Listening Strategies For IELTS (for Listening)

Paperback: 264 pages

• Publisher: Beijing Language & Culture University Press,China (December 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 7561905440
• ISBN-13: 978-7561905449

Listening is probably the easiest section of IELTS to make a rapid improvement in if you master a few basic strategies. Before taking the IELTS test, be aware of the skills and strategies below and give yourself opportunities to practice them. Important: The article assumes you are familiar with the IELTS Listening test format. If you aren’t, read IELTS Listening: Introduction first. 

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