Hey! At the moment, Nick and I are travelling again in time to finish the IELTS Cambridge 6 Check 3 listening take a look at, which was first printed in 2007. Why? Nicely, it’s not as a result of we have been youthful and higher wanting then, however as a result of we wish to provide you with an opportunity to expertise the older IELTS take a look at format, which appears to be making a come again in examination rooms.
That is an interactive lesson, so you possibly can obtain the listening take a look at that we use in this lesson right here
For those who listened to our episode final week, you’ll do not forget that Nick and I mentioned some small format modifications which were reported within the IELTS examination in 2023. For those who haven’t listed to that episode, don’t panic, there aren’t any main modifications on the best way, and plenty of college students might not even discover that there are slight variations within the listening and studying exams.
Nonetheless, if in case you have been learning IELTS for some time and have been making good use of the Cambridge Previous Papers, you possibly can be forgiven for considering that the identical sort of questions all the time seem in the identical sections. For instance, in books 12 – 17, all of the Part 4 questions within the listening examination are be aware completion actions, so it’s possible that the majority college students have been utilizing the notes to comply with the lecture (which I train within the lesson beneath!). With out these notes to construction their listening, college students might simply turn into overwhelmed making an attempt to sort out a brand new query, particularly if they’re doing so in an examination room!
Nonetheless, in 2023, college students have been reporting some small modifications to the varieties of query that seem in Sections 3 and 4 of the listening examination, with a number of selection making a reappearance in Part 4, and desk completion in Part 3. This isn’t the primary time that the questions have been extra blended within the examination. Books 5 – 11 typically had a spread of questions in every Part, which is why I need us to return to the IELTS Cambridge 6 Check 3 listening take a look at right this moment to apply a special format.
Nick and I are going to present you an opportunity to finish the take a look at by yourself, after which analyse every part to debate the problem of the take a look at and any new methods college students might have to carry out nicely.
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