IELTS Listening Strategies Quotes

“8. How do you say the amount of money $14.50? Answer: fourteen dollars and fifty cents/ fourteen dollars fifty.”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“5. How do you say the time 9:45? Answer: quarter to ten/ nine forty-five.”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“3. How do you say the time 10:15? Answer: ten fifteen/ quarter past ten.”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“Look for the title.”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“3. Predict answer types”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“2. Read the questions, ensure you understand them and underline the key words.”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“Before listening: In the IELTS test, you will have 30 seconds at the beginning of each section to look at the Question Booklet before listening. During these 30 seconds, there are three main things you should do to improve your score: 1. Read the instructions carefully. The instructions are usually in italics and sometimes in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS. Read the instructions carefully so that you know what to do and predict what you will hear. Think about who is talking, where they are and what the topic is. In the exam you will only have a short time for this, so do it as quickly as possible.”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“4. LABELLING A DIAGRAM.”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“3. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“There are two prediction strategies you should use during the 30-second break to help you hear the answers to Completion questions: ·     Underlining the keywords, and identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions and articles.”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“2. COMPLETION QUESTIONS:”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“look at the key words”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“These are the 4 most common question types in the IELTS Listening test: 1.  MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“Section 4: there is only one speaker”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“Section 3: the section 3 is academic (the first academic section) that has three to four speakers. This”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“only one speaker.”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“section 1 has two speakers”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day

“This section is the easiest of the four sections”
― Rachel Mitchell, IELTS Listening Strategies: The Ultimate Guide with Tips, Tricks and Practice on How to Get a Target Band Score of 8.0+ in 10 Minutes a Day