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.
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Next: Who is speaking?
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Because this is a section3 of an IELTS Listening Test, we know that it will be a conversation
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between 2 to 4 speakers about an educational topic. The speakers could be teachers or students.
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Where are they?
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We could guess they are at university. Why are they talking?
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We know from the fact sheet that they are discussing a health study.
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These previewing and predicting skills are very important. You should go through these
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steps before the actual listening test begins, so you are properly prepared.
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It's important to look at the key words in the questions to determine what kind of information
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