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• Teaching secondary
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Teaching listening

Our Teaching listening poster gives you lots of ideas for teaching listening in the classroom, including dictogloss, and using stories

You can download the poster below.

I really liked your method of teaching listening and agree that these activities are good, it really helps for learners to improve their listening skills. You made two great activities, they are not difficult, so learners could do it. First activity you create is great because it would be very hard for them, children like listening different stories, and they could tell their opinion; and if they will discuss with their classmates, they could to remember and retell. The second activity, describe and draw also is the good example for improving listening, learners should listen his/her pair in order to complete the task, if they do not listen carefully, they could miss. I recomend these two activities to use durring lesson, and also I also will use in my class. Yorkinov Akhrorjon

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• Free online IELTS Listening practice tests

IELTS practice Listening test 2 - part 1

This is the first part of your Listening test. Listen to the audio and answer questions 1-10.

Listen to the instructions for each part of this section carefully. Answer all the questions. You can download the questions for the entire Listening practice test from the Listening practice test 1 page. The questions for part 1 are also shown on this page.

While you are listening, write your answers on the question paper. Use a pencil. 

When you have completed all four parts of the Listening test you will have ten minutes to copy your answers on to a separate answer sheet.

IELTS practice Listening test audio: part 1

First, listen to the audio. Left click on the link to listen now (the audio player will open in a new tab) or right click and select 'Save Link As' to download the file to your computer and listen later.

Questions 1–5

Complete the notes below. 

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Second-hand Bedroom Furniture for Sale

Besides tables

Construction: wood

Colour: 1...............

Drawers: two (in each table), handles made of 2.............

Height: 3................cm

Condition: 4.................

Price: 5................(for both)

Questions 6–10

Dressing table

Drawers: five (two are 6 ………………..)

Width: 7 ………………..

Mirrors: three: one large, two small (all 8 ………………..)

Condition: good 

Price: 9 ………………..

Seller’s details

Name: Carolyn Kline 

Address: 19 10 ……………….. Road

You have completed the first section of your Listening test. Now move on to Listening section 2.

• IELTS practice Listening test 2 - part 2

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• B1 listening

Organising your time

Listen to the radio interview about the Pomodoro Technique and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

Instructions

Do the preparation exercise before you listen. Then do the other exercises to check your understanding.

Preparation

Host: On 'Star Students' today we're speaking to Peter, who is going to tell us about the Pomodoro Technique, a system to help manage your time. It was invented by an Italian man called Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s. Now, he called it the Pomodoro Technique after a tomato-shaped timer that his mother used to use when she was cooking. Pomodoro is Italian for tomato. And this tomato has helped Peter become an A-grade student. So, Peter, welcome to the studio.

Peter:  Thanks.

Host:  Tell us about the Pomodoro Technique. What's it about?

Peter:  It's about getting maximum productivity from your available time. I use it for studying, but professionals use it at work.

Host:  Is it difficult to follow?

Peter:  No. It's actually very simple. It's about breaking down your work into separate jobs and then using a timer to separate your time into periods of intensive work and short breaks.

Host:  OK, well, that sounds sensible. So, how do you start?

Peter:  First of all, you should think about the task you need to complete. For example, writing an essay for homework. You need to think about all the stages of the task and write a clear to-do list on a piece of paper. When you are ready to start you set the timer to 25 minutes and you start working on the first item on the list.

Host:  OK … but what happens when the timer goes off?

Peter:  When the timer goes off you must take a short break of between 3 to 5 minutes. One 25-minute session is one 'pomodoro' so when you have completed this, you deserve a short break. You should try to move about a bit during the break.

Then, set the timer for another 25 minutes and keep working. At the end of the next 'pomodoro' you have another short break. As you complete the items on the 'to-do' list you should tick them off, to give you a feeling of satisfaction that you're getting the job done.

Host:  OK … I get it. Can you use any timer? Most people have timers on their phones these days. Could you use that?

Peter:  You could, but the danger is that then you can check messages on your phone or you start looking at apps. I use my dad's kitchen timer and I make sure I switch off my phone when I'm studying. I get so much more done. In the breaks I sometimes check my phone but only if I've completed some of the items on my to-do list.

Host:  Three to five minutes isn't long for a break. Is that enough time?

Peter:  Well, when you've had four or five short breaks you can take a longer break, and then you start again.

Host:  And it works?

Peter: Yes, it works for me! It stops me wasting time. My work is much more effective when I use the timer. It's like short, intense periods of work. I actually get my homework done a lot quicker now, which leaves me more free time, so for me it works really well.

Host:  Oh, I think I'll give it a try. Thanks so much for coming in, Peter.

Peter:  You're welcome. Thanks for inviting me. 

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