IELTS Preparation Series 2, Episode 21: Health

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Hello. I'm

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Margot Politis. Welcome to Study English, IELTS preparation.

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The focus of today's lesson is the IELTS Listening Test.

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In the IELTS Listening Test, you will be tested on your ability to understand spoken English

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in a variety of contexts, so it's important to develop a range of skills that will help

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you with your listening.

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A good way to prepare for the test is to develop your previewing and predicting skills. These

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strategies will help improve your listening comprehension.

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Let's imagine this graphic is a written part of a listening test - a fact sheet.

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You are always given 30 seconds to familiarise yourself with the questions before the listening

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section is played.

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This is when you'll need to use your previewing and predicting skills. They will help you

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learn as much as possible before you listen, so you will know what you will be listening

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to and what you need to listen for.

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Let's start previewing and predicting. Look at the section again. Think about the following

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questions:

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What is the topic?

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Who is speaking?

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Where are they?

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Why are they talking?

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OK. Let's think about the first question you should ask: What is the topic?

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We know from the title of the fact sheet that this section will be about 'health and well-being.<