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The following tips and
hints may help you study more effectively and get the
score in the IELTS and FCE tests you need!
English learners often
feel the longer talks on the listening part are the
hardest part of the TOEFL test. Short conversations
often use a lot of English language idioms, but the
computer TOEFL exams have long talks, or lectures. These
are similar to academic listening that you would have
to do if you study at a university. Our listening exercises
are perfect for TOEFL preparation.
For the FCE
- (Cambridge first certificate English) listening test
there are four parts and 30 questions.
Part 1 has 8 questions, Part 2 has 10, Part 3 has 5
questions and Part 4 has 7. The listening section is
40 minutes long and FCE exam candidates can hear the
listening texts twice. The listening section is worth
40 marks; 20% of the total FCE exam.
The types of listening
skills you need to learn for English tests include:
- listening to identify
the gist of a conversation or monologue extracting
specific factual information
- listening to identify speaker
roles
- listening to identify
relationships between ideas or pieces of information,
such as: - cause and effect - order of events - comparison
- following directions
and instructions
- listening for numbers,
dates, time, etc.
- making inferences
- determining when
a speaker is expressing fact, assumption or opinion.
- listening for main points, detail,
function, location, roles and relationships, mood,
attitude, intention, feeling or opinion
There are several types
of exercises you can expect in ESL listening tests.
These enable you to show your knowledge by:
- listening and completing
short answers
- listening and answering
multiple choice questions
- listening and completing
a summary
- listening and completing
sentences
- listening to complete
a table
- listening to complete
a form
- listening to complete
a flow chart or diagram
- listening to complete
notes
- listening to answer true / false
questions
- listening to answer yes / no
questions
- listening to answer multiple-matching
questions, choosing the correct option from a list
of six.
Other ways in which our
online listening exercises can help you learn English
and practice for English tests like IELTS, FCE (First
Certificate English) and TOEFL:
- Many students find the listening section
challenging; therefore we use a variety of English
accents used in the recordings.
- We provide lectures and talks on a
huge range of themes.
- Our exercises and recordings are based
on current news topics and use English speakers from
all around the world.
- Our English lessons uses monologues
or texts involving interacting speakers.
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