IELTS Listening Part 4: Note Completion

IELTS Listening Part 4

Note Completion

​​Read the information about Section 4 of the IELTS Listening test. Choose 2 answers for each question on the next slides. 

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​In Section 4 of the IELTS Listening test, you will hear a monologue in an academic situation. You will hear this only once. As usual, you will have 30–45 seconds to read the questions before listening.

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Multiple Select

In PART 4 of the Listening test, what might you hear?

• One person talking for a long time without stopping

• Two or more university students trying to solve a problem

• A lecturer talking about a specific subject

• A manager giving advice to company workers about how to do something

Multiple Select

What might you be asked to do on PART 4 of the Listening test?

• Listen carefully for specific information.

• Decide what your opinion is on the topic.

• Make your own notes on the information you hear.

• Complete a summary of what you hear.

NOW CHOOSE TRUE OR FALSE FOR THE STATEMENTS. READ THEM CAREFULLY!

Multiple Choice

In Part 4, you will hear one person give a talk about an academic topic.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

In a lecture, the speaker will introduce what they are going to talk about.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

In a lecture, the ideas aren't clearly organised.

• TRUE

• FALSE

​MAIN POINTS

​A lecture is made up of several main points. A good lecturer will always introduce a new main point. This makes it easier for the listener to understand what the lecture is about. The lecturer doesn’t usually give important details in these introductory sentences, but listen carefully, because they will help you to understand the general topic of the section.

Multiple Choice

Listening for main points for notes is a lot like listening for ... in tables.

• information

• categories

• the title

• numbers

LISTENING FOR THE MAIN POINTS:

Read the introductory sentences from a lecture. Then choose the main point that matches with the sentence.

Multiple Choice

Before the railways were built, transport could be slow and unreliable.

• Early forms of transport

• How New Zealand was affected by the introduction of train

• The future of steam trains

•   The use of trains for personal transport

• What the trains transported

Multiple Choice

But once the railways were built, everything changed: farmers could send their milk by train.

• Early forms of transport

• How New Zealand was affected by the introduction of train

• The future of steam trains

•   The use of trains for personal transport

• What the trains transported

Multiple Choice

Another thing we should think about is the impact that the development of the railways had on the New Zealand landscape.

• Early forms of transport

• How New Zealand was affected by the introduction of train

• The future of steam trains

•   The use of trains for personal transport

• What the trains transported

Multiple Choice

Now, one interesting difference between the railway in New Zealand and railways in other countries is that New Zealand trains have always been used to carry more goods than people.

• Early forms of transport

• How New Zealand was affected by the introduction of train

• The future of steam trains

•   The use of trains for personal transport

• What the trains transported

Multiple Choice

Many railway lines are no longer used, which is a great shame in my opinion, although the government is still deciding whether it is possible to create a new network in the city centre, for electric trains, of course.

• Early forms of transport

• How New Zealand was affected by the introduction of train

• The future of steam trains

•   The use of trains for personal transport

• What the trains transported

Open Ended

With notes, you should first read the task criteria, then read the title and main points. Then before listening, what should you also do?