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IELTS Preparation Series 3, Episode 15: Listening for Signpost Words


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Hello, and welcome to Study English, IELTS Preparation. I'm Margot Politis.

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In this episode we'll look at signpost words. These are words and phrases that help the

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listener follow what someone is saying, and work out what they are about to say.

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Listen to this woman talking about Chinese New year in Melbourne:

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Well, she's visiting from Vietnam, and we're just here to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

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I guess it's more quieter here. I mean, it's pretty noisy today, but over in Vietnam, it'd

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be, like, much bigger, yep. There'd be a lot more people around as well.

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When she says 'I mean', the listener knows she is about to explain more about her statement.

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Listen again:

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Well, she's visiting from Vietnam, and we're just here to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

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I guess it's more quieter here. I mean, it's pretty noisy today, but over in Vietnam, it'd

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be, like, much bigger, yep.

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Recognising signpost words and anticipating what the speaker will say are important skills

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for the IELTS Listening Test.

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In the test a speaker may use a technical term you don't know, but if you are listening

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carefully you might also hear a definition of it.

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In the next clip the speaker is talking about the problem of running out of fuel.

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Listen for the technical term and its definition:

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This is a worldwide problem - increasing traffic - not only because it's clogging our roads

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but because of the fuels it uses. And whether vehicles use petrol or diesel or liquefied

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petroleum gas, it all comes from under the ground and we're running out of it, which

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is why researchers are now turning to biofuels - fuels that can be grown instead of mined.

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There are a number of signpost words here. When the speaker says 'not only because' and

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'but because' the listener knows he is about to give two reasons why increasing traffic

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is a problem. Listen again:

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