What is the format of the IELTS Listening test - IELTS Listening Format Explained

What are the 4 sections of the listening test in IELTS?

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IELTS LISTENING TEST FORMAT

The content of the IELTS Listening test is same for the Academic and General Format. You will hear a series of recording for a purpose. These recordings will use various accents like British, North American, New-Zealand, Australian. The difficulty of IELTS listening questions may increase as you go on hearing the recordings. The candidates need to be extra careful about spellings as an incorrect spelling will not obtain any marks.

IELTS LISTENING FORMAT:

Time	30 minutes and extra 10 minutes to transfer the test taker's answers
What does IELTS Listening assess?	It assesses the candidate’s ability to understand the central ideas and thorough factual information, the attitudes, opinions and outlooks of speakers, the purpose of an utterance and evidence of the test-taker’s ability to follow the development of ideas.
Content	Test takers will listen to four recorded texts and write their answers to a series of questions. Recording 1: A discussion/conversation between two individuals set in a daily social context Recording 2: A monologue set in an everyday social context Recording 3: A discussion/conversation between up to four people set in an educational or training context Recording 4: A monologue on an academic topic which could be a university lecture.
Questions	40 questions total. There are four sections with ten questions each. The questions are planned in such a manner that the answers appear in the order they are heard in the audio. A range of question types are asked: - answer multiple-choice questions - label a plan, map or diagram - fill in a form - complete a table - complete a flowchart - give short answers
Scoring	Each correct answer obtains one mark. Scores out of 40 are converted to the IELTS 9-band scale. Scores are reported in whole and half bands.

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