Typical Subjects for Part I-III

❖                  Enquiring the course

❖                  Asking a stranger or a passer-by for directions

❖                  Asking information at a bank or post office

❖                  Enrolling at the international students’ office (a place where international students can get assistance and contact school management board)

❖                  Listening to an introduction about a scenic spot by a tour guide

❖                  Attending an orientation course

❖                  Renting a room (flat)

❖                  Attending holiday and leisure activities

❖                  Going to the doctor, talking about medical facilities of colleges and universities

❖                  Going to an entertainment

❖                  Going to a shopping mall or supermarket

❖                  Asking information about car parking or car hiring

❖                  Attending job interviews

❖                  Listening to customer orders

❖                  Giving tutorial presentations

Topic subjects for  Section 4:

·        Food processing

·        Agriculture

·        Unemployment

·        Social issue

·        Computers

·        Marketing

·        Environmental

·        Pollution

·        Transportation

·        Education

·        City infrastructure

·        History

·        Geography

·        Sport

·        Biology

IELTS Listening Question Types

1.     Multiple choice

2.      Gap filling: Form/Summary/Table/Sentence/Maps

3.      Short answers

4.      Classification

5.      Labelling a map

6.      Flow chart

As usual, practice is the key. Listening to recordings and doing the practice questions is the best possible preparation you can have.