper and computer formats, test timing, scoring, and key question types. It explains correct answer form, listening skills such as listening for specific information and signpost words, and practical strategies for each task. The book includes an end-of-course listening assessment, listening practice questions (matching, form completion, multiple choice, sentence completion, plan/map/diagram labelling, and short-answer), full recording transcripts, and test-day tips plus IDP support tools.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages60

Reading Time2 h 31 min

AccessFree to download

Contents

Computer or paper: Your IELTS, your choice

Which IELTS is best for you?

Pre-course Listening Assessment: Communications Studies

Overview of the IELTS Listening Test

How IELTS Listening is scored

Types of questions on the Listening Test

Listening skills

Listening strategies

IELTS Listening Answer Sheet

Practice Listening questions

Transcripts of recordings

Tips for the IELTS Listening Test

IDP IELTS Support Tools

IELTS Focus-Listening Student Book Developed by IDP IELTS Middle East Contents 2 Computer or paper: Your IELTS, your choice 3 Which IELTS is best for you? 4 Pre-course Listening Assessment: Communications Studies 5 Quiz: How much do you know about the IELTS Listening Test? 7 Overview of the IELTS Listening Test 9 How IELTS Listening is scored 13 Types of questions on the Listening Test 14 Understanding correct answer form 18 Listening skills 19 Listening for speciﬁc information 22 Listening for signpost words 23 Listening strategies 26 IELTS Listening Answer Sheet 27 Practice Listening questions: 28 Form completion: Packham’s Shipping Agency 31 Multiple choice: Packham’s Shipping Agency 33 Sentence completion: the Open University 35 Matching: Tourist Information Ofﬁce 37 Plan/map/diagram labelling: Town Library 39 Short-answer: Understanding the World’s Oceans 43 End of course Listening assessment: Focus on the Arts 47 Transcripts of recordings 56 Tips for the IELTS Listening Test 57 IDP IELTS Support Tools 58 Acknowledgements 59 Notes © IDP Education 2020. Reproduction in whole or part is forbidden except with the written permission of IDP. Computer or paper: Your IELTS, your choice Whether you take IELTS on paper or computer, you can be conﬁdent that you are taking the same trusted English language test. | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | |
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| * Please check with your local test centre for the available computer-delivered IELTS sessions. ** In the computer-delivered Listening test, the timings are slightly different from the paper-based test. This is because the paper-based test requires users to transfer answers to an answer sheet. This step becomes redundant when answering directly on a computer. • Before the start of each part of the Listening test you will have some time to read the questions. • After the end of each part of the Listening test you will have some time to review your answers. • At the end of the Listening test, you will have 2 minutes to check your answers. The timing of the Listening test is between 30-34 minutes. 2 IELTS Focus-Listening Which IELTS is best for you? Pre-course Listening Assessment: Communications Studies You will hear a Communication Studies student talking to his tutor about optional courses for the next semester. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions below. You will hear the recording only once. Listening sample task-Matching Part 3 Questions 21-25 What does Jack tell his tutor about each of the following course options? A He’ll definitely do it B He may or may not do it C He won’t do it Write the correct letter A, B or C next to questions 21 – 25. You may choose any letter more than once. 21 Media Studies 22 Women and Power 23 Culture and Society 24 Identity and Popular Culture 25 Introduction to Cultural Theory [Sourced from www.idpielts.me](Sourced from www.idpielts.me) 4 Download Listening answers IELTS Focus-Listening Quiz: How much do you know about the IELTS Listening Test? Before you start the quiz, first tell us how you rate your listening skills. How do you rate your listening skills on a scale of 1-10? (10 = highest; 1 = lowest) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1. In paper-based IELTS, how long is the Listening Test? a. 30 minutes plus 10 minutes to transfer answers b. 40 minutes plus 5 minutes to transfer answers c. 60 minutes plus no extra time to transfer answers 2. How many Parts are there in the Listening Test? a. 3 b. 4 c. 6 3. Which is the easiest Part? a. Part 1 b. Part 2 c. Part 3 d. Part 4 4. How many questions are there in total on the Listening Test? a. 20 b. 30 c. 40 5. How many times can you listen to the recording? a. Once b. Twice c. As many times as you want to 6. In paper

FAQs

What is covered in the IELTS Focus-Listening Student Book?

It covers IELTS Listening test formats, timing, scoring, question types, listening skills and strategies, and structured practice tasks, ending with an assessment and transcripts.

How do paper-based and computer-delivered Listening tests differ in timing and answering?

The computer-delivered test has slightly different timings because paper-based users must transfer answers to an answer sheet, while computer answers are entered directly.

What kinds of listening question formats are included for practice?

Practice includes form completion, multiple choice, sentence completion, matching, plan/map/diagram labelling, and short-answer questions.

Sep 30, 2026

Uploaded by James